Kempner: Georgia mixed-use development launches with movie and TV hook
New homes going up in a mixed-used development on metro Atlanta's southside come with an unusual goal.
Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy launched Pinewood Forrest as a personal project and wants it to become home to "creatives," including people in the movie business working across the street at Pinewood Atlanta Studios.
Said Pinewood Forrest president Rob Parker: “There’s no promise on our part that there is going to be an A-list actor living next door.” But the potential of being around celebrities in the new community, such as at independent cafes, “is part of the mystique and the draw.”
>> Check out what’s planned and what others tied to the entertainment business think of the idea, in my latest Unofficial Business column on MyAJC.com.
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Matt Kempner is an award-winning journalist who seeks out intriguing twists about people and subjects beyond what the AJC might typically cover. A former columnist and editor, his past assignments have included business investigations, energy, the economy, entrepreneurs, big business, consumer spending, politics, government and the environment.
