The Locust Grove City Council voted at its Sept. 2 regular meeting to approve a landscape and tree replacement plan for the Gardner Farms industrial project.

The developer is preserving approximately 6,100 tree units at the site, the majority of which are on the west side of the northern tract, according to city officials. The entire property is west of Hwy. 42, north of Market Place Blvd. and south of Bethlehem Road. The overall site now contains a total of 217.4 acres and the total building size for the development has been reduced to 1,670,040 square feet with about 882 auto parking spaces and 2,050 truck parking spaces.

The Atlanta Regional Commission reviewed the revised plan in the spring and issued a notice with several conditions.

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