Real Estate Briefs

Ursula Henry, a Phoenix Award recipient and a 13-year veteran of Atlanta residential real estate, has joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices as a Broker Associate in the firm’s Buckhead office. Named a member of the firm’s Luxury Collection Council, Ursula is among the Atlanta Board of Realtors Top 5 Percent Individual Agents and is a designated EcoBroker.

Virginia Place, a collection of 23 townhomes, are being built in VirginiaHighland.The Charlestonian design features brick exteriors, hardwood floors, 10-foot ceilings, gourmet kitchens, gas fireplaces, spa-style tubs with walk-in showers, tile floors and designer cabinets with granite tops. Buyers will have a choice of four floor plans: the Rosedale, the St. Charles, the Virginia and the Hudson, each including at least 2,300 square feet of living space. Each of the 23 three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath town homes will also have a two-car garage with plenty of storage. Located near the intersection of Virginia Avenue and Briarcliff Road, Virginia Place is priced from the low $500,000s. For more information, visit virginiaplacetownhomes. com.

Columbia Senior Residences at Forrest Hills, a redevelopment of the former Forrest Heights Apartments complex near Decatur, is now open. The 5.119 acre property is located on two sides of Forrest Boulevard, with access to MARTA bus and mixed uses in the Belvedere Plaza Shopping Center. For more visit columbiares.com.

Shirley Gary, Managing Broker of Engel & Völkers Buckhead Atlanta, received three top 2014 North America Awards during the recent Engel & Völkers’ annual Exchange Event hosted in Las Vegas. Lisa Robinson, Sandy Epstein, Scott Payne and Trina Grimes, top real estate producers with Engel & Völkers Buckhead Atlanta, were also recognized for their outstanding efforts during 2014. This was the first year that Engel & Völkers, the European-based premium real estate brand, has presented the North America Awards.

Real estate developer Hines plans to build a 220,000-square-foot development at Atlantic Station targeted at technology companies and others who seek “creative” office space. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Hines’ seven-story development, described as a new “old” office building, will be located on a 1-acre parcel, currently a surface parking lot, near the Millennium Gate on 17th Street.

To salute Harry Norman, Realtors stellar agents, honored as members of the Atlanta Board of Realtors Multi-Million Dollar Club, company President and CEO Dan Parmer hosted a private Reception to toast the agents, prior to the Atlanta Board’s annual gala Dinner. From the firm’s Buckhead office, Bonneau Ansley’s team, the Ansley Atlanta group, captured the Atlanta Board of Realtors’ #1 Large Team Award.

The Providence Group of Georgia is selling new townhomes at The Bluffs at Lenox in Buckhead. When complete, the community will offer 29 two- and three-story luxury townhomes priced from the $520,000s. There will be several floor plans to choose from, but homes will feature gourmet kitchens, owner’s suite, two-car garages and more. For more information, visit theprovidencegroup.com/the-bluffs-at-lenox.

Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty honored the firms “Top Performers” at an elegant formal dinner held at the Cherokee Town Club in Buckhead. Jenny Pruitt, CEO and founder, and David Boehmig, President and founder, congratulated award-winning Intown office agents including Jim Getzinger of the Intown office for the #1 Large Team Volume and Units Sold Award; Kevin McBride as #1 New Homes agent for Volume and Units Sold; Chase Mizell, #1 Individual Agent, Units Sold; and Burma Weller, once of the Top 10 Agents.

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Partner Andy Long of The Fry Guy was working the food truck during the Beltline Boil in the Old Fourth Ward on April 4. The event drew huge crowds with live music and tastings from local businesses.

City Councilman Kwanza Hall met with the Major League Soccer Atlanta president Darren Eales, Soccer in the Streets board member Sanjay Patel and Chief Development Officer Jason Longshore to give them a tour of the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District.