Dear Mr. Levitan,
I drove by Todd Drive yesterday and noticed a large banner proclaiming the groundbreaking for the Arbor Gate development. I wasn't sure what it entailed completely until this morning when the WSJ explained the project in more detail. Here's an excerpt:
That meeting at Kayser Ford brought together Loren Mortenson, of Mortenson Investment Group, and Pat Baxter, owner of Kayser Ford. The Baxters, including son Sean, and the Mortensons, including son-in-law Brad Hutter, decided to team up to redevelop the area along the Beltline.
The first effort, a $22 million project called Landmark Gate planned west of Todd Drive, was scuttled after the developers couldn't win the cooperation of existing property owners.
But they regrouped and decided to build a bigger project east of Todd Drive.
Well now it's come to fruition and it seems to have done so without the government having to use eminent domain and scuttle the rights of business owners in the area. I remember all of your whining and the false accusations you hurled up at The Daily Page forum; I remember your dire predictions for the neighborhood if the government didn't forcefully take the property of citizens. And now look. A group of determined people have created an even larger project and all without having the government be their bully.
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