As Gwinnett County and Explore Gwinnett officials gathered at the Gas South District to celebrate the completion of its major expansion, which nearly doubled its convention exhibit hall space, there was a sense of accomplishment in the air.
Officials were again in a celebratory mood a week later when the topping off ceremony was held for the Westin Hotel which is being built at the convention center and arena. The hotel is set to open in about one year from now.
And, yet there is still more work left to be done at the Gas South District. There is one more project that Explore Gwinnett is preparing to undertake.
That project is the long-anticipated mixed-use development at the Gas South District. Explore Gwinnett Chief Executive Officer Stan Hall said a major step announcement on that development could be coming this spring, or at least by the end of this year.
“While we’ve chosen a developmental partner, I’m just not at liberty to say who that partner is yet because we’re still going through the legal process as far as contracts and all of that,” Hall said. “But, hopefully, I think sooner rather than later we’ll be able to announce who the developmental partner is …
“We’re just going through the due diligence phase now. I’m excited about who we’ve chosen. My hope is we can make an announcement on that pretty soon. Then all of the gyrations start again as far as developing what the mixed-use will look like relative to a site plan. I do know the developer is already working on that.”
There are three main areas the mixed-use development is expected to focus on: office, entertainment and multi-family housing.
Hall said the expectation is there will be at least two single-tenant office buildings included in the development, which would put perhaps about 300 office workers on the campus on weekdays.
There will also…
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