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BUSINESS







                                                                                 the Perimeter area will increase the
                                                                                 geographic reach of the Dunwoody
                                                                                 MARTA station. The City also plans
                                                                                 to make the stretch of Chamblee-
                                                                                 Dunwoody Road between I-285
                                                                                 and North Shallowford Road more
                                                                                 pedestrian and bike friendly.
                                                                                   Dunwoody provides more than
                                                                                 132,000 jobs within a three-mile radius.
                                                                                 The Atlanta Regional Commission
                                                                                 anticipates growth of 1.5 million new
                                                                                 jobs in the next 30 years, of which
                                                                                 Dunwoody will absorb many.

                                                                                 Key projects include:
                                                                                 •   The Georgia Department of Economic
                                                                                   Development (GDEcD) announced
                                                                                   that German multinational liner
                                                                                   shipping company Hapag-Lloyd will
                                                                                   invest $18 million in its new North
                                                                                   American headquarters in Dunwoody,
                                                                                   creating an additional 250 jobs in
                                                                                   our region.
                                                                                 •   Transportation Insight, LLC
                                                                                   is moving its headquarters and
                                                                                   1,200-member staff in 2023 to
                                                                                   Dunwoody from Hickory, North
                                                                                   Carolina. It is buying companies in
                                                                                   the Atlanta sector including Spend
                                                                                   Management Experts, Platinum
                                                                                   Circle Technologies, and Nolan
                                                                                   Transportation Group, and will
                                                                                   employ hundreds more.
                                                                                 •   Adjacent to the Dunwoody MARTA
                                                                                   station is Campus 244, the
      Intersection of Perimeter Center Parkway and Goldkist Road                   modernization of the former Gold
                                                                                   Kist headquarters into a multi-use,
























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