The work-from-home question: Atlanta employers share their strategies

Atlanta Business Chronicle canvassed the city's top companies about work-from-home policies/requirements for corporate employees.

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Area's Largest Colleges & Universities

Rank Institution Enrollment Type of institution Average undergraduate tuition Percentage of first-year undergraduate applicants accepted Partial list of accreditation(s) President 1 Georgia State University, 33 Gilmer St. S.E., Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-413-2000, gsu.edu 50502 public $8,948 per academic year, 61 SACS, ABA, CAEP, Council on Education for Public Health M. Brian Blake 2 Georgia Institute of Technology, 225 North Ave. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30332, 404-894-2000, gatech.edu 47945 public...

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Downtown Atlanta's visitors, by the numbers

Downtown Atlanta stakeholders are trying to bring more people into the city's urban core.

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Grindhouse Killer Burgers is planning a new Atlanta restaurant for 2025

Grindhouse Killer Burgers is planning a new Atlanta restaurant.

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'End of an era:' Prominent bank executive, corporate and nonprofit board leader dies at 90

“He was two steps ahead of everyone else in the room," said Russ Hardin, president of The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation about James Bryan "Jimmy" Williams, former president, CEO and chair of the board of SunTrust Banks.

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Atlanta chef drops out of South Downtown Hotel Row lineup

Multiple tenants have dropped out of the redevelopment project.

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Atlanta semifinalists for 2024 James Beard Foundation Awards announced

Beard awards are among the highest honors for the United States restaurant industry.

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Morehouse School of Medicine, Families First, bolster expansion of health care services on Atlanta's Westside

Morehouse School of Medicine is working with Families First to bring Atlanta's underserved Westside communities additional mental health services.

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Growth & Transportation: Dickens takes helm of regional planning board

He is the first Atlanta mayor to chair the board, which guides local officials as they craft policies related to housing, transportation and other issues.

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BizSpotlight: Brookhaven Family Dentistry

In a world where small businesses are continually

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Century-old, recently renovated Buckhead mansion lists for $4.5 million

Peachtree Battle Alliance is a central Buckhead neighborhood where homes are rarely listed for sale. It's one of Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods.

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Atlanta Technical College taps into growth industry with plans for new transportation center (Podcast)

educate students for one of the region’s most robust sectors

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Luxury Living: Atlanta's high-end home sales drop by 20%

Atlanta's luxury housing market cooled down in 2023.

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Atlanta real estate investors have $200M for 'serious buying spree' in Southeast

A new Atlanta real estate investment firm has $200 million in cash for a “serious buying spree” of opportunistic assets across Southeast, says its founders.

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Bostic sees 'vigorous' U.S. economy but urges caution toward cutting Fed rate

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic says the U.S. economy has proven more “vigorous than our most optimistic outlook” and cites health care and social assistance as fueling much of the country’s job growth.

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The National Beat: The IPO window for startups, top golfer's investment and a dating app for dog lovers

This week's National Beat looks at the IPO window for startups, a top golfer's role in a Series A round and OpenAI's U.S. military change of heart.

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Over 400%: Northside Hospital-Cherokee sees rapid revenue growth

Northside Hospital-Cherokee is the fastest growing medical center in metro Atlanta over most of the past decade, according to newly released data from Atlanta Business Chronicle.

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Atlanta's 50 Largest Law Firms

Rank Firm Number of attorneys in Atlanta Total Atlanta staff Number of attorneys worldwide Number of offices worldwide Partial listing of areas of specialty Atlanta managing partner(s) 1 Alston & Bird LLP, 1201 W. Peachtree St., #4900, Atlanta, GA 30309, 404-881-7000, alston.com 362 784 953 13 complex commercial litigation, corporate/ M&A and finance, intellectual property, financial services, tax, real estate, restructuring, employment, healthcare, public policy, environmental Janine Brown 2 King...

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Modern farmhouse in Milton country club community lists for $5M

A modern farmhouse in one of suburban Atlanta's most popular communities is on the market.

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Doug Widener: The man leading Piedmont Park's transformation

Expanding the city’s most visited park with enhanced pedestrian and cyclist connections would complement the ongoing densification in the area, says the new CEO of Piedmont Park Conservancy.

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Spelman College gets $100 million donation, largest ever to an HBCU

Here's how Spelman will use the money.

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BizSpotlight: ProCFO Partners

Atlanta, GA – ProCFO Partners announces the openin

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Columbia Residential plans new affordable housing at DeKalb MARTA station

An affordable housing developer has secured financing to construct an 80-unit project for seniors near a Blue Line station.

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'I'd rather buy the property': Atlanta tech company acquires new headquarters, to move this summer

"If I'm going to spend this kind of money on a lease, I'd rather buy the property," said the CEO.

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BizSpotlight: Fortune-Johnson LLC

Fortune-Johnson LLC, a premier multifamily housing

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Atlanta financial advisory firm hires first chief investment officer

The firm has a new chief investment officer who will oversee and manage the investment department and asset allocation decision-making process.

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Seven high-stakes employment law changes businesses need to watch in 2024

Several employment law changes are taking effect or moving forward in 2024 that could increase costs or liability for employers. Here's where seven high-stakes changes stand as the new year starts.

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Wells Fargo CFO on commercial real estate’s woes: ‘It’s a long movie'

Lower interest rates this year would be of little help to troubled commercial real estate borrowers, Wells Fargo's chief financial officer said.

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National Beat: Top cities for tech salaries, draft beer robots, and Startups to watch

Where software engineers make the most money, draft beer robots, and more startups to watch in the latest National Beat.

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Buc-ee's to break ground on largest Georgia location

Buc-ee’s is set to break ground on its third and largest Georgia location this month.

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BizSpotlight: Harrison LLP

ATLANTA, GA, January 2, 2024 – Harrison LLP is ple

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Completion of new Atlanta office towers fell to its slowest pace in a decade, reflecting U.S. trends

The last time deliveries of new office projects slowed this much came in the years following the Great Recession. It was largely a response to overdevelopment in urban districts such as Buckhead and Midtown.

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Lilly Endowment makes historic grant to HBCUs in Atlanta, nationwide

“The gift is beneficial financially and a vote of confidence in what we do."

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Metro Atlanta to add hundreds more electric vehicle charging ports

A federal grant will help Atlanta Regional Commission install hundreds of charging ports for electric vehicles in underserved areas.

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Alpharetta-based health care company names new CEO

The company has rapidly expanded across the Southeast.

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Airport lounges getting more exclusive as airlines and others dial back credit-card perks

Airlines and credit-card companies have for years expanded lounge access as a perk to gain customers. But a resurgence in travel and the expansion of lounge perks are changing the game.

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Large investors retreat from housing market but smaller groups are still buying

With available equity and the ability to make aggressive offers on homes, investors have been a significant force in the competitive housing markets of recent years, but there's a notable shift happening as 2024 begins.

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New Savannah hotel called one of 'most anticipated' openings this year

The 149-room Hotel Bardo Savannah is set to open Feb. 8.

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'Generational investment opportunity': Noble Investment Group closes $1 billion fund

Noble is focused on acquiring and developing select-service and extended-stay hotels, especially in Sunbelt markets.

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Atlanta Housing names new executive leaders

The city's public housing authority is filling out its executive team with new hires, which come as the agency makes inroads on major real estate projects.

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Biolyte CEO on 2024: ‘We’re going to lean heavily on our medical roots’ (Podcast)

To move its electrolyte drink business forward, Biolyte will go back at how it got started

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'We're not going away': Founder of Highland Bakery talks O4W closure, plans for the future

The BeltLine-adjacent bakery opened about a decade before the Eastside Trail.

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BizSpotlight: Brookhaven Family Dentistry

In a world where small businesses are continually

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Amazon buys 430 acres in Covington, but remains vague about its plans

Amazon has assembled the land off Interstate-20 about 40 miles east of Downtown Atlanta.

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Atlanta Tech Village founders reveal first startup locations for South Downtown expansion

The location will open less than a month after David Cummings and Jon Birdsong confirmed their plans to take control of dozens of South Downtown properties.

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Restaurants Notebook: New details on Ponce City Market's next high-profile eatery

The restaurant is scheduled to open this summer.

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Georgia Tech's next expansion aims for 2.5 million square feet of new development

The project aims to create a “vibrant arts district” on the west side of Atlanta.

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TK Elevator director tapped to lead consulting firm's new Atlanta office

Architectural Elevator Consulting will operate its East Coast business out of a new Atlanta office.

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Zillow: Affordability, job growth, make Atlanta a top housing market this year

Zillow analyzed the 50 largest U.S. metro areas to forecast this year's most competitive housing markets.

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West Midtown is the target for WeWork's next rejected lease in Atlanta

The fate of WeWork is not a reflection of the coworking and the flex office sector at large.

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UPS eliminates remote work, becomes largest Georgia public company to do so

The company will require corporate employees to work from the office five days per week.

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Why energy demand is a focus for Georgia in 2024

The rapid expansion of electric vehicle plants and data centers is testing the state's power supply. It's one of several issues Georgia business leaders are watching in 2024.

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BizSpotlight: Frazier & Deeter, LLC

Frazier & Deeter, LLC is an award-winning Top 50 a

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Momentum for build-to-rent housing continues to grow in Atlanta

Housing demand is strong across Atlanta, but rising costs of homeownership keep residents in the rental market. Build-to-rent developers are seizing the opportunity.

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BizSpotlight: Donegal Insurance Group

MARIETTA, PA (January 2, 2024) – Donegal Insurance

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Worried about an ERC audit? The IRS is giving some businesses an off ramp

The IRS is rejecting thousands of ERC applications and clawing back others, and it's now giving businesses that already received money an off ramp.

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Downtown tower surpassing rent growth more commonly seen in Buckhead, Midtown

A Downtown apartment tower is setting a record for apartment rents in the heart of the city’s urban core, a potential boost to narratives that the district can support more housing.

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Delta again ranked most on-time airline in North America

Out of 1.6 million flights, 85% of Delta’s planes were on time.

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Playbook for 2024: Companies are tweaking promotion and pay raises strategies for the new year

Even with economic uncertainty and a softening job market, companies are still planning pay raises in 2024 — just not for everyone. And the end of the Great Resignation has shaken up promotion plans. Here's what the new year holds for those high-stakes decisions.

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2024 real estate trends: Foreclosures, office conversions, evolving retail

Where are the hottest up-and-coming areas for development? CRE leaders weigh in, and share the trends and challenges they are seeing for 2024 and beyond.

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