Cobb Real Estate Blog

GTRA officials announced that they are planning a $93 million bus transit station over I-75, just south of the perimeter, next to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. The station will sit 25 feet above the interstate, it will span two football fields in length and have room for 18 bus bays, 9 on each side of the interstate.

This will be the southernmost station connecting the Cumberland Mall / Galleria area with the Town Center Mall in Kennesaw. Two more stations will be built along side I-75 and two other will be elevated to sit above I-75, similar to the Cumberland Mall Transit Station.

The structure will be approximately 75,000 square feet and will be connected to a parking garage on the westside of the highway by a pedestrian bridge. Also, near the parking garage, negotiations are running currently for a developer to purchase the 5 acre tract of land and build a 15 story office building an 18 story hotel / condominium tower, and ground level restaurants and shops underneath one or both structures.

The terminals would service this rail like service that uses buses, instead of train cars, that will travel via HOV lanes. Construction could begin as early as 2009 as officials are still searching for $300 million in funding to match the $300 million already promised by the state of Georgia to complete the whole stretch from Kennesaw to Vinings. Also, in the planning stages is another bus transit line to connect this one to some other point across the top end of the perimeter. Whether that point is Ga 400 or I-85 near spaghetti junction is unknown at this time.