A NOTE FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER

Welcome to the fourth issue of Around AFC. This month we take an in-depth look at City Club of Buckhead, a 36,000-sqaure-foot business, dining, and athletic club coming to Atlanta Financial Center this winter. Remodeling and construction have already begun on some portions of the project, and we look forward to sharing this incredible facility with all of our tenants this year.

Other stories this month include a profile on the Georgia Society of CPAs, who are offering meeting space for Atlanta Financial Center tenants, as well as details on a new electronic recycling option offered on site.

The satisfaction of AFC’s tenants continues to be our top priority. We appreciate the opportunity to provide you with the finest service and amenities. Please let us know how we can serve you better.

Emily Sircy,
Hines General Manager

AFC ANNOUNCES EXTENSIVE, UPSCALE RENOVATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR NEW CITY CLUB OF BUCKHEAD

Hines is pleased to announce the arrival of a brand new full-service club, the City Club of Buckhead, coming to Atlanta Financial Center this winter.  Hines and its partner and co-owner at Atlanta Financial Center, General Motors Asset Management (GMAM), will invest $6.5 million in renovations to complete the new club, which will feature 36,000-square-feet of business, dining, athletic and health club space.  The business and dining portion of the club will be located in the space currently occupied by the Buckhead Club, and the fitness portion of the club will be located in the space currently occupied by the Buckhead Athletic Club.

More about the City Club of Buckhead >>

THE GEORGIA SOCIETY OF CPAS IS OFFERING CLASSROOM, BOARDROOM SPACE TO TENANTS AT AFC

You don't have to be a certified public accountant to take a field trip to the Georgia Society of CPAs' offices located in Atlanta Financial Center's North Tower. With more than 6,000 square feet of space for 25 employees, the professional organization has plenty of room to share. And that's just what they are doing.

Read more about the classroom and boardroom space opportunity at AFC >>

Trivia

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This month marks the beginning of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing founder Pierre de Coubertin's ideas and ideals. The Olympic Rings are the most widely used symbol. These five intertwined rings represent the unity of the five inhabited continents (with the Americas regarded as one continent). The five colored rings on a white field form the Olympic Flag.

Question: Why were the colors, white, red, blue, green, yellow, and black, chosen as the Olympic Rings' official colors?

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LOCAL EVENTS

High Museum of Art

Street Life: American Photographs from the 1960s and '70s
Ends August 10, 5 p.m.

Young Americans: Photographs by Sheila Pree Bright Exhibition
Ends August 10, 5 p.m.

After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy
Ends October 5, 5 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.high.org.

Labor Day Weekend

August 29-September 1, Throughout Atlanta

Enjoy the last three-day weekend of summer locally. For a complete hotel listing, please visit http://www.atlanta-downtown.com/events/.

ELECTRONIC RECYCLING COMES TO ATLANTA FINANCIAL CENTER

Atlanta Financial Center tenants looking for a safe, environmentally friendly way to dispose of electronics can now contact Electronic Waste Management, a division of ARC International, Inc.

"If a company has 30 or more pieces of electronics to recycle, they can call Larry Heintz with Electronic Waste Management," Tenant Services Coordinator Tiffany Davis said. "They will come to your office and remove electronics at no charge, then they recycle it instead of taking it to landfills."

Accepted electronics include computers, monitors, printers, fax machines and copiers. However, televisions, microwaves, large appliances and anything containing wood will not be accepted.

For more information, please call Larry Heintz at (678) 367-6324.