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BB&T Raising Its Profile With 3630 Peachtree Deal

Atlanta Business Chronicle

By: Douglas Sams

BB&T Corp. has consolidated offices in Buckhead, where it wanted a bigger presence and more visibility on Peachtree Road.

BB&T will lease 16,000 square feet on the second floor of 3630 Peachtree, the office tower developed by Duke Realty Corp. and Pope & Land Enterprises, Inc. BB&T will locate its wealth management office at 3630 in Summer 2011, along with Scott & Stringfellow, Capital Markets. It will also put a 4,000 square-foot branch on the first floor of the building, fronting Peachtree Street.

Rob Metcalf and Brannon Moss of Jones Lang LaSalle represented BB&T. Kerry Armstrong of Duke Realty and Jackie Gauthreaux of Pope & Land Enterprises, Inc. represented the ownership of 3630 Peachtree.