Dallas-based Stillwater Capital has won an appeal related to its lawsuit against Metro Government and involving a proposed development.
The court ruling comes after Metro recently lifted lifted a permit lock related to East Bank property on which Atlanta-based RangeWater plans a residential building development. The RangeWater property is located across the Oldham Street from the Stillwater Capital property at 186 N. First St.
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