Almost 1,300 new homes planned in Braselton, Nicholson

UNDATED - Braselton and Nicholson are the sites chosen for two subdivisions that envision a total of almost 1,300 new homes.<br> <br> According to the Norton Company&#39;s Market Watch, a Snellville developer, Mike Malerby, is proposing a 271-lot residential development in Braselton at Georgia Highway 53 and New Liberty Church Road.<br> <br> The Nicholson development would consist of 1,000 homes and also be located on Highway 53. That project would have a 10-to-12 year build-out timeline and would also include a grocery store. That developer is Bud Chandler.<br> <br> NEW HOME DEPOTS<br> <br> Also, according to Market Watch, Home Depot is slated to begin construction this spring on a store adjacent to the Wal-Mart Super Center on US 441 in Clayton. They project a mid-2005 opening date.<br> <br> In Pickens County the Jasper Village Shopping Center at the intersection of Highway 53 and Highway 515 could open by December with both a new Home Depot and a Kroger store employing more than 300 people.