The sales center is

open 1-6:30 p.m. every day except Friday. The

Knight Group, formerly known as Knight

Development, is a family business based in

Jonesboro. The company had its beginning in 1973,

when brothers Scott and Perry Knight starting

framing houses for south metro builders.

The Knight brothers

got into the home building business in the late

1970s. Perry's son Jay, who has been with the

company since 1982, is now the president of The

Knight Group. Scott's son Chris, who joined the

company last year, is now vice president.

At the present

time, the company is building approximately 250

homes a year. During the 1990s, the company has

been a consistent winner of professionalism

awards in the annual competition sponsored by the

Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and the

Greater Atlanta Sales and Marketing Council,

bringing home two of these awards in 1992, five

in 1995, one in 1997 and two in 1998.