ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - If it seems like new apartments are popping up everywhere around metro Atlanta, it’s because they are.

Metro Atlanta ranks as the fifth-busiest builder of new apartments in the country, according to RentCafe .

The site estimates more than 17,000 new units will be completed this year.

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Only New York City, Dallas, Austin and Phoenix are projected to have more.

But Atlanta’s boom may be slowing down.

The Atlanta Regional Commission reported earlier this month that metro Atlanta’s population has grown by 1.2% so far this decade, the slowest rate since at least the 1970s.

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