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Atlanta Housing scheduled a ceremony for a $60 million, 148-unit senior building, the first phase of the long-dormant Old Fourth Ward site's redevelopment.
Cushman & Wakefield is running the site search, with Clark Construction and Cooper Carry on board, and public dollars among the funding sources under discussion.
Hotel Phoenix, a 19-story luxury hotel and the first hotel to open within Centennial Yards, has set a Dec. 1 opening date—marking a major milestone in the $5 billion downtown Atlanta redevelopment.
Foundations are poured for three single-family houses at Fortune Street and Ralph McGill Boulevard, a corner boarded up or empty for over a decade near Ponce City Market and the Eastside Trail.
Mayor Andre Dickens joined a groundbreaking for McAuley Station Phase II at 300 Chamberlain St., a four-story building with 97 rent-restricted apartments for residents 55 and older.
With Atlanta's first 2026 World Cup match roughly 216 days out, Atlanta Ventures is offering about 10 renovated South Downtown spaces on two- and three-month 'summer leases.'
Columbia Residential, Atlanta Housing and Invest Atlanta closed on financing to renovate Columbia Senior at MLK Village in Capitol Gateway, locking in long-term affordability for its 121 units.
Entrepreneur John Hope Bryant and CIM Group, the developer behind Centennial Yards, have launched the CIM-BGV Affordable Housing Impact Fund with more than $250 million in investment capacity to create and preserve affordable housing across the U.S.
Fulton County's development authority signed off on a $223.7 million inducement for the first phase of Forge Atlanta, a multi-tower proposal from a crypto-backed firm with no verifiable development record.
The Development Authority of Fulton County gave preliminary approval for a nearly $10 million tax break for Forge Atlanta, an ambitious $756 million mixed-use district proposed near downtown Atlanta and Castleberry Hill. Questions remain about developer Webstar Technology Group's financial stability and track record.
The Oct. 20 date came and went with no equipment on site. RBH Group says details are still being finalized on the 424-unit downtown tower.
Officials say the long-idle Waldo's project in Old Fourth Ward is being retooled and will restart, with its six-story office component shelved and construction blockades finally coming down.
The Stitch — the $700 million project to cap the Downtown Connector with 17 acres of green space — lost its largest federal funding commitment in 2025. Atlanta is pressing forward anyway, with groundbreaking targeted for mid-2026.
Atlanta's Stitch project — an elevated park planned to cap the Downtown Connector — is moving forward despite Congress repealing $151 million in federal funding. City and project leaders say construction could begin as early as spring 2026.
Vertical construction is underway on a mixed-use replacement for the aging Henderson Place apartments, bringing 76 income-restricted rentals and space for a small grocery three blocks from the Beltline.
