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The fifth phase of Wingate's Bedford Pines redevelopment takes nearly a full city block between North and Ponce de Leon avenues.
Atlanta Ventures posted video of crews working on Broad Street. It is the first time the district's transformation has looked like something other than a rendering.
BCA Studios Architects shared visuals for Georgia's first Motto by Hilton paired with a TownePlace Suites at 524 West Peachtree St., where the 1920s Rosser Building once stood.
The 183-room hotel at 329 Marietta St. lost three stories and its wraparound signage between designs, but kept its room count and its World Cup deadline.
The updated Downtown Atlanta Investment Map color-codes every project across six districts, and counts 5,000 more housing units in the pipeline.
One mile of resurfaced roadway with physical protections separating cyclists from car traffic opened on Forsyth Street in March 2025 — part of Atlanta's Vision Zero commitment to eliminate fatal and serious traffic accidents by 2040.
Launched with a public meeting at the Municipal Market in November 2024, Reconnecting Sweet Auburn set out to measure and mitigate the harm the 1960s construction of I-75/85 did to the neighborhood, returning with preliminary designs in March 2025.
A grant of up to $3.5 million would stabilize the 1940s landmark and turn its grounds into a World Cup gathering space before the housing conversion starts.
Filings revive a project at 389 Linden Ave. that went quiet after a 2021 NPU-M appearance, replacing a 1920s brick home overlooking the park.
The 1 Peachtree project would put 65 income-restricted apartments for residents 62 and older where Peachtree and Wall streets meet.
Atlanta's Office of Zoning and Development approved a Special Administrative Permit for the 51-story tower's conversion to more than 400 apartments.
SoDo Atlanta LLC's acquisition of 53 buildings across 10 blocks in South Downtown represents one of the most ambitious urban bets in Atlanta history — and the story of the Friedman Shoes building captures why the stakes are personal.
Before Atlanta Ventures bought in, South Downtown's longtime merchants watched their neighborhood empty out. A WABE feature captures their story alongside the redevelopment now racing toward the 2026 World Cup.
Site prep began in February on the shuttered Wellstar campus. The teardown will run most of 2025, and what replaces it is still being decided.
Central Atlanta Progress used its annual board installation to highlight transformational progress in downtown — from Centennial Yards' Hotel Phoenix topping out to the opening of Atlanta Tech Village's South Downtown outpost — ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
