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Atlanta Ventures has acquired two more Peachtree Street buildings near Underground Atlanta, growing its South Downtown holdings past 50 buildings as work ramps up on the 25-building 'Project Elle.'
Following weeks of pushback from City Hall and mobility advocates, MARTA has paused planned bus relocations and street-level closures at Five Points station that were set to begin in late July.
Centennial Yards has broken ground on an 8-acre entertainment district in downtown Atlanta's Gulch, closing major parking lots that have long served sports fans and event-goers. The $5 billion redevelopment's next phase includes a 5,000-seat arena, hotel, retail, and a large plaza set to open before the 2026 World Cup.
Atlanta Ventures plans to pour at least $100 million into South Downtown's next phase, while Atlanta Housing explores converting Summerhill's long-vacant Ramada hotel into 231 affordable senior apartments.
Muse Skin Health and Aesthetics is relocating to a 7,000-square-foot fourth-floor space in the Butler Building next to Krog Street Market, with 17 treatment rooms.
City officials and mobility advocates rallied at Five Points to push back on MARTA's $250 million station renovation and street-level closures set to begin within weeks.
Georgia officials have selected the team behind The Battery Atlanta to redevelop the 11-acre Home Depot Backyard near Mercedes-Benz Stadium; meanwhile the old World of Coke site is becoming a parking lot.
Amtrak's federal budget request includes nearly $30 million to secure a downtown Atlanta site for a new intercity rail station that could eventually cost $700 million.
Hotel developer Thrash Group is converting a shuttered office building at 110 Mitchell Street into the 122-room Origin Hotel Atlanta — a boutique property near the Fulton County complex slated to open in summer 2024, adding momentum to South Downtown's revival.
MARTA will close street and bus access to Five Points station beginning July 29 for a $230 million renovation project, with a temporary reopening planned for the 2026 World Cup. Construction is expected to wrap up in 2028.
Barking Hound Village is building a 9,000-square-foot facility with fig-ivy walls and dog murals on a graffiti-covered Boulevard corner Starbucks abandoned plans for in 2021.
After a construction phase that stretched across several years, the $26 million 555 Boulevard apartments began welcoming residents in 2024 -- 106 units on a corner vacant for more than a decade.
A 50-unit affordable housing project called Lewis Crossing is set to fill a long-vacant gravel lot a block south of Mercedes-Benz Stadium -- with construction starting in 2025 and a Walk Score of 88.
The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park has rebranded following CNN's departure, dropping "CNN" from its name and completing $15 million in renovations across approximately 600 guest rooms and suites in its North Tower.
A new master plan -- the Georgia World Congress Center Authority's first since 2008 -- pinpointed four sites that could add $1.1 to $1.3 billion in hotels, housing, offices, and retail to the underused blocks around the convention campus.
