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793 beds across 305 units are going up at 850 West End Ave. after AUC enrollment grew about 25% in five years, adding roughly 1,100 students to the campuses.
New renderings for the 8.5-acre linear park running from the Downtown Connector to Oakland Cemetery lean on Atlanta's tree canopy — and on what neighbors asked for at a June open house.
One signal faces directly into a ground-floor apartment at the Swift & Co. Lofts, and preservation advocates say they were never consulted despite a federal easement on the building.
The county says its number reflects $75 million in needed renovations; the mayor had asked $80 million. The offer expired Aug. 31 and the lease runs out at year's end.
The mayor's office is asking City Council for a special-called meeting on resolutions covering homes in Vine City and English Avenue plus a former gas station near Bowen Homes.
The 336-unit tower on Centennial Olympic Park Drive set the record for downtown's priciest apartment sale in 2021; last week it changed hands at a foreclosure auction.
The firm is cutting from 45,000 square feet downtown to 25,000 in Midtown's 999 Peachtree, while its old building sits 54% occupied and on a distressed loan watchlist.
With Atlanta office construction essentially halted, Selig Enterprises brought in Partners Real Estate to chase anchor tenants for development sites it has held for more than a decade.
442 Cain Street NE has a rooftop deck, skyline views and a stalled restaurant conversion behind it — and at 0.13 acres, the lot is too small for anyone planning to knock it down.
After $140 million and a tournament-sized debut, the district's tech-investor owners are stopping new construction to find out whether what they built can actually lease.
The bank now holds about 122,000 square feet across five floors at its namesake tower, and roughly 190 previously remote employees will move into the new space by the end of September.
Inspectors flagged cosmetic and dimensional problems in the stairway tying the Southside Trail to Grant Street, and the fix will keep the connection closed into late October.
The vacant Mechanicsville parcel at 515 Whitehall Street is back up for sale at a 67-percent markup over its last asking price, pitched on Centennial Yards momentum.
Downtown's highway-capping park project brings on two senior hires with Beltline and state economic development experience, while a $2 billion Alpharetta arena district clears rezoning.
A full basketball court, an indoor running track and a drained pool have sat untouched above Courtland Street since 2009. Cushman & Wakefield is now shopping the space.
