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Construction, openings, investment, and physical transformation of Atlanta's city center.
A 10-unit, income-restricted building aimed at first responders and downtown's workforce is nearing completion on Hilliard Street, with rents capped at $1,250 including utilities.
A 1924 landmark that has spent decades turning its back on Tech Square is getting a new restaurant, a rebuilt lobby and street-level glass meant to pull the public inside.
A half-acre of cleared land between the Eastside Trail and the King historical park is on the market for $2 million with city-approved plans for five townhomes and three duplexes.
After a dozen years of stalled plans on the 19-acre Civic Center property, the first new building is structurally complete and getting its windows and facade.
A $6.7-million pair of three-story buildings on James P. Brawley Boulevard marks the nonprofit's first ground-up construction in Vine City, on land that sat vacant for years.
Two of the biggest mixed-use projects ringing downtown just landed their restaurant anchors, one in a 1928 Midtown landmark and one at the base of Mailchimp's Old Fourth Ward headquarters.
The 17-story tower at Peachtree and Memorial is the subject of a widening gap between Fulton County and City Hall, with a lease expiring in December and no deal in sight.
After a decade of planning and two years of construction, the 15th Street extension is set to open by the end of August, adding a rare new connection to Midtown's street grid.
Trademark Property Company now runs retail and operations across the 138-acre district, and it is bringing back a former general manager and surveying the community before making changes.
The hole left behind by the collapsed No. 2 Opus Place tower is now sod and walking paths, and Midtown Alliance plans food trucks, markets and fitness on it starting next month.
A graffiti-covered wedge of masonry at 1075 Boulevard SE, bought for $202,500 two years ago, has city approval to reopen as two-tenant retail with patios on both floors.
A Kilpatrick Townsend partner who watches the abandoned Campanile site from his office window says the city could seize it and reroute Peachtree traffic to make room for a walking street.
SoDo ATL says the building blitz is over for now: 26 renovated apartments at 85 Peachtree and nine empty Broad Street storefronts are the next test of whether the district becomes a real neighborhood.
Two years of work on Northside Drive have produced 201 apartments, 171 of them income-restricted, with move-ins underway and rents opening at $1,100 a month.
With the World Cup crowds gone, Atlanta Ventures' 58-building historic district is filling storefronts on Mitchell, Broad and Hotel Row, and 14 retail suites are still open.
