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Construction, openings, investment, and physical transformation of Atlanta's city center.
ATLDOT says downtown potholes are down 60 percent against 2024 and the district's pavement score moved from "fair" to "good," credited to an AI-driven road-scanning partnership now headed for every neighborhood.
Newport RE promised 650 apartments in two Broad Street high-rises by 2025; the corner now holds El Tesoro and Founders Green instead.
Shaneel Lalani is following the World Cup's biggest downtown crowds with a food hall at Alabama and Pryor and a 150-unit conversion of the 34 Peachtree tower.
The brick warehouse at 116 Krog St., with frontage on both the Eastside Trail and Krog Street, is back on the market at $5.25 million - about $977 per square foot.
OaksATL Community Development’s $3 million infill project at 557 Lindsay Street pairs below-market apartments with walkable restaurant space on a .13-acre corner.
The three-block Broad Street overhaul now spills into a remade elevated plaza at Garnett MARTA station, one stop south of the Five Points hub.
Site work is well underway on the 3.3-acre Bowery at Old Fourth Ward, a Fuqua Development and Northwood Ravin project bringing 285 homes and 12,000 square feet of retail to Boulevard and Highland Avenue.
The restored 1920s Regenstein's Department Store reopens as a six-concept vertical entertainment district, with dive bar American Dive and upscale Peachtree Sporting Club leading the June 17 debut.
Glide Pizza is targeting a Friday, June 12 opening and Broad Street BBQ could fire up by the weekend, capping a South Downtown opening wave timed to Atlanta's first World Cup match.
A new city audit says Invest Atlanta overstated the ripple effects of the tax allocation districts that finance downtown redevelopment - and City Council is about to vote on renewing six of them.
Underground Atlanta begins its run as an official FIFA Watch Party venue Friday, June 12, unveiling a remade Upper Alabama Street with big screens, a stage, stadium seating and a new futsal pitch — backed by a $925,000 Invest Atlanta grant.
Gates come down Friday on the final 1.9 miles of the Southside Trail, completing a continuous 16.7-mile Beltline loop just three days before Atlanta's first World Cup match — and giving visitors a true car-free way to explore the city.
New construction images show the elevated connector linking the Gold Dome to Georgia's $392 million legislative office building largely in place over MLK Jr. Drive — with completion expected by the end of 2026.
Decatur just opened the first phase of its Town Center Plan 2.0 — and is christening it with Decatur WatchFest '26: 60+ World Cup matches on three big screens plus 34 free concerts over five weeks.
Cosm's 70,000-square-foot immersive venue debuts publicly with NBA Finals Game 4, anchoring Centennial Yards just as the city steps onto the World Cup stage.
