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A 12-story building with roughly 280 apartments — including affordable units — and space for about 17 shops is next in line at Centennial Yards, aimed squarely at downtown's "Tuesday afternoon problem."
Fourteen new restaurants arrived across metro Atlanta in March — including a rooftop bar with a 12-foot disco unicorn at the Moxy Atlanta Downtown — while nearly as many spots closed their doors.
Georgia Commute Options built a match-day traffic guide — grounded in data from the Super Bowl, Copa América and Beyoncé nights — so downtown commuters know when to drive, ride MARTA or stay home.
Bloomberg goes inside the rare coalition of financiers, entertainers and Black business leaders betting $5 billion that Centennial Yards can finally fill the hole at the center of Atlanta.
The fan fest drew 536,000, MARTA moved 4.7 million riders and downtown properties filled up — but hotels and street vendors found Atlanta's World Cup month tougher going.
A new Beltline Mortgage Assistance Program from Atlanta Beltline and Invest Atlanta offers up to $30,000 toward homeownership for legacy residents and public servants.
Fulton County commissioners voted 4-1 against joining Atlanta's 30-year tax allocation district extension, a setback for the funding engine behind Mayor Dickens' Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative.
Dietmar Exler, the AMBSE operations chief who readied Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the World Cup, will retire Aug. 14, with Tameka Rish promoted to chief operating officer.
FIFA's president wants a return visit, and Atlanta leaders are already maneuvering to land the 2031 Women's World Cup final at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
City Hall took a well-earned bow as officials tallied the transit numbers and cross-agency teamwork behind Atlanta's World Cup summer.
As the World Cup rolled out of town, the city paused to remember the summer that first put Atlanta on the world stage 30 years ago.
Spain punched the first ticket to the final — and one night later, Atlanta's last World Cup match decided who would meet them there.
The biggest match of Atlanta's eight arrives Wednesday: England and Argentina, a rivalry with four decades of baggage and a place in the final on the line.
Down two goals with time running out, the defending champions turned a downtown Atlanta night into one of the great World Cup comebacks.
Headed to a match or the Fan Fest? Three habits will do most of the work of keeping the summer heat from ruining your World Cup day.
