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With the World Cup 80 days away, more than a dozen restaurants, MARTA's first new transit line in 25 years, and the 70,000-square-foot Cosm venue are all converging on South Downtown's 16-acre revitalization.
Thirty years after the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, a new documentary reexamines Izzy — the computer-generated mascot that the Associated Press called "the most maligned product to come out of Atlanta since New Coke."
The mixed-use redevelopment of the 51-story Georgia-Pacific Center in downtown Atlanta will include more than 130 below-market-rate apartments, with 30% of planned units reserved at rents between 50% and 80% of area median income. A groundbreaking is tentatively scheduled for late 2026.
A March 19 permit filing puts the long-planned, income-restricted Fairlie-Poplar high-rise one step closer to construction.
Partners for Home reports that more than 400 people formerly living unsheltered downtown have moved into stable housing under Downtown Rising, the first phase of a $235 million citywide campaign.
Peachtree Center Station entered MARTA's Station Rehabilitation Program on March 30, 2026, with rolling entrance closures, weeks after the agency renamed GWCC Station 'SEC District' and installed Better Breeze faregates across every downtown station.
On March 11, 2026, Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District unveiled their new shared identity, Downtown Atlanta Inc., before 850 people at the Georgia Aquarium - the largest annual meeting in the organization's history.
Atlanta broke ground on Trinity Central Flats, a $130 million, 10-story mixed-use high-rise on Trinity Avenue that will offer 218 workforce-priced apartments — averaging $1,350/month — steps from City Hall. Twenty units are reserved for people experiencing homelessness.
From America's best soccer bar in Little Five Points to a Nordic-themed brewpub downtown, these eight metro Atlanta spots serve great food alongside the beautiful game.
With the World Cup less than 100 days away, Atlanta leaders laid out their preparation plans: a month-long traffic management program, expanded MARTA service, a FIFA Fan Festival at Centennial Olympic Park, and 500,000 expected visitors.
At an AIA Atlanta roundtable, architects TVS and developer Sophy Companies laid out multi-phase plans for the long-vacant Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, with a first phase aimed at a high-density, mixed-income anchor.
Starting April 15, residents and visitors can carry drinks on public sidewalks and streets throughout South Downtown — a first for Atlanta, timed to boost foot traffic ahead of the World Cup.
Atlanta's World Cup Host Committee expressed confidence in the city's preparation 95 days before the tournament, highlighting infrastructure upgrades, MARTA expansions, and the FIFA Fan Festival at Centennial Olympic Park.
Atlanta business and civic leaders are drawing on lessons from the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games as the city prepares to host eight World Cup matches, expecting over 300,000 international visitors this summer.
Five years after it was proposed, the 31-story Teachers Village workforce-housing tower near Centennial Olympic Park appears set to miss its first-quarter 2026 groundbreaking target, with no new date offered.
