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The Sweet Auburn building that housed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s office, the SCLC headquarters and WERD radio has been restored and permanently protected within the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park.
The Jagger Suite, a swanky new rooftop bar at the Moxy Atlanta Downtown hotel featuring a 12-foot disco unicorn sculpture, is now open. The weekly Atlanta restaurant roundup also covers new openings, charitable efforts, and a few closings across the metro area.
Atlanta cleared the Bell Street homeless encampment near Grady Memorial Hospital as part of its "Downtown Rising" initiative, aiming to house hundreds of people ahead of the June FIFA World Cup. The effort has drawn both praise for its housing-first approach and criticism as a temporary fix to a deeper regional crisis.
MARTA's new Reach microtransit service launches Saturday, offering curb-to-curb on-demand van rides within 12 zones across the region. The service, priced at $2.50 per trip, is part of the first major redesign of MARTA's bus network since the agency's founding.
Gorman & Company has filed for land disturbance permits on The Sanctuary, a $41 million project that would add an 83-unit, 15-story tower to Trinity United Methodist Church's campus at 265 Washington St.
The beloved Castleberry Hill Loft Tour & Wine Tasting is back — explore private lofts, working art studios, and galleries in one of Atlanta's most distinctive historic neighborhoods on October 24, 2026.
Less than 100 days to the World Cup. The Junction sandwich shop returns after 30 years, Smorgasburg Atlanta debuts with 40+ vendors every Saturday, Founders Green takes shape, and crews unearth a 1910s Jacobs' Pharmacy bottle on Mitchell Street.
Subs & Salads at 66 Forsyth reopened as the Junction after a full renovation backed by Invest Atlanta and South Downtown.
Cosm, a 70,000-square-foot immersive dome venue using planetarium technology to broadcast sports and entertainment, announced it will open its Atlanta location at Centennial Yards on June 10, 2026 — five days before the city hosts its first World Cup match.
February brought 16 new restaurant openings across metro Atlanta, dominated by fast-casual counter-service concepts including out-of-town bagel chains, Asian bakery brands, and community-focused cafes. At least seven restaurants also closed during the month.
Atlanta is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in "sponge parks" and massive underground stormwater vaults to combat chronic flooding in historically Black neighborhoods like Vine City, Peoplestown, and Hunter Hills. The infrastructure projects aim to address decades of neglect tied to combined sewer systems overwhelmed by downtown development.
The W Atlanta Downtown hotel, which recently went through foreclosure, will rebrand as a JW Marriott after renovations — becoming the brand's second Atlanta-area property and leaving the city with no remaining W hotels.
MARTA is rolling out its biggest overhaul in decades with the NextGen Bus Network, offering more frequent service on key routes and replacing low-ridership buses with an on-demand van service called MARTA Reach.
The former City Lights North Block has been renamed The Wren at 640 - a $78.9 million, 187-apartment building at 633 Parkway Drive where every unit is capped at rates affordable to households at 60 percent of Area Median Income.
The 183-room Moxy Atlanta Downtown will hold its grand opening March 26 on Marietta Street, bringing a rooftop lounge called Jagger Suite and the East Coast's first Eggslut to the tourism district.
