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Downtown Development

Long-vacant Atlanta Constitution building on way to becoming affordable housing

The long-vacant former Atlanta Constitution building at 143 Alabama St. SW is being converted into about 200 affordable housing units after a groundbreaking ceremony with Mayor Andre Dickels. Wisconsin-based developer Gorman & Co. is leading the restoration of the historic Art Moderne structure, with full completion expected by 2028.

Jun 5, 2025

City Briefings

4 Atlanta companies named as sponsors for city's 2026 World Cup efforts

Cox Enterprises, Georgia-Pacific, Home Depot, and Southern Co. were announced as the first local sponsors for Atlanta's eight 2026 FIFA World Cup matches — a first in FIFA history allowing host committees to secure local sponsors.

Jun 1, 2025

Food & Drink

Broad Street BBQ Is Taking Three Storefronts for South Downtown's New Town Square

The team behind Adair Park's Sammy's is converting 96, 98 and 100 Broad St., keeping the brick, plaster and American flag mural, with a World Cup opening in mind.

May 29, 2025

Food & Drink

Barbecue restaurant with pitmaster views, full bar to open near Falcons' stadium

Broad Street BBQ will open at 96 Broad St. in the South Downtown development in 2026, offering smoked brisket, pork butt, and a full cocktail bar steps from Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena.

May 28, 2025

Arts & Culture

Underground Atlanta lands massive music venue with Ravine

Ravine, the beloved Atlanta music venue that closed its Midtown location during the pandemic, is returning as Ravine at Underground — a massive two-stage venue spanning 181,000 square feet in a parking garage on Lower Wall Street.

May 22, 2025

Food & Drink

The Pool Overlooking Mercedes-Benz Stadium Is Open to the Public, Starting at $220

Signia by Hilton launched a ResortPass day-pass program giving non-guests access to its saltwater pool, the Highball bar and a 23,000-square-foot wellness floor.

May 21, 2025

Downtown Development

Construction starts on planetarium-sized sports and entertainment venue downtown

Construction has begun on Cosm, a 70,000-square-foot dome entertainment venue set to anchor downtown Atlanta's Centennial Yards development. A 'steel rising' ceremony marked the launch of the immersive sports venue, which aims to open by 2026 in time for the World Cup.

May 16, 2025

Downtown Development

Intown Atlanta Added 11,130 Apartments Since the Pandemic, Fourth Most in the Country

A RentCafe analysis of Yardi Matrix data puts Midtown and downtown behind only Washington, Chicago and Denver, in what looks like Atlanta's biggest apartment wave in three decades.

May 15, 2025

Downtown Development

Live Nation Signs for a 5,300-Capacity Venue at Centennial Yards, Opening in 2027

The unnamed music hall will anchor the entertainment district across from State Farm Arena, seating more than the Fox Theatre and twice the Tabernacle.

May 14, 2025

Historic

Tree-Ring Study Will Date About Three Dozen Historic South Downtown Buildings

Students and a Cobb nonprofit are reading tree rings in South Downtown's old timber to learn when its buildings went up.

May 13, 2025

Arts & Culture

Centennial Yards concert venue lands a big name to run 5,300-seat theater

Live Nation Entertainment has committed to leasing a 5,300-seat concert venue at Centennial Yards, the $5 billion megaproject under construction in downtown Atlanta. The venue is slated to open in 2027 as part of the project's 8-acre entertainment district.

May 13, 2025

City Briefings

Atlanta police preparing for major safety challenges in 2026 FIFA World Cup

Atlanta police are implementing comprehensive safety measures ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, when the city will host eight matches and an estimated 300,000 visitors. Officials are drawing on lessons from recent security incidents — including the 2025 New Orleans Sugar Bowl attack — to close vulnerabilities.

May 13, 2025

City Briefings

Show Versus Tell V2M4: Robotic Security Dogs Deploy, Crates Opens on Hotel Row, King of Pops Pops Up, and Bees Get Relocated

Undaunted deploys robotic dogs for 24/7 security monitoring. Crates opens on Hotel Row. King of Pops launches a weekday pop-up. Historic bricks discovered under 140 Forsyth. And a bee colony is safely relocated from 171 Mitchell — the future El Tesoro site.

May 7, 2025

Arts & Culture

Underground's Art Lab: Jordan Young's 'Eyes on the Floor' and Shelly Boehm's Projection Residency at the Public Art Futures Lab

Fulton County's Public Art Futures Lab at Underground Atlanta has become downtown's experimental art space, hosting a queer-nightlife photography show curated by artist-in-residence Jordan Young in fall 2024 and a 14-week projection-art residency by Shelly Boehm in 2025.

May 7, 2025

Downtown Development

A Tokenization Firm Signs an LOI for the Forge, Downtown's 3-Million-Square-Foot Ghost

Forge Atlanta Asset Management, 80 percent owned by Webstar Technology Group, says it intends to buy and build the 10-acre site that fell into foreclosure two years ago.

May 2, 2025