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A third location of the Edgewood taqueria El Tesoro will open along Hotel Row in South Downtown at 171 Mitchell St. The new venue will feature an indoor/outdoor bar, fresh fruit and vegetable smoothie bar, and El Tesoro's signature Guerrero-style tacos and more.
Atlanta Ventures posted video of crews working on Broad Street. It is the first time the district's transformation has looked like something other than a rendering.
BCA Studios Architects shared visuals for Georgia's first Motto by Hilton paired with a TownePlace Suites at 524 West Peachtree St., where the 1920s Rosser Building once stood.
Downtown Atlanta marks The Daffodil Project's one-millionth bulb, part of a living Holocaust memorial that weaves through Downtown.
The 183-room hotel at 329 Marietta St. lost three stories and its wraparound signage between designs, but kept its room count and its World Cup deadline.
Mayor Dickens told MARTA's board that Atlanta is shifting away from a $230 million Eastside Trail rail line. The streetcar would reach Krog Street Market and stop there.
The updated Downtown Atlanta Investment Map color-codes every project across six districts, and counts 5,000 more housing units in the pipeline.
An independent audit found an $865,000 discrepancy, not the $70 million the city's auditors alleged. MARTA is using the result to press for permits.
The Atlanta Vibe of the Pro Volleyball Federation brought professional volleyball to downtown for the first time with a two-game '404 Match' series at Georgia State's Convocation Center on March 28 and 30, 2025.
CP Group's redevelopment plans for The Center, the 1.2 million-square-foot former CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta.
One mile of resurfaced roadway with physical protections separating cyclists from car traffic opened on Forsyth Street in March 2025 — part of Atlanta's Vision Zero commitment to eliminate fatal and serious traffic accidents by 2040.
Brianna Jackson launches Heart of South Downtown to drive job growth and entrepreneurship. Delilah's Everyday Soul gets construction permits at 227 Mitchell. Broad Street reconstruction begins. And 80 subcontractors tour the 4-million-square-foot SoDo portfolio.
Launched with a public meeting at the Municipal Market in November 2024, Reconnecting Sweet Auburn set out to measure and mitigate the harm the 1960s construction of I-75/85 did to the neighborhood, returning with preliminary designs in March 2025.
Centennial Olympic Park's centerpiece is back after months of construction, funded by a $2.5 million Woodruff Foundation grant.
A new east wing at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights downtown will honor former Mayor Shirley Franklin.
