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125 Edgewood Ave., built by Joel Hurt and Samuel Inman and later one of Coca-Cola's earliest bottling operations, is being marketed by JLL as an adaptive-reuse candidate.
A sewer plug permit at 505 Highland Ave. is the first movement in 18 months on the 285-unit, grocery-anchored complex from Fuqua Development and Northwood Ravin.
Metro Atlanta Chamber reports $8 billion being invested in downtown. MARTA's Five Points renovation is vital for a car-free South Downtown. A SEC Championship tailgate launches at Centennial Yards. And 100-year-old tiles spelling "Empire Clothing Co." are uncovered during demolition.
The circa-1930 American Laundry Building at 256 Walker St., where André 3000 and Big Boi shot the Stankonia video, hit the market with Bull Realty in the high $2 million range.
The all-day restaurant from the Che Butter Jonez team has cancelled its plans at 166 Pryor St., as the delayed Wyndham conversion pushes reservations to mid-January.
A two-night College Football Playoff concert series with Lil Wayne, GloRilla and Camila Cabello lands at State Farm Arena.
The Metro Atlanta Chamber named downtown revitalization, public safety, and homelessness as its top 2025 priorities at its 165th annual meeting. More than $8 billion in combined public and private investment is currently underway in downtown Atlanta.
After a four-and-a-half-month pause, MARTA filed for commercial demolition and reached an agreement with City Hall to keep the Forsyth Street entrance open during construction, at the cost of a longer schedule.
An $80 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation — the largest in Georgia State's history — is funding a rapid campus transformation: demolishing Sparks Hall, reimagining Woodruff Park, and fast-tracking construction to finish before the World Cup.
SoDo Atlanta completes a landmark land swap with Fulton County, unlocking the Forsyth and Mitchell corner lot. BLDGS architects design 222 Mitchell's residential conversion. APD tackles Upper Alabama crime surge.
Invest Atlanta will enter a long-term lease and master development agreement with the Wisconsin affordable housing firm, adding a new mid-rise on the adjacent Ted Turner Drive parking lot.
The $50 million first phase on Gartrell Street, next to the expanded Mercy Care campus and north of King Memorial station, includes 30 permanent supportive housing studios and 10 respite units.
The developer of Centennial Yards will pay Atlanta nearly $8.5 million in lieu of including affordable apartments in its first new residential tower, the 19-story Mitchell. The decision has drawn scrutiny from residents and advocates who question the project's commitment to affordable housing given its record-setting city incentive package.
At an October 2024 update, The Stitch's development team revealed detailed plans for the 14-acre cap over I-75/85 — including an amphitheater, a skate park, a new school with Atlanta Public Schools, affordable housing, and construction beginning in 2026 after the World Cup.
In fall 2024, travel magazine Fifty Grande named Underground Atlanta a fall destination for its historic nightlife and arts scene.
