Cushman and Wakefield analysis classifies Atlanta BeltLine as “one of the largest regional economic drivers in the metro’s history”
Whether you embrace it as an urban redevelopment dreamscape, don’t care enough…
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Big plans cooking for West Midtown restaurant site, adjacent land
Two buildings with mixed uses pitched where Six Feet Under, other businesses operate now
A package of properties that’s been marketed as the “last prime development opportunity in West Midtown” appears…
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Master Mind Building To Be Torn Down, Replaced With 17-Story Tower In New Plans
The developer behind the planned redevelopment of the Master Mind Thinker Building in Midtown Atlanta is headed before a neighborhood planning group with a new vision, one that no longer includes the…
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Midtown towers land financing, declared officially under construction
Developers: North and South tower designed to ‘sit prominently on the iconic Midtown skyline’
A closely watched two-tower Juniper Street project has landed requisite financing and is officially a go—albeit in a…
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WHERE HISTORY MEETS OPPORTUNITY
Here’s the challenge: Balancing an infusion of wealth with preservation of the Westside neighborhoods.
There’s an urgency on the Westside. A tipping point both for investors looking for opportunity before Microsoft Corp. …
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UPDATE: Veil lifts on restaurant, retail conversion overlooking Piedmont Park
Plans call for replacing longstanding Skate Escape corner building with BBQ eatery-retail combo
[UPDATE: 1 September 14, 8:32 a.m. Midtown Alliance has shared the first visuals for the adaptive-reuse 12th &…
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Near East Lake Golf Club, mixed-use Ella project debuts
More than 200 rentals and retail are delivering near Publix, Drew Charter School
Leasing efforts are underway at a mixed-use project that continues a surge of new living options in a pocket…
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THE NEW FRONTIER: As Midtown sees record levels of development, the next wave of towers will rise on unconventional sites.
The first land sale Cushman & Wakefield Managing Director Matt Hawkins brokered in Midtown fetched around $35 a square foot. This was in the mid-’90s. The buyer, the now-President and CEO of…
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First look: Mixed-use community planned for sprawling eastside field
Proposal would blend townhomes, retail, apartments at site near East Lake Golf Club
Another major development is in the works within a circa-1997 Tiger Woods’ drive of one of metro Atlanta’s most…
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Remember Atlanta’s ‘Midtown Mile?’ An anchor of it just sold for a record price.
A Florida-based company has purchased a Midtown retail center on Peachtree Street Northeast for a record price.
JLL
A real estate investment firm just paid the highest price in years for a…
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Affordability initiative to protect historic Midtown apartment building
Renovation of Winnwood Apartments, a Georgian Revival-style landmark from 1931, to include more housing, micro units
A restoration project in Midtown’s northern blocks is aiming to be a win-win for both historic…
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Piedmont Avenue SPI-17 District Proposed Code Amendments Seek to Create Consistency with other SPI Districts
Atlanta is working with Midtown Alliance and the Midtown Neighbors Association to create a more user-friendly ordinance.
The City of Atlanta has collaborated with the Midtown Alliance and the Midtown Neighbors…
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Private equity giant Northland pays near record price for prime Midtown development site
Midtown skyline.
A private equity giant has paid a near record price for a prime development site in Midtown.
Northland Investment Corp. bought just under an acre at Spring Street and 17th…
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Site Construction Plans Filed for the West Midtown Mixed-Use Office Tower
Utilities, grading, and the construction of the parking deck are listed as the future improvements slated to begin in March.
Developer Sterling Interest LLC, with application assistance by Josh Reynolds of Kimley-Horn,…
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Cousins Properties expands Midtown tower concept, buys Ecco restaurant
Updated rendering for Cousins Properties’ 887 West Peachtree office tower.
MIDTOWN ALLIANCE, HKS ARCHITECTS, PICKARD CHILTON
Atlanta’s largest office landlord has acquired a half-acre just blocks from Tech Square, adding another property…
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Check out how much Midtown Atlanta has grown in a decade
Since 2010, nearly 60 buildings have risen within a square mile of booming neighborhood
Anyone returning to Midtown for the first time in a while has probably had that surreal experience…
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Long delayed revamp of Midtown office tower still happening, owner says
At the center of Midtown, Atlanta’s hottest commercial real estate market, stands a 21-story eyesore.
The renovation of the Campanile office tower, at 1155 Peachtree St., has been stalled for about two…
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City files ‘abandoned project’ complaint against Dewberry’s Midtown job
Controversial developer’s retail and lobby redo at Campanile building stalled early last year on Peachtree Street
City inspectors have taken action against a long-dormant Midtown project by a controversial developer that neighbors…
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Move-Ins Boost Midtown’s Momentum As Developers Look To ‘Land A Whale’
Developers are building nearly 3M SF of new office space in Midtown Atlanta, more than half of all new office construction in the region. And if more developers have their way, Atlanta’s…
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Agent: Townhomes in East Lake’s new commercial hub set sales records
Ell Square is the residential component of the Hosea + 2nd project
The last facet to fill out the four corners of East Lake’s new commercial hub has been a hit…
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Site prep for Midtown’s Tech Square, Phase III is happening
Georgia Tech: Work between now and February to set stage for multi-tower build
Georgia Tech is putting plans in motion that officials say will set the stage for the next phase…
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Developer Plans 33-Story, 460-Unit Mixed-Use Midtown Tower
The proposed building would also hold about 75,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of retail space
Photo: Google Maps | 811 Peachtree St.
National real estate development firm…
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Mill Creek Residential Plans 30-Story Mixed-Use Project In Midtown
The proposed mixed-use tower is one of two that the Midtown DRC will discuss on Tuesday
Renderings: Midtown Alliance | A look at early plans for 180 10th St. and 811 Peachtree…
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Einstein’s Closes to Make Way for Middle Street Partners Towers, Joe’s on Juniper to Follow
Midtown is saying goodbye to both long-standing restaurants, which are to be replaced by dual residential skyscrapers.
It’s official. Over the weekend, Midtown staple Einstein’s closed its doors after a thirty year…
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Three Midtown Atlanta blocks and 7 new towers in 15 aerial photos
From Norfolk Southern’s new HQ to Coda, a section of the city transformed
The amount of new development across Atlanta the past decade has been dizzying, and nowhere are changes more…
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Judge Nixes Class Certification in Suit Claiming Beltline Property Owners Were Owed for Rail Easements
The putative class action claims that property owners along a 3-mile stretch of the Beltline should have been compensated when Norfolk Southern signed over its easements to the Beltline and Atlanta Development…
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U.S. Postal Service will vacate Rockefeller Group’s prime Midtown development site
Despite several big projects planned or underway, Midtown still features “significant development opportunities,” says Adam Viente, an executive vice president with Jones Lang LaSalle.
The basics: New York developer Rockefeller Group owns…
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Midtown Connector Transportation Improvement Project
The team that is staffing the Midtown Connector Transportation Improvement Project – the MCP Foundation – has released its second 15 minute video providing background and an overview of the proposed project. …
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Atlanta’s housing supply shortage expected to continue for some time
The housing supply shortage is expected to get more extreme as homebuyer demand continues to outweigh inventory levels, a new study found.
As the spring home buying season begins, HouseCanary’s latest…
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Hundreds of apartments planned to replace shuttered hotel near Beltline
Nearly 400 apartments are planned to be built on the site of the vacant InTown Suites in Piedmont Heights adjacent to the Buford Spring Connector.
A California developer plans to replace a…
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New City Buys 19-Acre Site Near Future Microsoft Campus
The developer behind 725 Ponce and the $1B Fourth Ward development has purchased a large site roughly a mile from the future Microsoft campus in Westside Atlanta.
New City Properties has…
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First look: 20 townhomes to complete East Lake’s new commercial village
ELL Square’s initial section goes vertical as brewery progresses across street
How all four corners of East Lake’s new mixed-use village will eventually look is coming into focus.
Atlanta homebuilder JackBilt has…
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Real Estate Notebook: Toll Brothers increases height of Midtown development
An illustration of the lower level of the new Toll Bros. dual tower project in Midtown.
Toll Brothers is increasing the height of its latest development in Midtown to include a 37-story…
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Final sections of East Lake’s new commercial village plows ahead with 20 homes
Townhouse prices at Hosea + 2nd will start in mid-$500Ks, as a brewery also comes together
Over the past five years, a moribund intersection of vacant buildings and empty…
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With New Nonprofit Status, John Marshall Turns Focus to Fundraising
As a nonprofit, the law school will begin to fundraise. The initial aim is to increase scholarships to make John Marshall “more affordable to the population we want to serve,” said Dean…
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Atlanta BeltLine to get $2.3M city loan to build ‘vital link’ to Westside neighborhoods
A magenta line marks where the planned Westside BeltLine Connector Trail is to go.
The city’s economic development arm has approved a $2.3 million loan to build a “vital link” connecting the…
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UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH, UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES
New mega-projects on Atlanta’s west side illustrate growing tension between investment and forced displacement.
Lincoln Property Co. has started pre-development work at Echo Street West, a planned $227 million revitalization of 19…
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New 16-story residential tower continues urban revitalization of Downtown’s SoNo neighborhood
The new apartment tower has a $55 million construction loan and forms a wave of investment planned for the area south of North Avenue.
A 16-story apartment tower is the latest project…
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Westside Atlanta project on Beltline obtains $10M in property tax reductions
The architect of Echo Street West is known for designs of award-winning public spaces.
A planned $227 million office and residential development on Atlanta’s Westside has cleared a major hurdle, landing just…
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Longstanding Skate Escape Publicly Re-Listed For Sale After Deal Falls Through
With more than 40 years in business under their belt, Owners Janice Phillips and Bob Orlowski are ready to retire.
Skate Escape and its parcel of land which sits at the corner…
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Exploring the Beltline’s downtown Connector corridor and what it could mean for Atlanta
Recently acquired “critical link” aims to open Beltline and downtown access for English Avenue, Bankhead, beyond
It’sIt’s a drizzly afternoon at a place most Atlantans have never been: an elevated, abandoned railroad…
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Global real estate giant pays $70M for revitalized West Midtown meatpacking plant
A joint venture between Maryland-based Federal Capital Partners, known more commonly as FCP, and Atlanta developer Westbridge Partners, developed Stockyards Atlanta.
A West Midtown project that turned an old meatpacking into a…
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Fresh renderings: Midtown’s 1105 West Peachtree is changing a full city block
The latest on Google’s commitment, a Sky Plaza, condo sales, and street retail
An earlier rendering of the multi-tower project underway now, as seen from the south. Selig Enterprises
Specific timelines are…
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How the trashy ‘Pit of Peachtree’ became Midtown’s most prominent pocket park
Grassroots activism helped turn an infamous dump at 10th and Peachtree streets into a gathering place, christened with a six-pack of Budweiser
Today, the pint-sized Midtown green space at 10th and Peachtree…
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In Midtown, a merger with the old and new at a 90-year-old apartment building
The Winnwood Apartments are located in Midtown, at the merger of Peachtree and West Peachtree streets.
An 90-year-old apartment building in Midtown may become the latest example of multifamily landlords opening their…
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Site activity, permits suggest towering ‘Midtown Union’ project is a go
Multi-tower development aims to activate parking lots at corner of Spring, 17th streets
The latest rendering for Midtown Union’s multifaceted first phase, with glassy office towers at left and residential/hotel pieces at…
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Rendering reveals vision for Jewish Federation’s Midtown HQ revamp
Plan is to grow the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum’s footprint and create new housing
The Federation’s humble headquarters could be transformed into something more interesting.
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, via…
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Stuck In The Dirt: After Years Of Promises, Atlanta’s Fabled Luxury Skyscraper Clouded In Mystery
Five years ago, a New York developer bought a plot of land in Midtown Atlanta, declaring its intentions to build the tallest residential tower in the Southeast, with prices and finishes more…
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FDA to head south, leaving behind prime Peachtree Street property in Midtown
The building at the corner of 8th Street could be ripe for redevelopment along the Midtown Mile
Could this Midtown lot soon have a new look? Google Maps
As first speculated in …
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Soaring Land Values Have Atlanta Churches Exploring Ways To Work With Developers
Two historic Episcopal churches in Atlanta, which combined control more than 8 acres of prime Midtown land, are mulling the redevelopment of their land as its property value soars.
Google Maps: All…
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Vision surfaces for proposed Midtown condo project ‘The Ansley’
Dewberry Group development is pitched as a modern-day classicist landmark on Peachtree Street
The initial project sketch. Dewberry Group
A development group founded by a man coined “Atlanta’s Emperor of Empty …
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Emory scoops up more Midtown land for campus expansion
Area around the shuttered Peachtree-Pine Homeless Shelter is being primed for a makeover
Part of Emory’s campus expansion plan entails the creation of a 3,000-space parking deck with street-level retail. Atlanta Department …
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At prominent Midtown intersection, revised hotel project launches construction
Atlanta planning officials pushed back against earlier, blander designs for 282-key project
The planned, upgraded hotel design. Renderings: Noble Investment Group
Last year, Atlanta planning leaders and rapt urbanists cheered as the developer…
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Invesco adding hundreds of Atlanta jobs, will move to new Midtown HQ
Invesco Ltd. confirmed Thursday that it’s adding hundreds of jobs and moving its Atlanta headquarters to a new mixed-used development in Midtown.
Gov. Brian Kemp‘s office announced that Atlanta-based Invesco (NYSE:…
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Inside a Midtown apartment building renovation inspired by Studio 54
Where rents start at $1,425 monthly for 500 square feet
Pop culture abounds in a hallway bisecting the renovated building. Photos courtesy of Tenth Street Ventures
A Midtown apartment building flip with…
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Digitization of massive Midtown billboards faces legal challenge
Some contend the prominent signs were illegally permitted decades ago
An effort to digitize two of Atlanta’s most prominent billboards has been met with a legal challenge.
In February, the City of…
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Complete streets’ plans move forward in fast-evolving Midtown corridors
The neighborhood’s transportation infrastructure needs an update to keep pace with ongoing development boom
While many promised “complete streets” projects are in limbo, awaiting the results of Renew Atlanta and TSPLOST officials’…
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Rise of backlash: Protecting the economic development incentives created to help Atlanta communities
For eight years, Julian Bene sat on the board of Invest Atlanta, which approves tax breaks for developers in the city.
Bene was often a lone dissenting voice during his time on…
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New 3-mile trail will link Beltline to downtown
A new trail project is planned that will connect downtown’s Centennial Olympic Park to the Atlanta Beltline, near the future Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry.
The PATH Foundation, Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters puts Midtown HQ up for sale
Kwame Johnson, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters: “We are not putting a price on the building. We are going to let the market set the price. – BYRON E. SMALL
Big Brothers…
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Former Midtown thrift store reborn as high-end auto center, lounge
Atlanta Development news: Piedmont Park
How the renovated structure meets a busy section of Monroe Drive. Photos courtesy of Autohaus Social
Thanks to the recent rehab of an ailing 1950s building in a…
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Hotel project by Midtown’s Fox Theatre sets example for ‘better architecture in Atlanta’
City officials: Hotel project by Midtown’s Fox Theatre sets example for ‘better architecture in Atlanta’
City officials are touting the collaboration on a planned hotel by Midtown’s Fox Theatre as an example…
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Facing Georgia Aquarium, downtown’s latest large hotel files plans to rise
Plans call for Hyatt Place Centennial Park to offer 174 rooms on Luckie Street.
The explosion of hotel options around the Georgia Aquarium continues.
A joint venture between Atlanta-based developer Songy Highroads and…
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Greater Good BBQ – Now Open at East Lake Corners
Greater Good BBQ is the first six new restaurants to open at East Lake Corners, a new community hot spot located at the intersection of Hosea Williams Drive and 2nd Avenue.
Mike…
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The Strange Story of a Murdered Banker in Puerto Rico
Maurice Spagnoletti was hired to clean up Doral Bank. Did he uncover something that got him killed?
On the day Maurice Spagnoletti was murdered, his black Lexus sedan was full of balloons.…
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How old buildings are attracting young talent
Atlanta loft office developer Parkside Partners is planning an $8 million modernization of an aging low-rise building along West Peachtree Street — the latest in a series of “adaptive reuse” projects sweeping…
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GE puts North American IT HQ in Midtown ATL, will add more than 400 jobs
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has picked Atlanta as the North American headquarters of its Information Technology unit. The conglomerate will, over time, add more than 400 jobs in midtown Atlanta as it…
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How EB-5 Funds Help a Luxury Skyscraper
Extell project would be one of the highest-profile buildings to use the visa program
Written by Eliot Brown for Wall Street Journal on June 21, 2016:
A block south of Central Park…
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Colony Square’s New Look Revealed (Fly Through)
Here’s what could be the new look for one of Atlanta’s oldest mixed-use urban properties.
North American Properties revealed the Colony Square redesign imagery yesterday, designs the firm says are based on…
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Atlanta Sees No. 9 Biggest April to May Rent Drop in U.S.
Atlanta had one of the largest decreases in rent for a 1-bedroom apartment from April to May, according to a new report. Madison, Wisc.-based ABODO’s National Apartment Report: May 2016, found Atlanta…
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14th Street tower could soar to 70 stories
Two years after first pitching the project, developers are tweaking a plan for Midtown’s former Symphony Center site to include a 70-story skyscraper, potentially making it one of the tallest buildings in…
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Vision for East Lake Commercial Village Gains Traction
In October 2012, City Realty was hired by the C.F. Foundation to help re-enliven four vacant corners at Hosea Williams and 2nd Avenue. After three years and countless proposals, the four corners…
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A Look Inside Downtown’s FlatironCity
A new entrepreneurship hub in a 120-year-old downtown Atlanta landmark is changing how people work. Renovations are nearly complete at the historic 11-story Flatiron building — Atlanta’s first “skyscraper.” It was completed in…
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Post Properties develops its first project in downtown Atlanta
After 45 years in Atlanta, Post Properties Inc. is building its first apartment project downtown.
Atlanta-based Post (NYSE: PPS) is breaking ground today on a 438-unit apartment building it calls Post Centennial…
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Deal Lets Popular Atlanta Music Venue Play On
Smith’s Olde Bar, an Atlanta venue that’s helped foster the city’s music scene since 1993, has a new lease on life with the help of an Atlanta real estate developer. Charlie Hendon, president…
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Parkside Partners Plans an Overhaul on West Peachtree St
Parkside Partners, known for its loft office projects across Atlanta, plans a $12 million overhaul of a forgotten 3-story building on West Peachtree Street — which happens to sit amid nearly $1…
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Atlanta Eyeing Conversion of Homeless Shelter
The Atlanta City Council voted Monday to take the first step toward potentially converting a controversial homeless shelter at Peachtree and Pine streets into a facility for police and fire department operations. Council…
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Midtown Hotel Sold to Make Way for More
North Point Hospitality Group has unloaded its dual-branded Midtown hotel to pave the way for $155M in new hotel projects in the Southeast. The Atlanta-based hotel developer sold its Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood…
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It’s Selig’s Olde Bar Now
One of Atlanta’s founding real estate families has bought one of the city’s most popular bars. Selig Enterprises has purchased the retail center occupied by Smith’s Olde Bar for more than $3M,…
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Midtown boom continues with 16 active construction projects
The Midtown boom continues with 16 active construction projects underway, according to a report from the Midtown Alliance. The majority of the projects are mixed-use residential apartments and condo buildings that will…
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Biz leaders line up support for Westside revitalization
Top business leaders are lining up to support the Westside Future Fund, a high-powered umbrella organization that’s been formed to coordinate the planning, fund-raising and revitalization efforts in the communities west of…
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$200M Proton Therapy Center Faces New Questions
A Texas billionaire is claiming millions of dollars of his money was fraudulently used to develop the Emory Proton Therapy Center now under construction in midtown Atlanta.
Written by Douglas Sams and…
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The Westside goes boom!
Dollars, people pour in as once-industrial area becomes one of city’s hottest
Written by Ellie Hensley for Atlanta Business Chronicle
Aug 21, 2015, 6:00am EDT Updated Aug 21, 2015, 9:28am EDT
Frank Buonanotte,…
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Saporta Report: Centennial Olympic Park Market Heats Up
New Apartments at Centennial Olympic Park latest indicator of heated rental market
August 24, 2015 7:00pm
By David Pendered
(An apartment structure is to be built near Centennial Olympic Park starting sometime…
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Proposed Midtown Whole Foods Market unveiled
(The site is bounded by West Peachtree, Spring, 13th, and 14th streets in Midtown).
by Amy Wenk and Douglas Sams for Atlanta Business Chronicle
Jun 9, 2015, 11:13pm EDT Updated Jun 10,…
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Dual-Branded Hotel is Officially Coming to Midtown
Published in Curbed.com by Michael Kahn —
New details and renderings have emerged for the Marriott-driven dual-branded hotel slated to rise on a parking lot between 13th and 14th streets next to the Four Seasons.…
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Morningside Strip Center on 11Alive
ATLANTA — An Atlanta bar with decades of history – in a building continuously owned by the same family for many more – is getting the boot as the historic building goes…
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2520 Peachtree Street High Rise Condo
Jarel Portman & team gain unanimous approval for 2520 Peachtree Condo
As the Buckhead view notes, “The small room at the Cathedral of St. Philip Tuesday night was jammed—standing room only—with almost…
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An Update on West Midtown Developments
West Peachtree is about to explodeThe Atlanta Business Chronicle did a nice job of summarizing many of the development proposals in play right now on West Peachtree Street: Greystar is trying to…
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