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Images: Where construction of posh Buckhead condos stands now Josh Green Fri, 05/24/2024 - 11:23 A few months after it topped out—but still months before construction concludes—a rare new Atlanta tower comprised of for-sale condominium units has mostly sold out, its development team reports.

Nearly two years after demolition of low-rise structures began at 2425 Peachtree Road, officials with Palm Beach developer Kolter Urban expect their 18-story The Dillon Buckhead project to deliver later this year, joining another condo building the company put together (and sold out) nearby.

As Peachtree Road travelers may have noticed, The Dillion building is beginning to resemble a finished product.

The Dillon’s pool deck is rounding into shape, and all concrete has been poured on the second phase of the project’s parking deck, while grading and other infrastructure work comes together for the motor court portion. Installation of glass handrails for all condo balconies is also nearing completion, as Aaron Taulbee, Kolter Urban development executive, relayed in a May construction update distributed this week.

Construction progress on The Dillon project's south face and amenity-topped parking structure this month. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

Proximity of the Peachtree Battle Promenade shopping center next door. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

On the interior, tile flooring has been installed up to the 17th floor, and wood flooring up to roughly the 14th floor, among other installations. Buildout of amenity spaces was recently approved by the City of Atlanta and has also started. The pool installation is mostly finished, apart from the PebbleTec finish, per Taulbee.

More than 100 condo sales had closed at the 144-unit building as of earlier this month. It remains on pace to be finished and see first move-ins in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Taulbee.

But it won't come cheap. 

Prices for Dillon condos without contracts currently start at $969,000. One top-floor penthouse that’s pending sale was listed for $4.2 million, the priciest listing to date.

The smallest floorplan currently offered has two bedrooms and two and ½ bathrooms in 1,470 square feet.

The largest: Three bedrooms, three and ½ bathrooms with a den in 3,227 square feet, with another 504 square feet on the exterior. Its price is unlisted.

A glimpse at actual Midtown and downtown views (non-renderings) from the poolside amenities level. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

Floorplan for the largest Dillon floorplan currently listed: Three bedrooms, three and ½ bathrooms with a den in 3,227 square feet, with another 504 square feet on the exterior. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

Two Atlanta-based companies—The Preston Partnership (architecture) and Integra Construction (general contracting)—are part of the development team, alongside interior designers ID & Design International. The building’s sales team, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty Intown, has said Dillion units have been landing buyers at “record levels.” That includes $62 million in pre-sales in 2022 and another $30 million in contracts inked across March and April alone last year.

The majority of buyers are downsizing from larger single-family homes and seeking a highly amenitized, low-maintenance lifestyle in a walkable location, sellers have said. (The Dillon’s amenities are expected to cover more than an acre of total space, both indoors and out.)

Those perks call for an indoor-outdoor section called The Hub with private and semi-private workspaces for the WFH set, plus a conference room. Other amenities: concierge services, a formal clubroom with catering kitchen, a dog park, pool deck, outdoor yoga terrace, a speakeasy, a media room with a game simulator, and a pickleball court. Elsewhere, some condos will be held as guest suites, officials have said.

Kolter Urban purchased the required three parcels—located next to the Peachtree Battle Promenade shopping center, home to Whitehall Tavern and a Publix—in 2021 for $16.5 million.

A revised amenities level rendering that now includes, of course, a pickleball court, as shown at bottom right. Kolter Urban/The Dillon

Rendering of plans for the residential lobby. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

To the immediate south, roughly half of the historic book bindery building, formerly home to Peachtree Battle Antiques and Interiors, has been preserved, including the brick house-like structure that fronts Peachtree. The Dillon’s sales center has taken that space.

A couple of blocks up the street, Kolter Urban’s first foray into the Atlanta market—the 22-story Graydon Buckhead—saw condo prices begin at $1.7 million and climb to nearly $9 million for a penthouse covering the full top floor. (That unit is back on the market now for a whopping $13.9 million.)

Like The Dillon, the 47-unit Graydon is still a relative anomaly in terms of Atlanta multifamily ventures the past decade. It marked the largest recent intown condo project between Buckhead Village’s The Charles and the 279-unit Seven88 West Midtown tower on West Marietta Street. 

In the gallery above, find a closer look at where The Dillion stands today—and how it’s expected to look and function soon.

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Construction progress on The Dillon project's south face and amenity-topped parking structure this month. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

A glimpse at actual Midtown and downtown views (non-renderings) from the poolside amenities level. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

Views to the north showing the rest of Buckhead's skyline. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

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Proximity of the Peachtree Battle Promenade shopping center next door. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

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Midtown views from top-floor units. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

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Floorplan for the largest Dillon floorplan currently listed: Three bedrooms, three and ½ bathrooms with a den in 3,227 square feet, with another 504 square feet on the exterior. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

The Dillon project's 2451 Peachtree Road site, between Midtown and Buckhead Village. Google Maps

Plans for the building's covered "arrival plaza." Kolter Urban/The Dillon

A revised amenities level rendering that now includes, of course, a pickleball court, as shown at bottom right. Kolter Urban/The Dillon

A rendering of The Dillon's northwest corner that illustrates its relationship to six-lane Peachtree Road. Near the base floor, immediately south, roughly half of the historic book bindery building is shown still standing. The Dillon Buckhead/Kolter Urban

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Planned look of the Dillon building's The Library. The resident-only "speakeasy" will have a movie theater lounge, game simulator room, and weekly events. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

The Hub, an indoor-outdoor coworking space. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

Fireplace and artwork in the residential lobby. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

The resident clubroom will include a catering kitchen, per project officials. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

Resident clubroom. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

South-facing views from a dining/living space. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

Example of a condo with north-facing views into central Buckhead. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

Planned Midtown views from a living room. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

Treetop vistas from units with east and west views. Courtesy of Kolter Urban

Subtitle Dillon building has closed more than 100 units to date, per development team

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O4W project launches construction where Starbucks bailed Josh Green Thu, 05/23/2024 - 14:12 A vacant, graffiti-covered corner of Old Fourth Ward near Ponce City Market is being converted into a hip haven for pooches.

Atlanta dog-boarding business Barking Hound Village is building a new adaptive-reuse facility on a Boulevard corner where Starbucks bailed on plans for a drive-thru bistro a couple of years ago, according to building permit records filed with the City of Atlanta.

Barking Hound currently operates a facility a few blocks east of the construction site, near the BeltLine’s Eastside Trail in Poncey-Highland, but whether that will remain open isn't yet clear. Inquiries to business leaders this week for more information were not returned.

The animal daycare and boarding facility is building a 5,500-square-foot addition to a vacant building at the northeast corner of two busy intown corridors, Boulevard and North Avenue. That 619 Boulevard structure was most recently used as a medical facility.

Construction progress with an adaptive-reuse component at the 619 Boulevard site this week Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Plans for the three public-facing elevations. Office of Design

Plans call for a modern-style, 9,000-square-foot structure beneath a butterfly roof, as drawn up by Decatur-based architecture firm Office of Design.

On parts of the steel-and-glass façade along both streets, designs call for green walls covered in fig ivy, while other walls would feature dog murals “to create a vitality and playfulness in keeping with the nature of the building’s use,” according to paperwork filed with Atlanta’s Office of Zoning and Development in 2022.

Property records indicate the ½-acre corner lot last traded hands in September 2022 for $2.25 million.

The site is less than three blocks from Ponce City Market and the BeltLine’s dog-paradise Eastside Trail, roughly a block north of new luxury rental complex 555 Boulevard and several other, newer affordable housing buildings. Thousands of apartments have materialized in the neighborhood across the past decade, exponentially increasing O4W’s dog population, too. 

The canine facility will be expanded to the Boulevard sidewalk here, per plans filed in 2022 with the city. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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The Starbucks would have replaced the shuttered medical facility and an empty 1940s home next door. The boarding facility's plans don’t include the residential structure, as ongoing construction clearly shows.

Starbucks had been eyeing property to build a ground-up new bistro on the corner for well over a year. Plans that came to light in October 2021 promised a 2,500-square-foot building positioned close to the intersection’s sidewalks, with a specialized, snaking drive-thru behind it.

But Boulevard Frappuccinos were ultimately not meant to be.  

Find a much closer look at what’s to come—and at Starbucks’ plans that never came to be—in the gallery above.

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The corner property at Boulevard (left) and North Avenue prior to demolition. The boarding facility's main facade will face this street. Google Maps

Construction progress with an adaptive-reuse component at the 619 Boulevard site this week Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The canine facility will be expanded to the Boulevard sidewalk here, per plans filed in 2022 with the city. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Construction progress at the northeast corner of Boulevard and North Avenue this week. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

How the boarding facility plans to expand an existing building and relegate parking to the easternmost corner of the property. Office of Design

Plans for the three public-facing elevations. Office of Design

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Planned layout of the facility, with North Avenue pictured at bottom. Office of Design

Overview of the nixed Starbucks site plan and specialized drive-thru where Boulevard meets North Avenue. Submitted

The proposed Boulevard frontage, per 2021 documents submitted to the BeltLine Development Review Committee. Submitted

The view from North Avenue, at left. Submitted

This glass storefront in the 600 block of Boulevard would have replaced a small parking lot for a building most recently used as a medical clinic. Submitted

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Fresh images, timeline emerge for BeltLine's entry to Piedmont Park Josh Green Thu, 05/23/2024 - 08:12 After years of anticipation, design plans and a firm timeline are coming into clearer focus for eliminating the cluster-you-know-what where the BeltLine’s popular Eastside Trail meets Monroe Drive and Piedmont Park.

According to Atlanta BeltLine Inc., pedestrian and bicyclist safety upgrades at the intersection of 10th Street and Monroe Drive are expected to begin construction the evening of Sunday, June 9 with paving.

The busy intersection serves at the BeltLine’s entry into Piedmont Park and Midtown by way of 10th Street bike lanes. Its people-friendly makeover is considered phase three of the Northeast Trail’s construction through Piedmont Park.

Changes will include a raised intersection, improved pedestrian crossing signals, upgraded bike access onto 10th Street bike lanes, along with new traffic signals at Monroe Drive and nearby Kanuga Street.

The goal is to better align the BeltLine’s Eastside/Northeast Trail corridor on both sides of Monroe Drive, with a new bike lane entrance onto 10th Street.

An existing plaza where the BeltLine dead-ends at Monroe Drive will be moved to the center of the trail and bike entrances, per BeltLine officials.

Overview of planned changes, with Piedmont Park and Park Tavern shown at right. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Bike lanes, plaza, and BeltLine street crossing plans in the works for where the Eastside Trail meets Monroe Drive. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

The BeltLine’s closure schedule calls for detour routes for trail users and drivers to get around construction in the roadway and near it. The intersection is expected to be fully closed for just five days, from June 9 to the evening of June 14, as utility and asphalt work unfolds and concrete ramps are installed.  

Meanwhile, along Segment 1’s second phase from Park Tavern to near Piedmont Park’s dog parks, work on grading, wall installation, and stormwater continues, but trail installation has yet to begin.

The first new section of the Northeast Trail in Piedmont Park opened last month.

View over the new crossing from near Park Tavern to the current Eastside Trail. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

How the Northeast Trail will travel through Piedmont Park to Monroe Drive, with Park Tavern shown at left. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

All three pieces of Segment 1 through Piedmont Park are scheduled to be completed late this fall, the BeltLine now reports. 

Construction at Monroe Drive is tentatively scheduled to wrap up in September.

Below is a heads-up on forthcoming detours. Find more context and renderings in the gallery above.

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The section of the Northeast Trail in question is scheduled to open in late fall, per ABI. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Overview of planned changes, with Piedmont Park and Park Tavern shown at right. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Bike lanes, plaza, and BeltLine street crossing plans in the works for where the Eastside Trail meets Monroe Drive. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

How the Northeast Trail will travel through Piedmont Park to Monroe Drive, with Park Tavern shown at left. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

View over the new crossing from near Park Tavern to the current Eastside Trail. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

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New Old Fourth Ward rentals promise ‘five-star living’ on Boulevard Josh Green Wed, 05/22/2024 - 15:14 The stretch of Boulevard between North Avenue and John Lewis Freedom Parkway hasn’t typically been associated with the word “luxury” for generations, but a new multifamily project is aiming to change that.

Following a protracted construction phase that stretched across several years, the mixed-use 555 Boulevard development has been moving in first residents this spring. As is typical with newer intown multifamily projects right now, two months of free rent is being offered as an incentive.

Promotional materials and leasing signs assert the project has brought “five-star living in Old Fourth Ward,” or alternately the “ultimate luxury living destination.”

The project broke ground back in 2019, consuming what had been a large, vacant corner lot for more than a decade.  

The 555 Boulevard project's south facade and Boulevard frontage today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The project's elevated courtyard, at left, and the tiered east facade with parking garage entry. 555 Boulevard

According to Goode Van Slyke, the $26 million project’s architecture firm, 555 Boulevard offers 106 modern apartments and retail space fronting the street. It consists of five stories of wood construction over four stories of concrete, with the parking structure almost entirely concealed. The retail spaces fronting Boulevard are empty today.

With its stair-step design and placement in a hollowed backside section of the building, the 555 Boulevard courtyard echoes another residential project by developer Dezhu US—the J5 condos on Juniper Street in Midtown.

Rental options at 555 Boulevard range from studios with just 361 square feet (from $1,430 monthly) to two-bedroom, two-bathroom units with 1,158 square feet ($3,047 monthly).

Walkable proximity to Ponce City Market, City Winery, Historic Fourth Ward Park, and Central Park is cited as a perk of the location.

Layout of the smallest 555 Boulevard floorplan, with its 361 square feet. 555 Boulevard

The retail and leasing section below rentals ranging from studios to two-bedroom options. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

As for amenities, the building includes a pet spa, a covered rooftop lounge with a kitchen, a demonstration kitchen in the resident social lounge, a large fitness center, and the aforementioned elevated garden hangout—but no pool.

Swing up to the gallery for a closer look at what 555 Boulevard has brought to a previously large void in O4W’s urban landscape.

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The 555 Boulevard project's south facade and Boulevard frontage today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The project's elevated courtyard, at left, and the tiered east facade with parking garage entry. 555 Boulevard

The retail and leasing section below rentals ranging from studios to two-bedroom options. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The project's north facade along Boulevard, toward North Avenue. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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Layout of the smallest 555 Boulevard floorplan, with its 361 square feet. 555 Boulevard

The largest floorplan currently offered has two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,089 square feet. 555 Boulevard

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People-friendly overhaul of Avondale Estates' main street is coming Josh Green Wed, 05/22/2024 - 10:09 It’s all systems go for a project that aims to transform Avondale Estates’ main drag into a more attractive, efficient, accessible, and safer corridor for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.

Avondale Estates officials have scheduled a groundbreaking the evening of June 6 for a Complete Street overhaul of U.S. Highway 278 (North Avondale Road/East College Avenue) that’s been years in the making.

The event, planned at the Market Pavilion section of the city’s Town Green, will be led by Avondale Estates Mayor Jonathan Elmore, city staff, and project leaders. According to a city-issued notice, the “momentous” project will broadly strive to create a more walkable, bikeable, and cohesive downtown for the DeKalb County city.

Specifically, the work will remake a five-lane highway and skinny sidewalk that pass the Town Green and many of Avondale Estates’ most popular restaurants and shops. The project calls for reducing the roadway to three lanes for roughly 1.15 miles.

Extent of the Complete Street project stretching from Sams Crossing, at left, to Ashton Place in Avondale Estates. Google Maps

At the western end, the Complete Street will start at Sams Crossing near MARTA's Avondale station; from there, it will travel past the new park and through downtown, ending at Ashton Place.

Changes in between call for a 10-foot-wide path for pedestrians and bicyclists, upgraded traffic signals, a center median, landscape buffer, pedestrian and bike crossings, as well as road repaving and re-striping. (See a before/after slider depiction below).

City documents obtained by Urbanize Atlanta last year stipulate the winning construction bidder must complete the project within 18 months.

How a remade U.S. Highway 278 (North Avondale Road/East College Avenue) is expected to look and function through Avondale Estates' downtown area. Courtesy of Avondale Estates

In related news, park-adjacent, mixed-use venture The Dale is under construction following a groundbreaking in December between the forthcoming Complete Street project and Town Green.

The 24,000-square-foot joint venture between Healey Weatherholtz Properties and Fabric Developers calls for two adjacent buildings standing two stories each where North Avondale Road meets Lake Street.

The goal is to create a vibrant restaurant and retail row complementing the greenspace, next to a versatile open-air Market Pavilion space at the opposite corner. It’s also designed to feel like a commercial extension of downtown.

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Extent of the Complete Street project stretching from Sams Crossing, at left, to Ashton Place in Avondale Estates. Google Maps

The roadway and narrow sidewalk in question today. Courtesy of Avondale Estates

How a remade U.S. Highway 278 (North Avondale Road/East College Avenue) is expected to look and function through Avondale Estates' downtown area. Courtesy of Avondale Estates

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Splashy upgrades on tap for iconic Centennial Olympic Park fountain Josh Green Wed, 05/22/2024 - 01:03 A more dazzling future is in the works for one of Atlanta’s most visited attractions.

Centennial Olympic Park’s iconic Fountain of Rings is set to be upgraded and modernized after local philanthropists with the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation awarded a $2.5 million grant to the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, which owns and operates the park as part of its downtown campus.

The renovations—described by GWCCA officials as the fountain’s first “major enhancement” since 2007—will join the ongoing redo of the park’s visitor information center in hopes of boosting the guest experience and reliability of operations.

Work on the fountain is expected to begin in August and finish in December.

The scope will include an updated technology system and controls, improved lighting and water valves, a repaired fog system, and other features.

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The outcome, according GWCCA officials, will be a system that unlocks the “near limitless capabilities for the fountain’s lighting, water propulsion, and fogging systems” in addition to providing customizable shows for holidays, celebrations, or other events, day or night.  

Frank Poe, GWCCA executive director, called the Fountain of Rings the park’s centerpiece and one of the most photographed landmarks across Georgia. “These enhancements will not only preserve an iconic symbol of Atlanta’s Olympic heritage,” added Poe in a project announcement, “but also elevate the visitor experience, ensuring the Fountain of Rings remains a cherished attraction for years to come."

GWCCA has partnered on the design with Fountain PeopleTM, a company that contributed to the original Fountain of Rings design as part of a team in the 1990s. Hogan Construction Group is serving as general contractor.  

Meanwhile, GWCCA officials reported the park’s ongoing visitor information center renovation is expected to finish in mid-July.

How ongoing enhancements of Centennial Olympic Park's visitor information center are expected to look when finished this summer. Courtesy of GWCCA

A new exhibit added to the facility will celebrate the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, providing detailed information and showcasing an array of local memorabilia. The goal with that project, per GWCCA, is to engage visitors while “highlighting the significant impact the Olympics had on the community and preserving the legacy of the games for future generations.”

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Finalists detail vision for closely watched Grant Park Gateway space Josh Green Tue, 05/21/2024 - 14:29 One of three finalists vying to lease and remake Grant Park’s architecturally striking but long-vacant Gateway space has lifted the veil on their plans.

The concept, called “Gateway Park and Market,” calls for a micro food hall “foodie destination” and “cultural experience” that would lean heavily into public programming and capitalize on proximity to Zoo Atlanta next door.

A shortlist of three finalists provided by city officials in April listed the concept as being submitted by Terminus Commercial Real Estate Partners, an Atlanta-based CRE firm. No specifics on the proposal were provided at that time. 

Terminus’ past deals have involved buildings on Krog Street in Inman Park and Old Fourth Ward (the property that became Ammazza Pizza), in addition to the Grant Park retail building on Boulevard that’s home to Ziba’s Restaurant and Wine Bar.  

Joining Terminus’ Taylor Smith in the Gateway pitch are Kraig Torres, owner of alcohol purveyor Hopcity, and Mike Walbert, a longtime Atlanta event curator.

Draft plans for the market concept's interior seating, bar, and kitchen spaces. Courtesy of Gateway Park and Market/Mike Walbert

Walbert provided Urbanize Atlanta with draft renderings and details for his team’s Gateway vision, which could be the structure's first tenants since it was completed three and ½ years ago.

The Gateway Park and Market calls for a centralized gathering space with: three fresh food stalls operated by locals; a 360-degree deli-stye counter; a full-service bar; a grab-and-go market; a few indoor seating options, and an abundance of patio seating. The market would also offer preset picnic stations and yard games for guests to set up on the elevated greenspace next door, which tops a parking garage.

According to the pitch, a nonpermanent stage near the market could host live music. Walbert and company also plan to host 120 days of public programming in all seasons, such as yoga and other free events.  

“We feel that Grant Park is more than deserving of its own Town Square,” Terminus’ Smith said in a prepared statement provided to Urbanize Atlanta. “A space where the community can come together. We feel that Gateway Park can be that spot with the right local ingredients and programming.”

Added Torres of Hopcity, which recently celebrated its 15th anniversary: “Imagine drinking a cider or glass of rosé while watching the giraffes stretch in the afternoon sun—while waiting for a pop-up concert or your post-work yoga class. I’m optimistic the City of Atlanta agrees with this vision for our neighborhood.”

Draft floorplan submitted with the bidding package. Courtesy of Gateway Park and Market/Mike Walbert

Broad plans and logic behind the market proposal's picnic component. Courtesy of Gateway Park and Market/Mike Walbert

Another finalist picked by the city is Savi Provisions, the gourmet market and grocery known for its wine selection and organic foods.

Savi now counts locations in North Carolina and 16 stores in metro Atlanta, spanning from the city’s airport to Howell Mill Road, Decatur, and Brookhaven to the Crabapple district in Milton. The nearest Savi outpost to Grant Park remains the original one in Inman Park, roughly two and ½ miles away.

The third finalist is Rease Group Holdings Inc., an Atlanta-based company led by CEO Andy Rease and founded in 2010, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. Efforts to reach the company for more details have not been successful.

Atlanta City Council member Jason Winston, whose District 1 covers Grant Park, told Urbanize Atlanta in late April the parks department’s selection should be made within 45 to 60 days.

Walbert says his group has not been provided a solid date or timeline for selection from the city.

“Our best guess would be sometime in June for the selection,” says Walbert, “but then there will likely be a final negotiation [and] execution period before there’s an official public statement about the final selection.”

Since officially opening in January 2021, the 2.5-acre greenspace has become a magnet for picnickers, bicyclists, skateboarders, roller skaters, and kids who watch elephants, giraffes, and zebras at the zoo next door. But the retail/restaurant space—designed by Smith Dalia Architects and Winter Johnson Group, situated at the elevated park’s south end—has never been used.

City officials managed to take ownership of the Gateway space from the Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation Authority early last year, a key first step in getting it leased and occupied. But a similar RFP issued in February 2023 didn’t attract a single bid from prospective tenants.

The city’s Department of Procurement, which is charged with helping lead the tenant search, concluded that rising construction costs spurred by inflation, combined with increased interest rates, contributed to the initial lack of bids. The city has since partnered with Invest Atlanta to offer financial assistance to the right operator during the current solicitation process.

The latest RFP was an improved pitch to businesses that could fill such a large space. It provided drone footage, set up tours for potential tenants, and specified how large the shell space is: 7,056 square feet. It called for a single enterprise to create a Gateway concept that will “increase the property value of the neighborhood, improve the area’s livability, serve as a convenience to neighborhood residents and visitors, and continue Atlanta's forward progress.” 

The $48-million Gateway project replaced a parking lot with the park-topped garage. In 2022, it earned the Atlanta Urban Design Commission’s Award of Excellence for sustainable design.

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Draft plans for the market concept's interior seating, bar, and kitchen spaces. Courtesy of Gateway Park and Market/Mike Walbert

Draft floorplan submitted with the bidding package. Courtesy of Gateway Park and Market/Mike Walbert

Broad plans and logic behind the market proposal's picnic component. Courtesy of Gateway Park and Market/Mike Walbert

The 2.5-acre park space in relation to the restaurant structure. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The patio area has become a popular destination for roller skaters. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The underside of the patio's roof comes to life with lighting at night. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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Where the south facade of the restaurant building meets stacked parking. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The spacious interior of the Gateway building, as seen in early 2021, looks largely the same today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Aerial of the Gateway illustrating its proximity to the zoo's elephant habitat and downtown. City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department; via Epsten Group

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Photos: Swingin' new bar over BeltLine is adaptive-reuse at its coolest Josh Green Tue, 05/21/2024 - 10:27 What do sheered-off steel beams, breeze blocks, parrot lanterns, translucent roofing, and an abundance of all-weather televisions have in common?

They’re the nuts and bolts of cheekily named Floridaman, the recently opened rooftop bar along the Atlanta BeltLine that crowns the commercial portion of Empire Communities’ under-construction Stein Steel development.

As the pseudo-tropical counterpart to Breaker Breaker restaurant below, Floridaman could help satiate Atlantans who complain this mild-weather city doesn’t have enough rooftop hangouts.

The furniture is made of boating-grade materials ready for summer humidity, and like almost all of Breaker Breaker, it’s totally open-air (apart from the overhanging roof).   

The upstairs Floridaman bar serving the 50-seat space is positioned near the entrance off Wylie Street. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Beyond the mildly confusing entry and exit setup (tip: enter Floridaman via the steel stairway off Wylie Street), the adults-only hangout with approachable beachy drinks and a limited full-service menu is anything but a roadside dive.

The 50-seat space is open Friday evenings and weekends and has been accurately described as “visually loud… halfway between Trader Vic’s and Margaritaville in terms of aesthetic.”

As the only food-and-beverage Eastside Trail option between Krog Street Tunnel and Memorial Drive, Breaker Breaker has been a hit since finally opening in August, following about a year of construction delays.

The 9,000-square-foot project, designed by Atlanta-based Square Feet Studio architects, was pieced together from remnants of the Stein Steel factory that had operated at the 6.5-acre Reynoldstown site for a century.

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The Gulf Coast-inspired restaurant complex, which counts 900 feet of BeltLine frontage, will be the lone non-residential component of Empire’s development.

In the gallery above, have a look at how the easy-breezy rooftop space has come together—no jean shorts required.

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The upstairs Floridaman bar serving the 50-seat space is positioned near the entrance off Wylie Street. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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Subtitle Floridaman completes Eastside Trail pitstop forged from remnants of old steel factory

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On Peachtree Street, landmark arts center unveils plans for fresh face Josh Green Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:16 A Midtown arts institution is moving forward with plans to transform an underused, bunker-like section of its campus into a welcoming public greenspace and more engaging entryway to fresh programming within.

Woodruff Arts Center officials brought plans before the Midtown Development Review Committee last week for a glassy façade renovation that would open up a central portion of the Memorial Arts Building at 1280 Peachtree St., between the Alliance Theatre and High Museum of Art.

The intent is to create a more welcoming and modernized entry for the forthcoming Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families and a new interior play space—and to erect walls of glass so Midtown passersby can see families engaged in creative pursuits inside.

The Memorial Arts Building facade in the 1200 block of Peachtree Street today. Terraced outdoor seating and other landscape upgrades are planned for the space at right.Google Maps

Glass facade planned for a central section of Woodruff Arts Center's Memorial Arts Building at 1280 Peachtree St. Woodruff Arts Center, via Midtown DRC

Another section of the project would transform areas along the sidewalk leading toward the High Museum into an engaging pocket park with tiered seating, an ADA ramp, and extensive new landscaping.

Plans call for remaking the underused Rich Auditorium in the Memorial Arts Building into new performance stages and play spaces. Alliance Theatre and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra officials expect to host family-friendly programming in the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families space when it opens.

The redesign also calls for fresh signage, new lighting, and a glass entry vestibule into the facility.

Planned interiors for the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families. Woodruff Arts Center, via Midtown DRC

Midtown DRC members applauded Woodruff Arts Center’s goal of enhancing aesthetics and access but offered minor recommendations for improvement during the Tuesday meeting.

Those included advice to lower signage—including blade-style and other mounted signs—so that it’s more visible to pedestrians. The committee also suggested that designs of a raised plaza and existing stairs adjacent to the new glass entryway could better blend urban hardscape and landscaping to accommodate youth and family patrons entering the new facility.

Midtown DRC’s recommendations are used to help guide city government decisions at later stages of development.

The Woodruff Arts Center—a 56-year-old complex that consists of the High Museum, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Alliance Theatre—expects the redevelopment and landscaping project to cost $67 million, as funded through an ongoing campaign. Project leaders told the AJC in March they plan to break ground in August, finish landscaping next year, and open the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families in early 2026.

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The Memorial Arts Building facade in the 1200 block of Peachtree Street today. Terraced outdoor seating and other landscape upgrades are planned for the space at right.Google Maps

Planned interiors for the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families. Woodruff Arts Center, via Midtown DRC

Glass facade planned for a central section of Woodruff Arts Center's Memorial Arts Building at 1280 Peachtree St. Woodruff Arts Center, via Midtown DRC

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Subtitle Woodruff Arts Center aims for better engagement with Memorial Arts Building updates

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Images: Pricey, boutique rental project rises in downtown Athens Josh Green Mon, 05/20/2024 - 15:05 Promising to deliver “luxury boutique living at its finest,” a unique infill project is taking shape where downtown Athens’ shopping, dining, and party zones meet historic residential neighborhoods.

Hancock House, a venture by Athens-based CollegeTown Properties real estate firm, has replaced a small parking lot at 359 W. Hancock Ave. with a row of seven units that developers are marketing as townhomes.

The site is situated about a block west of Creature Comforts’ downtown taproom, roughly half a mile from the University of Georgia Arch.

According to CollegeTown Properties, Hancock House is on pace to open in August, offering UGA students who can afford it rental options between two and five bedrooms. Floorplans indicate even the smallest units will have two stories.

Hancock House construction progress as of last month in downtown Athens. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Hancock House verandas, parking, and other exterior details on West Hancock Avenue. CollegeTown Properties/Hancock House

The design—featuring second-floor verandas and rocking-chair side porches—is already being described as “iconic” in marketing materials.

So what'll it cost to live there? Two-bedroom rentals with two and ½ bathrooms at Hancock House begin at $2,790 monthly, according to the developer.

Meanwhile, the largest option—five bedrooms and five and ½ bathrooms—is asking $6,750 monthly and up. A few spaces of parking are available toward the back of the building, but those carry an addition fee for renters with cars/whose parents provided them vehicles. 

Features in the building are described as top-notch. Those include 10-foot ceilings on both the main and second floors, quartz countertops, washers and dryers, stainless-steel appliances, and “hardwood-style” flooring.

The 359 W. Hancock Ave. property in question in April 2023. Google Maps

Example of bottom-story interiors at Hancock House. CollegeTown Properties/Hancock House

Collectively, Hancock House is being called an energy-efficient building and “the new way of downtown living!”

In the gallery above, have a gander at how Hancock House is expected to look and function. 

The Hancock House location in the broader context of downtown, with UGA's campus shown at bottom right. Google Maps

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The Hancock House location in the broader context of downtown, with UGA's campus shown at bottom right. Google Maps

The 359 W. Hancock Ave. property in question in April 2023. Google Maps

Hancock House construction progress as of last month in downtown Athens. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Hancock House verandas, parking, and other exterior details on West Hancock Avenue. CollegeTown Properties/Hancock House

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Example of bottom-story interiors at Hancock House. CollegeTown Properties/Hancock House

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Example of how the project's two-level, two-bedroom options are laid out. CollegeTown Properties/Hancock House

Subtitle Hancock House consumes former parking lot, asks $2,790 monthly—and up

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Fresh images, details emerge for CNN Center's extreme makeover Josh Green Mon, 05/20/2024 - 13:31 A clearer picture for the next incarnation of office spaces, retail, and a vast atrium attached to State Farm Arena and downtown’s Omni hotel is coming to light.

Commercial restate and management firm CP Group announced in early April plans to remake the 1.2-million-square-foot, 1970s CNN Center property into a modernized, “world-class” hub of dining, retail, entertainment, and content creation called The Center. 

Marketing materials compiled by the project’s Healey Weatherholtz Properties retail leasing team shed light on the overall breakdown of renovation plans and how specific facets could look, as readers have recently pointed out.

The marketing slogan beckons potential tenants to “Find Your Way to The Center” and depicts a remade atrium, a new social area called “Hawks Plaza,” and sexier retail corridors leading to State Farm Arena and Georgia World Congress Center. 

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The marketing package describes Atlanta’s retail landscape as “grossly underserved,” with its 2.9 million square feet of retail space. Downtown alone logged 42.5 million non-employee visits last year, it also states.

Other potential good news for prospective tenants: State Farm Arena hosts more than 300 events per year; that’s good for fourth in the nation in terms of sheer number of events, and seventh in the world among comparable venues for ticket sales, per the marketing package.

CP Group’s renovations call for 130,000 square feet of retail space, alongside 920,000 square feet of creative office and media production spaces. Another component is the recently renovated, 1,067-key Omni hotel attached to the facilities. It’s all part of a massive portfolio the Boca Raton, Fla.-based company has amassed in Atlanta in recent years.   

CP Group; Healey Weatherholtz Properties; designs, ASD/SKY

CP Group; Healey Weatherholtz Properties; designs, ASD/SKY

We’ve reached out to project representatives for a timeline on when The Center renovations could begin—and if CP Group plans to have the revised facilities finished in time for Atlanta’s 2026 FIFA World Cup matches. Inquiries weren’t returned as of press time, but this story will be updated with any new information that comes.

Earlier this year, CNN departed the building and stripped off its branding as its offices were moved to Midtown, ending a four-decade era of the media company being headquartered downtown.  

CP Group officials previously said they’ll focus energy on activating the ground-floor level of the complex, with Atlanta’s full month of World Cup matches a little more than two years away. Healey Weatherholtz reported that conversations with several new-to-market retail concepts are ongoing. CBRE has been tapped to lease the office component, where no space has been available to lease for 40 years.

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Built in 1976 as the Omni Complex, the property was reshaped by mogul Ted Turner into CNN Center in 1986. Three years ago, CP Group bought the complex from CNN’s former parent company, AT&T, by way of a sale-leaseback that ran through this year. Along with Mercedes-Benz Stadium, The Center’s neighbors include State Farm Arena, Centennial Olympic Park, and the country’s fourth-largest convention center—attractions that draw more than 12 million visitors per year alone, per CP Group.

Elsewhere in Atlanta, CP Group is moving forward with additional changes to another landmark property it owns—Bank of America Plaza, the tallest building in the Southeast—where a new plaza, outdoor café, and top-floor amenity space are now planned.  

Have a closer look at CNN Center’s planned changes, according to the marketing package and an earlier announcement, in the gallery above.

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Plans for The Center's revised Marietta Street facade. CP Group; designs, ASD/SKY

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Subtitle Conversion to The Center to include “Hawks Plaza,” TV/film production facilities, per marketing materials

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Tower watch: Two-building development makes mark over Midtown Josh Green Mon, 05/20/2024 - 08:14 Around Christmastime, the construction of a two-tower, high-rise development that’s redefining the urban experience across a Midtown block had just started to climb above its parking-podium levels.

One season and five months later, it’s a different story over Juniper Street.

The 1081 Juniper St. project—led by Charleston-based developer Middle Street Partners, alongside joint venture partner AECOM-Canyon Partners—now has an official name, 12th and Juniper, according to Middle Street’s website.

Neither of 12th and Juniper’s two residential towers has topped out, but both are starting to have a visible presence over highly patronized Midtown places, including the Lake Clara Meer area in nearby Piedmont Park and numerous blocks along Peachtree Street.

Progress on the 12th and Juniper project as viewed from the southwest during Sunday's first Atlanta Streets Alive event of 2024. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Plans call for a total of 487 apartments across both buildings, a North and South tower. Ground-floor retail space will span Juniper Street for a block, according to the development team.

The larger North tower will climb to 400 feet, offering 320 units across 36 stories; the South tower will top out at 380 feet, with 33 stories, larger floorplans, and what’s designed to feel like a more boutique offering of only 167 units, per developers.  

The buildings that had housed two Midtown drinking and dining staples at the site—Einstein’s and Joe’s on Juniper—were razed nearly two years ago, along with neighboring bungalows that’d been reshaped as businesses. The Metrotainment Cafes concepts, both hubs for Atlanta’s LGBTQ community, had operated on the block since the 1990s.

How the two-tower project is expected to look from Piedmont Park, where it's also now visible from the banks of Lake Clara Meer. Middle Street Partners; designs, Brock Hudgins Architects

Broader view of Peachtree Street's intersection with 10th Street, depicting 12th and Juniper and, at right, the 361-unit Modera Parkside project, which topped out at 32 stories last month. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Demolition and infrastructure work at the Juniper Street site between 11th and 12th streets started in mid-2022, but developers didn’t declare the project officially underway until they’d secured $245 million in construction financing in December that year. Middle Street officials have said the project will help reshape the northeast portion of Midtown’s skyline, at a location they’ve called “the preeminent residential address in all of Atlanta—and by extension one of the best in the Southeast.”

According to Midtown Alliance, the 12th and Juniper project will also include 690 parking spaces, with the first units tentatively scheduled to start delivering this fall.

The development team also includes construction lenders Bank OZK and Related Fund Management, general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie, interior designer CID Design Group, and Brock Hudgins Architects.

Retail slots planned for the buildings' bases along Juniper Street, looking south toward downtown. Middle Street Partners; designs, Brock Hudgins Architects

Elsewhere in Atlanta, Middle Street has topped out its flatiron-shaped 400 Bishop development near Atlantic Station’s Target in Loring Heights, with 274 apartments in the pipeline there.

Meanwhile, the company’s debut project in the city—the 323-unit The Boulevard at Grant Park—opened last year along a stretch of the BeltLine’s Southside Trail corridor that officially closed today for construction. Mellow Mushroom plans to open a 3,400-square-foot, modernized version of its restaurants at that project this summer, with upgraded tech, an updated menu, and patios fronting the BeltLine corridor.  

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Progress on the 12th and Juniper project as viewed from the southwest during Sunday's first Atlanta Streets Alive event of 2024. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Broader view of Peachtree Street's intersection with 10th Street, depicting 12th and Juniper and, at right, the 361-unit Modera Parkside project, which topped out at 32 stories last month. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The block of Juniper Street in question in December 2018. Google Maps

How the two-tower project is expected to look from Piedmont Park, where it's also now visible from the banks of Lake Clara Meer. Middle Street Partners; designs, Brock Hudgins Architects

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Planned Juniper Street frontage, looking north toward Buckhead. Middle Street Partners; designs, Brock Hudgins Architects

Retail slots planned for the buildings' bases along Juniper Street, looking south toward downtown. Middle Street Partners; designs, Brock Hudgins Architects

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Subtitle Juniper Street project bringing nearly 500 apartments, retail now has a name

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