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Project that claimed Summerhill corner cutting prices to lure buyers Josh Green Thu, 05/22/2025 - 17:10

On Summerhill’s revived main drag, a modern-style infill project that’s been billed as “urban luxury at its finest” is rethinking its approach to pricing in hopes of selling more units. 

After initially listing last summer, the Ten 5 Summerhill project continues to deliver 10 townhomes at the southwest corner of Georgia Avenue’s intersection with Martin Street, adding to Summerhill’s residential explosion near the Atlanta Braves' former stadium. 

The .3-acre corner site had been vacant—as almost all buildings on Georgia Avenue used to be—for well over a decade.

Listing agent Sara Lee Parker of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta said townhome prices have been adjusted from 2024 “to meet the current market” and that the project’s second closing is scheduled Friday. 

Unit No. 4, as one example, has been discounted this year by $75,000 total from its original listing price, now asking $650,000. That buys three bedrooms and four bathrooms in 1,648 square feet. 

As seen in 2024, passageway to the project's small parking lot between two buildings, along Martin Street. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Wes Cummings, RealKit Photography; courtesy of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta

Prices at the Xmetrical-designed Ten 5 Summerhill now range from $625,000 to $725,000.  

Units facing Martin Street (around the corner from Georgia Avenue) are coming to market now, and the project’s furnished model has recently been moved to Unit No. 5, the largest corner unit facing both streets. The model unit has entries from each street with a separate studio/kitchenette at the base level and no garage, but it does include two assigned parking spaces, according to Parker. 

The fee-simple townhomes require HOA fees of $450 per quarter that cover landscaping, common-area maintenance, trash, and exterior painting, among other services. Parker’s team is offering buyers an option to use preferred lenders and receive $10,000 to $15,000 in closing credits or rate buy-downs. 

Unit perks include a rooftop “retreat” with a half-bath, flex space, roof deck, kitchenette, wet bar, and beverage fridge. Floating vanities, floor-to-ceiling Pella window, gas cooking, quartz counters, and ancillary balconies have been cited as additional draws.

Some of Ten 5 Summerhill’s four-story floorplans are unique in that they swap garages for studio apartments at street level. All four floorplans have two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and two half-baths, plus the top-floor spaces, project officials have said. 

A small lot with reserved, off-street parking is tucked behind the townhomes, masked from public view. 

How the Ten 5 Summerhill project's Georgia Avenue facade turned out on a previously vacant corner. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Wes Cummings, RealKit Photography; courtesy of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta

The location is across the street from Phoenix II Park, a 7.3-acre community greenspace, and a block east of Georgia Avenue’s new slate of attractions.

Over the past seven years, formerly ghostly Georgia Avenue has added a full portfolio of restaurants, retail, and service-related businesses—both in revived old buildings and new construction—as part of Carter’s Summerhill development. Those businesses join more than 1,200 new apartments and townhomes that have opened, or are under construction now, in the blocks surrounding Georgia State University’s Center Parc Stadium.

Intown Builders, a frequent Xmetrical collaborator, is also involved in the Ten 5 Summerhill project, per building permit records. The developer had previously planned a six-story, 21-unit condo building at the corner property with commercial spaces at street level, but those plans were nixed. 

The rest of the project’s development team is listed as JB Development Partners, Bespoke Developments, and South City Residential.

Looking north toward downtown last year. Wes Cummings, RealKit Photography; courtesy of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta

The plot in question sold for $660,000 in 2018—just two years after it had traded for $168,000, which speaks to the historic neighborhood's cachet, according to property records.

Find more context and a look at Ten 5 Summerhill exteriors and interiors in the gallery above. 

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As seen during construction in 2024, the project's proximity to Phoenix Park, at top. Wes Cummings, RealKit Photography; courtesy of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta

Looking north toward downtown last year. Wes Cummings, RealKit Photography; courtesy of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta

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As seen in 2024, passageway to the project's small parking lot between two buildings, along Martin Street. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

How the Ten 5 Summerhill project's Georgia Avenue facade turned out on a previously vacant corner. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Ten 5 Summerhill location along Georgia Avenue. Google Maps

Site plan for the 10 townhomes units. Ten 5 Summerhill

Rooftop deck atop the two-bedroom model, which was listed at $749,000. Wes Cummings, RealKit Photography; courtesy of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta

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Peachtree Road hotel project moves forward on long-vacant lot Josh Green Thu, 05/22/2025 - 13:38

Days appear to be numbered for a void in the commercial landscape of Atlanta’s marquee street. 

The design and development team for a planned Buckhead hotel concept at 1875 Peachtree Road filed for commercial land development permits this week as another step toward construction. 

Plans call for the long-vacant lot to become a 174-key Home2 Suites by Hilton, an extended-stay chain, where other infill ideas have gone bust over the years. 

Filings indicate the hotel will stand eight stories over its parking infrastructure, lobby, and valet area. 

Looking north, the 1875 Peachtree Road site in the context of Piedmont Hospital's main campus. Google Maps

The proposed Peachtree Road facade of the Home2 Suites by Hilton. HC Architecture; 1875 Peachtree St. LLC/submitted

According to this week’s filings, the total footprint of the project will be .67 acres, and the scope of infrastructure work calls for streetscape improvements, in addition to stormwater and utility work. 

Situated just north of Midtown, the site was cleared of a small retail building and SunTrust ATM in 2016 and served as a paid parking lot for several years thereafter. Longtime Atlantans might remember it as a Harry's in a Hurry location—way back when.

Earlier this year, Hilton representatives also filed paperwork with Atlanta’s Department of City Planning for a Special Administrative Permit to move the hotel forward. Those plans were later approved. 

A decade ago, the parcel in question was planned to be part of a much larger office and retail complex from Cornerstone Development Partners that never took off.

The site is situated today between Peachtree Laundry & Cleaners and a drive-thru Starbucks.  

The 1875 Peachtree Road site (in red, at bottom) and nearby commercial and medical landmarks. Google Maps

A rendering filed with the SAP application indicates Phoenix Development Partners and architecture firm Pappageorge Haymes Partners, both based in Chicago, are putting the hotel project together. (A more recent rendering provided to Urbanize Atlanta indicates local firm HC Architecture is also involved.) The hotel would rise just south of Piedmont Hospital’s artfully curved, 16-story Marcus Heart and Vascular Center.

According to the SAP application, the hotel “will be an integral part of the medical ecosystem in the immediate area” and “will help service patients and families of patients receiving care in the nearby medical facilities.”

The building's single point of access along the busy thoroughfare would be a right-in, right-out arrangement along the hotel’s Peachtree Road frontage, earlier filings state. Surface parking would also be situated at the rear of the property, per filings.

The hotel would join a significant medical-use growth spurt in the immediate area, highlighted by the new 16-story Arthur M. Blank Family Residences and nearby Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation building.

The site, situated between Peachtree Laundry & Cleaners and a drive-thru Starbucks. Google Maps

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Looking north, the 1875 Peachtree Road site in the context of Piedmont Hospital's main campus. Google Maps

The site, situated between Peachtree Laundry & Cleaners and a drive-thru Starbucks. Google Maps

The proposed Peachtree Road facade of the Home2 Suites by Hilton. HC Architecture; 1875 Peachtree St. LLC/submitted

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Atlanta keeps climbing in national, annual ranking of city parks Josh Green Thu, 05/22/2025 - 08:38

When it comes to urban park systems around the United States, Atlanta’s climb this decade from “meh” to “not too shabby” has been impressive, but work remains to be done. 

Trust for Public Land officials announced this week The City in a Forest has placed 21st on its annual ParkScore index for 2025. (Just four years ago, Atlanta ranked 49th of 100 major cities studied, according to TPL metrics.)

Atlanta’s 2025 placement is the city’s highest ever and four spots ahead of last year, continuing a recent pattern of improvement. The ParkScore index found that 82 percent of Atlantans now live within a short walk of a park, following greenspace additions in places such as Old Fourth Ward. 

But what really moved the meter was the city’s recent district-wide decision to open schoolyards for public use when schools aren’t in session, according to TPL. 

Piedmont Park on the evening of May 4, 2025. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Quick park access in Atlanta climbed from 79 percent of residents last year and beats the national ParkScore average of 76 percent. 

New greenspace amenities—Ashview Heights and the PATH Foundation’s Woodall Rail Trail come to mind as recent examples—also factored into ATL’s rise on the parks chart. 

In terms of park investment, Atlanta also continues to shine, now logging $272 per person on parks. That’s more than double the national ParkScore average of $133, per TPL. (Forthcoming public greenspaces in places such as Buckhead and Chosewood Park, among others, should soon help the ranking.) 

“Atlanta’s ParkScore ranking has risen sharply over the past five years,” notes a summary of the analysis. “The city first cracked the top 25 last year and now seems poised for a run at the top 20.” 

Atlanta rocketed up 22 spots on the 2022 ParkScore Index—the biggest mover of that year—following a monumental year in 2021 for new urban greenspaces. Those included the sprawling Westside Park (now Shirley Clarke Franklin Park), Cook Park in Vine City, and a park-topped parking garage in Grant Park, among others.

Still, there’s room for improvement. Atlanta’s ranking puts it between Boise and Buffalo, respectively, and TPL found that just 8 percent of the city’s land use is for parks and recreation, when the national median is 15 percent. 

Atlanta's most popular greenspace earlier this month. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The City of Atlanta currently counts 518 parks. Among them is a relative abundance of “destination” parks, but the city is lacking in terms of median park size, TPL found. 

TPL’s methodology ranks the 100 most populous U.S. cities by comparing five park categories: acreage, equity, access, investment, and amenities. The ParkScore system is widely considered the gold standard for park evaluation, per TPL officials.  

Coming in atop the 2025 list for the fifth consecutive year is Washington, DC, where a whopping 21 percent of land is reserved for parks. 

Irvine, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, and St. Paul rounded out the top five, respectively. 

The 10 highest-ranking park systems in the United States. Atlanta's 2025 score is 67.3, according to TPL.Trust for Public Land

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Atlanta's most popular greenspace earlier this month. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

This graphic illustrates where park spaces around Atlanta exist (green) and where they're most needed (purple), according to 2023 TPL research. Trust for Public Land/ParkServe; 2023

Piedmont Park on the evening of May 4, 2025. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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Fresh images for Centennial Yards' mixed-use future bubble up Josh Green Wed, 05/21/2025 - 15:55

New marketing materials for Centennial Yards paint a clearer picture of what’s being called a “generational transformation” for the former dead zone that was downtown Atlanta’s Gulch. 

The fresh renderings come as part of a Centennial Yards Company leasing package that illustrates how the megaproject’s two standing towers will relate to an under-construction sports and entertainment district and smaller structures both long-planned and conceptual.   

Centennial Yards reps confirm to Urbanize Atlanta the images are accurate and updated. Two proposed buildings of note shown within them include a boutique hotel along Elliott Street near Castleberry Hill and an infill, mid-rise apartment stack along Mitchell Street. 

Despite recent permitting activity for the Elliott Street project, Centennial Yards reps say both buildings remain in planning phases with no construction timelines set. 

Looking north across the former Gulch, the planned boutique hotel (bottom left) and mid-rise apartment building (bottom) are shown along Mitchell Street. At center is another mixed-use, mid-rise building that doesn't yet exist. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

Fresh perspective on forthcoming retail components at Centennial Yards entertainment district. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

The new visuals continue a busy month for the 50-acre downtown venture, which is expected to bring more than 2,000 residential units (at least 200 of them deemed affordable), more than 2,000 hotel rooms, and roughly one million square feet of retail across a decade of development. 

Last week, Centennial Yards Company officials announced they’ve signed a long-term lease with entertainment giant Live Nation to bring live music and events to the under-construction entertainment and sports section, situated across the street from both State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 

That venue is expected to have a 5,300-person capacity, larger than the Fox Theatre’s seating capacity (4,665 seats) and nearby Tabernacle’s (2,600). It’s slated to open sometime in 2027. 

Overview of Centennial Yards' standing towers and planned buildings, including a boutique hotel near Castleberry Hill at bottom right. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

Scope of a planned hotel and retail component at Centennial Yards' under-construction entertainment and sports district. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

The music venue will also neighbor the third Cosm venue in the U.S., a three-story immersive entertainment concept that started going vertical this month. 

Centennial Yards’ first two towers—the 292-key Hotel Phoenix and a 304-apartment building The Mitchell, both 19 stories—are nearing the final phases of construction. The apartments are on pace to debut this summer, followed by the district’s first hotel sometime this fall. 

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Centennial Yards facets that have already opened include adaptive-reuse projects Centennial Yards South and Wild Leap Brewery. The connected, pedestrians-only Steele Bridge now hosts tailgating parties before large events with live music, food offerings, and other activities for fans and families. 

Centennial Yards Company—a partnership between an affiliate of CIM Group and another group led by Atlanta Hawks owner Tony Ressler—is serving as the project’s master developer.  

All told, Centennial Yards is expected to cost $5 billion and span some 8 million square feet of mixed uses, described by its financial backers as one of the largest public-private partnerships in the U.S. right now. It's all backed by a nearly $2-billion tax-incentive package, a record for Atlanta. 

A mid-rise apartment venture planned for years along Mitchell Street has no definitive start date right now, according to project reps. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

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Overview of Centennial Yards' standing towers and planned buildings, including a boutique hotel near Castleberry Hill at bottom right. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

Scope of a planned hotel and retail component at Centennial Yards' under-construction entertainment and sports district. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

Looking north across the former Gulch, the planned boutique hotel (bottom left) and mid-rise apartment building (bottom) are shown along Mitchell Street. At center is another mixed-use, mid-rise building that doesn't yet exist. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

Fresh perspective on forthcoming retail components at Centennial Yards entertainment district. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

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A mid-rise apartment venture planned for years along Mitchell Street has no definitive start date right now, according to project reps. Courtesy of Centennial Yards Company

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After five years, construction wraps on new Morningside community Josh Green Wed, 05/21/2025 - 13:57

Situated along a popular connector route between Midtown and Buckhead, a Morningside development that erected a large batch of townhomes in place of 1950s apartments has wrapped construction that spanned nearly half a decade. 

One home remains unsold at national developer Toll Brothers’ Beckham Place at Morningside, a community of long townhome rows along a curving section of Piedmont Road, a few blocks north of Piedmont Park near Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Development of Beckham Place began during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic with demolition of the 11-building Oak Knoll Apartment Homes, which had been built in 1951. 

Over subsequent years, Beckham Place delivered 60 townhomes total in the 1700 block of Piedmont Road. 

Example of interior imagery provided with the last unsold Winn Contemporary floorplan. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

A 2024 aerial image of the Beckham Place at Morningside project, looking southwest toward Midtown and downtown. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

Eric White, Toll Brothers division president in Georgia, tells Urbanize Atlanta the last unsold townhome is move-in ready. That floorplan, the Winn Contemporary, includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms in just over 2,000 square feet, plus a two-car garage. The asking price is now $648,995. 

“The home is in a prime location close to the incredible community clubhouse,” noted White via email. 

Beckham Place is considered a gated community, with amenities that include an onsite pool and greenspace. All townhomes stand four stories with garages and roof terraces, but none include elevators. 

The development team has called the location strategic for its access to Atlanta’s marquee greenspace, nearby shops and restaurants, and Morningside’s top-flight schools.

Back deck off a main level. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

The Beckham Place at Morningside site plan, with the lone remaining unsold unit at top right. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

Pennsylvania-based Toll Brothers, billed as the nation’s top builder of luxury homes, acquired longtime Atlanta homebuilder Thrive Residential in early 2020. 

The deal included nearly 700 infill lots that Thrive had accumulated throughout Atlanta and Nashville, including the Morningside parcel that became Beckham Place.   

Head up to the gallery for more Beckham Place context and photos. 

Example of four-story facades at Beckham Place. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

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The Beckham Place at Morningside site along Piedmont Road, north of Atlanta Botanical Garden. Google Maps

Example of four-story facades at Beckham Place. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

A 2024 aerial image of the Beckham Place at Morningside project, looking southwest toward Midtown and downtown. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

Example of interior imagery provided with the last unsold Winn Contemporary floorplan. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

The Beckham Place at Morningside site plan, with the lone remaining unsold unit at top right. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

Back deck off a main level. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

Secondary bedroom. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

Example of a Winn Contemporary floorplan primary bedroom. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

A loft area upstairs. Courtesy of Toll Brothers

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Base floor of the lone remaining unsold Beckham Place at Morningside home. Toll Brothers

Second floor of the $649,000 Winn Contemporary floorplan at the new community. Toll Brothers

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Fourth floor of the Winn Contemporary floorplan. Toll Brothers

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Pool overlooking Mercedes-Benz Stadium opens to public—for a price Josh Green Wed, 05/21/2025 - 08:16

With summer quickly approaching, Atlanta’s largest new hotel in 40 years has opened its elevated pool with public access this season. Just don’t expect public pool prices. 

For the first time, the Signia by Hilton Atlanta hotel is offering a “summer retreat experience” called ResortPass that aims to lure in locals for pampered staycations, if only for a few hours, officials announced this week.  

Signia’s day-pass program allows for access to the property’s Spa Signia and Club Signia with a variety of different ResortPass packages, offering services such as custom massages and HydraFacials.  

Those treatments start at $220 and include up to three hours of access to Signia’s new saltwater pool and open-air bar Highball, which overlook Mercedes-Benz Stadium and downtown. 

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The poolside Highball bar at Signia. Courtesy of Signia by Hilton Atlanta

Also included is free valet parking and access to the hotel’s 23,000-square-foot wellness floor, the Recovery Lounge. Features there include a sauna, zero-gravity chairs, heated infrared PEMF mats, Normatec leg compression, and what’s described as “calming soundscapes and curated aromatherapy,” per hotel reps. 

The 42-story Signia rose from part of the Georgia Dome’s former site and began opening in January last year as the city’s largest ground-up hotel development in more than four decades. That followed nearly three years of pandemic-delayed construction and several years of planning.

The 976-room tower at 159 Northside Drive marks the first Georgia hotel for the Signia by Hilton brand and the tallest building on downtown’s western flank. (Fun fact: Everything above level 32 at the hotel is taller than The Benz next door.)

Overview of Signia's saltwater pool and accompanying bar, Highball. Courtesy of Signia by Hilton Atlanta

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Beyond the pool area, highlights include eight food and beverage concepts, including signature Italian fine-dining restaurant Capolinea and daytime eatery Homespun. More than 100,000 square feet of meeting space, boardrooms with views, Georgia’s largest ballroom, and what’s described as a “grand outdoor event deck and lawn” are also dotted around the 1.25-million-square-foot property.

The Signia’s room count ranks it between the fifth largest hotel in Atlanta (Omni Atlanta Hotel: 1,038 rooms) and the current sixth (Sheraton Atlanta Hotel: 749 rooms). It also marks Atlanta’s fifth tallest all-hotel tower overall. That category is led by the 73-story Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, a John Portman-designed building completed in 1976 that’s still Atlanta’s fifth-tallest building—for now. 

Owned by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, Signia is part of what GWCCA calls its Championship Campus, which along with The Benz and Centennial Olympic Park forms “North America’s largest combined convention, sports, and entertainment destination,” according to GWCCA. 

The 1.25-million-square-foot tower's facade of wall-to-wall glass. Courtesy of Signia by Hilton Atlanta

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Hotel over downtown's signature park shows signs of actually happening Josh Green Tue, 05/20/2025 - 16:33

Another new entrant to downtown Atlanta’s lodging landscape appears to be edging closer to breaking ground, though opening in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup isn’t likely. 

For the second time in six months, developers filed for permits this week to start building a Residence Inn By Marriott on a vacant downtown corner. The 355 Centennial Olympic Park drive site—where a hotel in various forms has been envisioned for more than five years—is located near several marquee attractions.

Situated diagonal from the north end of downtown’s signature park, the .8-acre site is a former gravel parking lot that’s been fenced-off and used sparingly for several years. 

The .8-acre Centennial Olympic Park Boulevard site in relation to the Georgia Aquarium and National Center for Civil and Human Rights, at bottom left. Marcus & Millichap

Plans for the 14-story structure with a restaurant at its base where Centennial Olympic Park Drive meets Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard. Niles Bolton Associates

Plans approved by the City of Atlanta call for the 14-story Residence Inn building to include 188 rooms, with guests housed on the top nine floors. Permitting paperwork filed this week pertains to the project’s sixth-floor, commercial-grade swimming pool and open parking garage, among other aspects. 

The location is a mile from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where World Cup matches will be played, and many of the hotel rooms would overlook Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, World of Coca-Cola, and other downtown draws.

The Residence Inn’s bottom five stories would be used for 129 parking spaces and electric-vehicle charging stations, all wrapped in a perforated screen, according to Niles Bolton Associates, the Atlanta-based architecture firm behind interior, exterior, and landscape designs. 

Other aspects would include a third-party bar and restaurant space at street level, a pool deck over Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, and a terrace with views across Centennial Olympic Park.

High End Investments, a Houston-based developer, applied for building permits with the city in early 2023 for the Residence Inn but appeared to have backed away from developing it. Niles Bolton’s website indicates High End Investments is still the client, along with Hardem Hotels. The hotel’s franchisor is listed as Marriott International Inc.

We’ve submitted inquiries with Marriott and the architecture firm to learn when groundbreaking and delivery of the hotel could come. This story will be updated with any additional information officials provide. 

Where the 188-key hotel's pool amenities would be placed over Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard. Niles Bolton Associates

How the project would meet the corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard.Niles Bolton Associates; via Marcus & Millichap

High End paid $3.8 million for the parcel, which had traded for $10.5 million in pre-recession 2008, according to Fulton County property records. A 10-story Candlewood Suites was once briefly floated for the same corner site, but the COVID-19 pandemic squashed those plans.

The project came to market in August as a package deal for the land and permitted hotel plans, asking $14.5 million. The owner is listed in building permit records as Texas-based Soneri Investment Group, and the cost of construction $39.7 million. 

The Residence Inn would stand three stories shorter than the 17-story, 336-unit Generation Atlanta apartments next door, which finished construction in summer 2020. 

According to Niles Bolton’s project description, designs for the Residence Inn are meant to strike “a balance between playfulness and sophistication,” with “décor [that] is crisp and modern, emphasizing earth tones and natural textures and materials like stone, concrete, and hardwood.”

Should it happen as planned, The Residence Inn would join several hospitality ventures recently delivered or in the works near downtown’s signature park.

The 22-story Margaritaville resort condo building by Wyndham Destinations, also fronting Centennial Olympic Park Drive, opened in 2022 with 200 suites and two floors of retail near SkyView Atlanta. 

The Signia by Hilton project delivered almost 1,000 hotel rooms last year, and Centennial Yards expects to finish its 229-room Anthem hotel this fall, with other lodges in planning stages. 

Also near the Georgia Aquarium, the Moxy Centennial Olympic Park project—a 10-story, 183-room property—is scheduled open in the second quarter of 2026. 

In the gallery above, find more Residence Inn site context and the latest available images. 

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Plans for the 14-story structure with a restaurant at its base where Centennial Olympic Park Drive meets Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard. Niles Bolton Associates

Where the 188-key hotel's pool amenities would be placed over Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard. Niles Bolton Associates

The .8-acre Centennial Olympic Park Boulevard site in relation to the Georgia Aquarium and National Center for Civil and Human Rights, at bottom left. Marcus & Millichap

How the project would meet the corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard.Niles Bolton Associates; via Marcus & Millichap

Proposed stance at the corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, per the latest drawings. Niles Bolton Associates; via Marcus & Millichap

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How the Residence Inn by Marriott was planned to look from the northeast corner of downtown's marquee greenspace, per 2021 renderings. Niles Bolton Associates, via City of Atlanta Planning Department/WNA

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Photos: Memorial Drive's next large project, Songbird, starts rising Josh Green Tue, 05/20/2025 - 13:10

A large townhome development with approachable price points—relatively speaking—is beginning to make its mark along amorphous Memorial Drive, east of the Atlanta Beltline and downtown. 

Empire Communities, a Canada-based homebuilder with active development sites and finished projects across Atlanta, has recently begun vertical construction on Songbird, the company’s third venture within a few blocks of Memorial Drive on the eastside.

The deep, 3.6-acre site—situated where Kirkwood meets Parkview—was formerly the Stanton Grove Baptist Church property at 2011 and 2015 Memorial Drive. Songbird’s site plan calls for 81 townhomes overall. 

Empire officials say sales are scheduled to begin in the next couple of weeks, and prices will start in the high $300,000s and top out in the low $400,000s. 

Vertical construction progress at the future entry to Empire Songbird today. Lola Green; Urbanize Atlanta

How the Songbird entry is expected to look upon completion, according to new renderings. Courtesy of Empire Communities

None of the townhomes will be especially large—either two or three bedrooms, with between 1,171 and 1,360 square feet—by Atlanta standards, but vast square footage isn’t always a selling point. 

Empire officials point to bus transit access into downtown as one selling point of the location, along with walkability to multiple eastside neighborhoods and proximity to the Beltline to the west.  

The Songbird name was inspired by the trees retained on site and a new dedicated greenspace that will be built at the entrance to the townhome community, near Memorial Drive, project officials have told Urbanize Atlanta. 

A yellow farmhouse (now white) near the front of the property, facing Memorial Drive, has also been retained and renovated.

Recent aerial of the Songbird site, with the growing The Moderns townhome project pictured at top.Courtesy of Empire Communities

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Elsewhere along Memorial Drive, Empire also developed the rainbow-hued Paintbox community directly across the street and a single-family home project called Bixton across from Drew Charter School. Empire’s latest intown bet adds to a stock of hundreds of new townhomes in the pipeline now or recently developed along Memorial Drive and nearby blocks. 

Kirkwood Neighbors Organization leadership previously told Urbanize Atlanta the neighborhood governing board stressed to Empire that Songbird should be both walkable and safe for cyclists, environmentally sustainable with shade, greenspace, and native plantings, and respectful of neighboring tree canopies and connections to the broader community.

The Songbird acreage in question was annexed into the City of Atlanta in 2021, and the property was later rezoned to the same designation (MR-3) that applied to the Paintbox project, which also replaced a church.

Paintbox—named Attached Community of the Year by the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association in 2021—has earned an average of 20 percent increases in values for current townhome owners, Empire leaders noted this week.

Soar up to the gallery for more fresh Songbird images and context. 

The 2011 and 2015 Memorial Drive location, east of downtown, where Kirkwood meets the Parkview neighborhood. Google Maps

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The 2011 and 2015 Memorial Drive location, east of downtown, where Kirkwood meets the Parkview neighborhood. Google Maps

Two residential structures with the former church tucked behind, as seen in December 2021. The farmhouse at left (now renovated) remains standing. Google Maps

Overview of the former Stanton Grove Baptist Church property along Memorial Drive, looking south. The 62-unit The Moderns townhome project is shown at left while under construction. Google Maps

Vertical construction progress at the future entry to Empire Songbird today. Lola Green; Urbanize Atlanta

How the Songbird entry is expected to look upon completion, according to new renderings. Courtesy of Empire Communities

Recent aerial of the Songbird site, with the growing The Moderns townhome project pictured at top.Courtesy of Empire Communities

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Facades for the Addison floorplan, the largest of two being offered. Courtesy of Empire Communities

Songbird floorplan called the Maxwell basement. Courtesy of Empire Communities

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Arrangement of the 81 townhomes bound for Memorial Drive. Courtesy of Empire Communities

One of two Songbird floorplans offered, the Maxwell basement option. Empire Communities

One of two Songbird floorplans offered, the Addison option. Empire Communities

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Images: 'Camino' development officially arrives on Buford Highway Josh Green Tue, 05/20/2025 - 08:15

Hundreds of new rentals have officially opened amidst Doraville's cornucopia of international cuisine. 

City and development officials recently cut the ribbon on infill project Camino at BuHi, a 303-unit residential complex situated where cultural destination Buford Highway meets Jess Norman Way, just inside the Interstate 285 Perimeter. 

The 3712 Stewart Road project marks the first in Doraville for Atlanta-based developer RangeWater Real Estate, which broke ground at the 7.5-acre site in September 2023. 

Camino stands within walking distance of Doraville’s City Hall and the sprawling new Assembly Atlanta, a TV and film-anchored project with a planned residential component that was pushed back indefinitely two years ago.  

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The Camino project's location off Buford Highway, just inside Interstate 285. Google Maps

RangeWater has agreed to install a new section of the Peachtree Creek Greenway—the subject of a recent feasibility and value study—as part of Camino’s construction. That will serve as the community’s Stewart Road “front door” and help boost trail connectivity to City Hall and Doraville’s MARTA station, according to project officials. 

Camino delivered apartments and townhomes ranging from studios to three-bedroom townhomes, with perks that include smart home tech and quartz countertops. 

Amenities around the complex include a private speakeasy, dog park and spa, coworking spaces (with a podcast recording studio), a rooftop lounge, and pool courtyard described as “resort-style.” 

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Incentives include two months of free rent with some apartments. Otherwise, options start at $1,387 monthly for 474-square-foot studios. 

The priciest two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment is $3,200 monthly for a 15-month lease. That gets 1,467 square feet. (No three-bedroom options are currently available, according to Camino’s website.) 

Doraville Mayor Joseph Geierman called Camino a “proud moment” for the city in a Monday announcement, in that it “brings high-quality housing to our city while delivering on the vision of our Comprehensive Plan.”

Elsewhere in ITP Atlanta, RangeWater opened an apartment project with a small retail component called The Vivian along the Beltline's Southside Trail in 2023. The Doraville project marks the firm’s 26th development in metro Atlanta and the fourth for its new in-house construction company, according to officials. 

RangeWater developed Camino in partnership with North American Sekishui House, or NASH. (Find a closer look in the gallery above.)  

Just north of Camino, plans continue to inch forward for a $300-million, mixed-use project in Doraville called Lotus Grove that’s also situated along the Buford Drive corridor. It would replace a former Kmart that was shuttered on the 13-acre property more than a decade ago. 

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The Camino project's location off Buford Highway, just inside Interstate 285. Google Maps

The 7.5-acre Camino development site in question, as seen in March 2022 along Stewart Road. Google Maps

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How Camino's pool courtyard turned out. Courtesy of RangeWater Real Estate

Camino's communal fitness center. Courtesy of RangeWater Real Estate

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Toll Brothers is Now Selling at 568 West, a Luxury Townhome Community in West Midtown Atlanta Steven Sharp Tue, 05/20/2025 - 04:00

Toll Brothers, Inc., the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, is excited to announce 568 West, a new luxury townhome community located in the heart of West Midtown Atlanta, is now selling. The public is invited to explore this exciting new townhome community and beautifully designed quick move-in residences in one of midtown’s most desirable locations. The community, located at 568 Trabert Avenue in Atlanta, is now open for private tours by appointment only.

Skyline view from home at 568 WestToll Brothers

568 West offers a unique blend of luxury and accessibility, featuring modern floor plans and expertly designed features and fixtures. This collection of four-story townhomes includes thoughtfully designed floor plans spanning more than 2,500 square feet, private rooftop terraces, and two-car garages with every residence. Customers will experience supreme comfort and serenity inside, while enjoying easy access to the vibrant shops, restaurants, and entertainment of West Midtown just outside their doors.

"We are thrilled to invite home shoppers to explore our completed townhomes and experience the exceptional lifestyle this community offers first-hand," said Eric White, Division President of Toll Brothers in Atlanta. "The prime Midtown location coupled with our luxurious townhome designs makes 568 West a standout option for those seeking the best of Atlanta living."

Private patio at 568 WestToll Brothers

568 West is nestled away from the main road, providing a peaceful retreat while being moments from all that Atlanta has to offer. Residents will have access to the Waterworks Greenspace from Trabert Avenue and the new Reservoir Drive, with sweeping views of Buckhead, Midtown, and Downtown. The community is located less than a mile from Atlantic Station, making popular shopping and dining destinations easily accessible.

Home shoppers are encouraged to make an appointment to visit 568 West and discover the move-in ready and quick move-in homes with Designer Appointed Features that are available in the community. Toll Brothers homes with Designer Appointed Features include an elevated selection of fixtures and finishes curated by a professional Design Consultant. 

Kitchen area and living room at 568 WestToll Brothers

The townhomes at 568 West are priced from the low $600,000s. For more information and to make an appointment to tour the community, please call 888-686-5542 or visit TollBrothers.com/GA.

About Toll Brothers

Toll Brothers is a Fortune 500 Company and the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. The Company was founded 58 years ago in 1967 and became a public company in 1986. The Company serves first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers, as well as urban and suburban renters. Toll Brothers builds in over 60 markets in 24 states.

Toll Brothers has been one of Fortune magazine’s World's Most Admired Companies™ for 10+ years in a row, and in 2024 the Company’s Chairman and CEO Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. was named one of 25 Top CEOs by Barron’s magazine. Toll Brothers has also been named Builder of the Year by Builder magazine and is the first two-time recipient of Builder of the Year from Professional Builder magazine. For more information visitTollBrothers.com.

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Fresh renderings: How Ladybird at Star Metals will look, function Josh Green Mon, 05/19/2025 - 14:47

New renderings have emerged that paint a clearer picture of how a popular eastside restaurant and watering hole plans to transform blocks in postindustrial West Midtown.

Designs by Royal Byckovas Architecture and Design unveiled by developer The Allen Morris Company depict Ladybird at Star Metals as a leafy, largely open-air, adaptive-reuse complex tucked just east of Howell Mill Road in the Marietta Street Artery neighborhood. 

Ladybird is expected to consume a full 1-acre parcel for several years within today's larger, 3.3-acre Star Metals District, bucking the trend of recent food-and-beverage closures in the broader West Midtown area.

The restaurant will operate across the street from the front doorstep of the new Stella at Star Metals tower, which is expected to welcome its first residents next month and fully wrap construction this summer. 

No timeline for Ladybird’s construction or opening has been specified, but Allen Morris officials say it will anchor the district’s next phase of growth. 

Planned look of Ladybird's Edgehill Avenue facade at Star Metals. Royal Byckovas; via The Allen Morris Company

As seen in January, frontages along Edgehill Avenue for buildings that will eventually become Ladybird. Google Maps

Plans call for transforming an existing warehouse and parking lots into a “dynamic indoor-outdoor destination” with open walls and subtracted roofs, murals lining the façade, and large greenspaces. Expect a beer garden and full kitchen and bar for “a lively gathering spot unlike anything else in the area,” according to Allen Morris officials. 

Company reps recently told Urbanize Atlanta the Ladybird site is considered Star Metals District Phase 6, which has been granted a one-of-a-kind height variance by the city for eventual high-rise redevelopment. When that happens, Ladybird will relocate into what’s called Star Metals Phase 4, a facet that’s currently in design. 

Leases for both Ladybird spaces were signed at the same time, according to officials. 

Planned look of Ladybird frontages along 11th Street. Royal Byckovas; via The Allen Morris Company

Overview of the 1-acre site where Ladybird is planned as part of the broader Star Metals District, as seen prior to the Stella tower's vertical construction next door. Google Maps

Eventually, the mixed-use Star Metals District is slated to cost $1.5 billion and span about 10 acres. Finished components include 409-unit rental complex Sentral at Star Metals, the 327-unit luxury Stella building, and Star Metals Offices, plus about 100,000 square feet of retail at ground level. 

Allen Morris reps recently said the district’s 270,000-square-foot office component is now 91 percent leased. 

Head up to the gallery for a closer look at how Ladybird will fit into it all. 

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Overview of the 1-acre site where Ladybird is planned as part of the broader Star Metals District, as seen prior to the Stella tower's vertical construction next door. Google Maps

As seen in January, frontages along Edgehill Avenue for buildings that will eventually become Ladybird. Google Maps

Planned look of Ladybird's Edgehill Avenue facade at Star Metals. Royal Byckovas; via The Allen Morris Company

Fresh rendering depicting interior hangout spaces at Ladybird. Royal Byckovas; via The Allen Morris Company

Planned look of Ladybird frontages along 11th Street. Royal Byckovas; via The Allen Morris Company

Copper-like cladding and curvatures on Stella at Star Metals' south face, toward downtown, as seen in March. Photos by Urbanize Atlanta

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Images: Largest indoor pickleball facility in U.S. bound for Atlanta Josh Green Mon, 05/19/2025 - 13:24

Metro Atlanta’s pickleball craze shows few signs of cooling off, as the largest indoor facility in the United States for playing the madly popular game hopes to be operational at an intown location this year, according to project officials. 

A new concept called Pickleball Club of Georgia is preparing to start converting an empty warehouse in Blandtown into more than 100,000 square feet of pickleball playing courts and more soon.  

According to project architects Terminus Design Group, the concept has passed Atlanta Beltline Design Review Committee vetting and is awaiting permits for demolition and construction. 

With more than 30 courts in the works, plus a full-service gym, a golf-simulator wing, multiple event spaces, and a full kitchen and bar, the project will qualify as the largest indoor pickleball facility in the country, per the design firm.   

Approximate layout of Pickleball Club of Georgia's courts. Courtesy of Terminus Design Group

Promotional materials for the Blandtown warehouse prior to its recent sale. King Industrial Realty Inc.

The 1365 English St. facility, a 1960s warehouse, is a few blocks north of Huff Road near the Beltline’s forthcoming Northwest Trail, due west of Atlantic Station. Moeller Purcell Construction Company has joined the project as general contractor.

“Our client is hopeful to be operational by the holidays this year,” Terminus Design Group principal Neil Waddle wrote to Urbanize Atlanta via email. “The five to six-month building [process] seems doable.” 

Pickleball Club of Georgia is aiming to be a full-day destination for fans of the game, rather than a quick stop. 

Other recent warehouse conversions to pickleball facilities around Atlanta include Dill Dinkers new outpost in West End and the Painted Pickle in Armour Yards near Lindbergh. (For the sake of comparison, the Dill Dinkers facility is about 1/3 the size of what Pickleball Club of Georgia has planned.) 

Planned look and functionality of the golf-simulator concept. Courtesy of Terminus Design Group

How Pickleball Club of Georgia's renovated exterior is expected to look along English Street. Courtesy of Terminus Design Group

Concept owner Michael Shamus, a tech consultant who owns production company ZK Productions and captains his ALTA Pickleball team, recently told Business Debut he’d spent a year and ½ searching for the right location—and found it in what used to be a warehouse for law enforcement and ballot machine storage. 

Shamus said the massive facility will be used as home court for Georgia Tech’s pickleball club and will offer memberships and walk-in play, in addition to leagues, summer camps, clinics, after-school programs, and more. 

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The 1365 English St. NW warehouse location (in red) in relation to Atlantic Station and landmarks in northwest Atlanta. Google Maps

The empty Blandtown warehouse facility as of March this year. Google Maps

Promotional materials for the Blandtown warehouse prior to its recent sale. King Industrial Realty Inc.

How Pickleball Club of Georgia's renovated exterior is expected to look along English Street. Courtesy of Terminus Design Group

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