Specifics, fresh images for Doraville’s new downtown emerge
Specifics, fresh images for Doraville’s new downtown emerge
Specifics, fresh images for Doraville’s new downtown emerge
Josh Green
Fri, 05/16/2025 – 12:24
City of Doraville officials announced last month the vibrant, walkable downtown they’ve been trying to build for more than 20 years will kick off construction this summer. Exactly how the phased project will roll out is now becoming clearer.
The city and its master-developer partner Kaufman Capital Partners have now finalized contracts with a lead architect (McMillan Pazdan Smith) and general contractor (Choate Construction) to start building Doraville City Center on 13 city-owned acres, situated between New Peachtree Road and Buford Highway.
The ITP parcels are also adjacent to the Doraville MARTA Station and northwest of Spaghetti Junction, near Assembly Atlanta.
With the team in place, city center officials tell Urbanize Atlanta the planning and design of what’s called the Core Project Phase has started.
Before demolition and site work kicks off, the current Doraville City Hall, police station, and other civic functions on site now will relocate to a mixed-use property renovated by Kaufman Capital adjacent to the nearby Lumen Doraville Apartments, recently completed on Tilly Mill Road and Peachtree Boulevard. That’s expected to happen in late June or early July.
The first phase will include development of the “Doraville People’s Building,” a multi-use municipal space that will house Doraville’s City Hall, library, and other aspects meant to serve the community, officials say. Other facets of initial development will build the downtown street grid, a large City Green public greenspace, stormwater detention, and other infrastructure.
Fresh imagery depicting the scope of the planned public lawn area and retail. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
How the Doraville People’s Building (top left) is expected to front the central greenspace. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
The first phase is projected to take roughly 14 to 18 months to complete, once all design plans are finalized and required permitting and other construction paperwork is in place. It’s expected to cost about $35 million, per preliminary cost estimates.
While all the above is being built, two restaurant pads next to the City Green, fronting Park Avenue, are expected to launch construction as well. The goal is to further activate the public green once it’s finished.
As detailed in city center’s conceptual master plan, the project’s second phase will include more commercial spaces around the City Green, alongside multifamily, commercial, and mixed-use facets on parcels not owned by the city.
Some components of phase two could move forward as construction on the first is underway, depending on market conditions, according to officials.
Across the street, a Kaufman Capital multifamily development at 5407 Buford Highway is expected to go under construction as the core city center project is rising—an effort to bring more people and potential customers to the immediate area.
Breakdown of new streets and blocks planned at Doraville City Center. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Garry Sobel, a Kaufman Capital partner and the project’s master planner, said in an announcement this week city center’s goal is to reflect Doraville’s history, spirit, and energy. “It’s our hope that [the project] will not only act as a central gathering space for the community but also as a catalyst for growth along the corridor.”
Added Doraville City Manager Chris Eldridge: “We’re creating a downtown that will transform the city’s core into a thriving, welcoming, and enduring destination.”
Find a rundown of where Doraville’s made-from-scratch city center will materialize, and what it could entail in coming years, in the gallery above.
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Broad view of 13 acres of parcels Doraville owns for redevelopment in relation to Spaghetti Junction (bottom right), Interstate 285, and other landmarks. Google Maps
Breakdown of new streets and blocks planned at Doraville City Center. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Fresh imagery depicting the scope of the planned public lawn area and retail. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Overview of how the full Doraville City Center project is expected to look and function in coming years. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
How the Doraville People’s Building (top left) is expected to front the central greenspace. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
General location of the city-owned parcels in question, excluding the church property and others fronting Buford Highway. Google Maps
Specifics, fresh images for Doraville’s new downtown emerge
Josh Green
Fri, 05/16/2025 – 12:24
City of Doraville officials announced last month the vibrant, walkable downtown they’ve been trying to build for more than 20 years will kick off construction this summer. Exactly how the phased project will roll out is now becoming clearer. The city and its master-developer partner Kaufman Capital Partners have now finalized contracts with a lead architect (McMillan Pazdan Smith) and general contractor (Choate Construction) to start building Doraville City Center on 13 city-owned acres, situated between New Peachtree Road and Buford Highway. The ITP parcels are also adjacent to the Doraville MARTA Station and northwest of Spaghetti Junction, near Assembly Atlanta. With the team in place, city center officials tell Urbanize Atlanta the planning and design of what’s called the Core Project Phase has started. Before demolition and site work kicks off, the current Doraville City Hall, police station, and other civic functions on site now will relocate to a mixed-use property renovated by Kaufman Capital adjacent to the nearby Lumen Doraville Apartments, recently completed on Tilly Mill Road and Peachtree Boulevard. That’s expected to happen in late June or early July. The first phase will include development of the “Doraville People’s Building,” a multi-use municipal space that will house Doraville’s City Hall, library, and other aspects meant to serve the community, officials say. Other facets of initial development will build the downtown street grid, a large City Green public greenspace, stormwater detention, and other infrastructure.
Fresh imagery depicting the scope of the planned public lawn area and retail. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
How the Doraville People’s Building (top left) is expected to front the central greenspace. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
The first phase is projected to take roughly 14 to 18 months to complete, once all design plans are finalized and required permitting and other construction paperwork is in place. It’s expected to cost about $35 million, per preliminary cost estimates.While all the above is being built, two restaurant pads next to the City Green, fronting Park Avenue, are expected to launch construction as well. The goal is to further activate the public green once it’s finished. As detailed in city center’s conceptual master plan, the project’s second phase will include more commercial spaces around the City Green, alongside multifamily, commercial, and mixed-use facets on parcels not owned by the city. Some components of phase two could move forward as construction on the first is underway, depending on market conditions, according to officials. Across the street, a Kaufman Capital multifamily development at 5407 Buford Highway is expected to go under construction as the core city center project is rising—an effort to bring more people and potential customers to the immediate area.
Breakdown of new streets and blocks planned at Doraville City Center. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Garry Sobel, a Kaufman Capital partner and the project’s master planner, said in an announcement this week city center’s goal is to reflect Doraville’s history, spirit, and energy. “It’s our hope that [the project] will not only act as a central gathering space for the community but also as a catalyst for growth along the corridor.”Added Doraville City Manager Chris Eldridge: “We’re creating a downtown that will transform the city’s core into a thriving, welcoming, and enduring destination.”Find a rundown of where Doraville’s made-from-scratch city center will materialize, and what it could entail in coming years, in the gallery above. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Doraville news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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Broad view of 13 acres of parcels Doraville owns for redevelopment in relation to Spaghetti Junction (bottom right), Interstate 285, and other landmarks. Google Maps
Breakdown of new streets and blocks planned at Doraville City Center. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Fresh imagery depicting the scope of the planned public lawn area and retail. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Overview of how the full Doraville City Center project is expected to look and function in coming years. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
How the Doraville People’s Building (top left) is expected to front the central greenspace. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
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General location of the city-owned parcels in question, excluding the church property and others fronting Buford Highway. Google Maps
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Specifics, fresh images for Doraville’s new downtown emerge
Josh Green
Fri, 05/16/2025 – 12:24
City of Doraville officials announced last month the vibrant, walkable downtown they’ve been trying to build for more than 20 years will kick off construction this summer. Exactly how the phased project will roll out is now becoming clearer. The city and its master-developer partner Kaufman Capital Partners have now finalized contracts with a lead architect (McMillan Pazdan Smith) and general contractor (Choate Construction) to start building Doraville City Center on 13 city-owned acres, situated between New Peachtree Road and Buford Highway. The ITP parcels are also adjacent to the Doraville MARTA Station and northwest of Spaghetti Junction, near Assembly Atlanta. With the team in place, city center officials tell Urbanize Atlanta the planning and design of what’s called the Core Project Phase has started. Before demolition and site work kicks off, the current Doraville City Hall, police station, and other civic functions on site now will relocate to a mixed-use property renovated by Kaufman Capital adjacent to the nearby Lumen Doraville Apartments, recently completed on Tilly Mill Road and Peachtree Boulevard. That’s expected to happen in late June or early July. The first phase will include development of the “Doraville People’s Building,” a multi-use municipal space that will house Doraville’s City Hall, library, and other aspects meant to serve the community, officials say. Other facets of initial development will build the downtown street grid, a large City Green public greenspace, stormwater detention, and other infrastructure.
Fresh imagery depicting the scope of the planned public lawn area and retail. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
How the Doraville People’s Building (top left) is expected to front the central greenspace. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
The first phase is projected to take roughly 14 to 18 months to complete, once all design plans are finalized and required permitting and other construction paperwork is in place. It’s expected to cost about $35 million, per preliminary cost estimates.While all the above is being built, two restaurant pads next to the City Green, fronting Park Avenue, are expected to launch construction as well. The goal is to further activate the public green once it’s finished. As detailed in city center’s conceptual master plan, the project’s second phase will include more commercial spaces around the City Green, alongside multifamily, commercial, and mixed-use facets on parcels not owned by the city. Some components of phase two could move forward as construction on the first is underway, depending on market conditions, according to officials. Across the street, a Kaufman Capital multifamily development at 5407 Buford Highway is expected to go under construction as the core city center project is rising—an effort to bring more people and potential customers to the immediate area.
Breakdown of new streets and blocks planned at Doraville City Center. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Garry Sobel, a Kaufman Capital partner and the project’s master planner, said in an announcement this week city center’s goal is to reflect Doraville’s history, spirit, and energy. “It’s our hope that [the project] will not only act as a central gathering space for the community but also as a catalyst for growth along the corridor.”Added Doraville City Manager Chris Eldridge: “We’re creating a downtown that will transform the city’s core into a thriving, welcoming, and enduring destination.”Find a rundown of where Doraville’s made-from-scratch city center will materialize, and what it could entail in coming years, in the gallery above. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Doraville news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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Broad view of 13 acres of parcels Doraville owns for redevelopment in relation to Spaghetti Junction (bottom right), Interstate 285, and other landmarks. Google Maps
Breakdown of new streets and blocks planned at Doraville City Center. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Fresh imagery depicting the scope of the planned public lawn area and retail. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Overview of how the full Doraville City Center project is expected to look and function in coming years. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
How the Doraville People’s Building (top left) is expected to front the central greenspace. Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
Courtesy of City of Doraville/ Kaufman Capital Partners
General location of the city-owned parcels in question, excluding the church property and others fronting Buford Highway. Google Maps
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Portman project signing; Five Points redo looms; Streets Alive goes south
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Portman project signing; Five Points redo looms; Streets Alive goes south
Josh Green
Thu, 05/15/2025 – 16:41
MIDTOWN—The prospects of Portman’s block-size Midtown development becoming a foodie destination continue to look up.
Portman officials announced this week a high-end, tapas-style Indian restaurant with “a vibrant social vibe” called Pataaka will be joining two other chef-driven concepts at Spring Quarter.
Pataaka is scheduled to open a 113-seat space later this year at the ground floor of Sora, Spring Quarter’s luxury residential tower component. Expect an outdoor patio and soaring mezzanine space for private dining designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, with Atlanta-based Indian chef Anish Nair at the helm. It’ll mark the restaurant’s sixth location and first in Georgia.
An updated visual for the core of Spring Quarter, with the 1020 Spring building at right. Courtesy of Portman
Rendering depicting the expected look of Pataaka’s interiors. Courtesy of Portman
Other confirmed restaurant concepts at Spring Quarter include Louisiana “urban Mexican” concept Habaneros and Sozou, a new Japanese modern concept from celebrated chef Fuyuhiko Ito. Both are now expected to open this fall. The Sozou team also plans to open a concept called Omakase at ISHIN by Ito on the 8th-floor rooftop of Ten Twenty, the project’s office high-rise completed last year.
Spring Quarter is anchored by the historic H.M. Patterson Home and Gardens, which Portman is converting to “a dynamic retail and entertainment amenity for the community” called The Patterson, officials said this week.
Steve Palmer, an Atlanta native and founder of The Indigo Road Hospitality Group, was revealed in late 2023 as the restaurateur who will lease and transform all 24,000 square feet of The Patterson into what’s been described as a morning-to-night, food-and-beverage destination with multiple facets. We’ve asked Portman reps this week whether that concept is still moving forward as planned, and we’ll update this story with any additional info that comes.
Courtesy of Portman
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SOUTHSIDE—Come Sunday, Atlanta’s favorite open-streets festival will be taking its talents to a long route south of downtown again.
From 2 to 6 p.m., Atlanta Streets Alive will return to its 3.4-mile “historic Southside corridor” for the first time in 2025, opening Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and Georgia Avenue from West End to Grant Park, with Mechanicsville and Summerhill’s commercial district in between.
Sunday’s route was also used for three Atlanta Streets Alive programs in late 2024 between Gordon-White Park (left) and Grant Park. Propel ATL
Event organizers Propel ATL send word this week that cultural sponsor Music in the Park will be curating seven live performance stages along the route Sunday. “From local jazz to R&B, brass bands to soulful singer-songwriters,” notes Propel ATL, “every block [will pulse] with the rhythm of Atlanta’s neighborhoods and the spirit of community.”
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DOWNTOWN—At long last, the $230-million remake of MARTA’s largest and busiest station will officially kick off Saturday, following a contentious, nearly year-long pause.
During construction, Five Points rail service and transfers will operate as scheduled and won’t be impacted, per MARTA. The same goes for bus routes around Five Points operated by regional transit providers CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, and Xpress.
Expect a number of downtown bus routes to be changed come Saturday, followed by the closure of customer services on June 6 including the RideStore, Lost & Found, and Reduced Fare office.
MARTA says these amenities will also temporarily close, come June 6: restrooms, the five points Station Soccer field, MARTA Market, community garden, and the tunnel leading to federal offices.
A refined preview depicting how the opened-up transit hub could look and function. Courtesy of MARTA
MARTA has said 17,000 pedestrians and bus riders rely on Five Points to access the MARTA heavy rail system each day. The $230-million price tag for Five Points’ overhaul is being largely funded by the More MARTA Atlanta half-penny sales tax approved by Atlanta voters in 2016. Other funding sources include $13.8 million from the State of Georgia and a $25-million Federal RAISE Grant.
MARTA says the broader goal remains to convert Five Points station into “a vibrant city center with improved transit connectivity, increased safety, and enhanced customer amenities.”
Regarding bus routes, MARTA has outlined the changes scheduled to begin soon as follows:
BUS SERVICE IMPACTS BEGINNING MAY 17:
The following routes will stop at Five Points on Forsyth Street:
- 3 – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive/Auburn Avenue
- 40 – Peachtree Street/Downtown
- 813 – Atlanta University Center
- 21 – Memorial Drive
- 49 – McDonough Boulevard
- 55 – Jonesboro Road
- 107 – Glenwood
- 186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb
Three bus routes will be detoured to maintain service to downtown and no longer stop at Five Points:
- 26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard
- 42 – Pryor Road
- 816 – North Highland Avenue
The following routes will terminate at Georgia State station:
- 21 – Memorial Drive
- 42 – Pryor Road
- 49 – McDonough Boulevard
- 55 – Jonesboro Road
- 107 – Glenwood
- 186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb
The following routes will terminate at King Memorial station:
- 26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard
- 813 – Atlanta University Center
- 899 – Old Fourth Ward
The following route will terminate at Civic Center station:
- 816 – North Highland Avenue
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An updated visual for the core of Spring Quarter, with the 1020 Spring building at right. Courtesy of Portman
Rendering depicting the expected look of Pataaka’s interiors. Courtesy of Portman
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Sunday’s route was also used for three Atlanta Streets Alive programs in late 2024 between Gordon-White Park (left) and Grant Park. Propel ATL
Atlanta Streets Alive on Georgia Avenue in Summerhill in the late teens. Urbanize ATL archives
Portman project signing; Five Points redo looms; Streets Alive goes south
Josh Green
Thu, 05/15/2025 – 16:41
MIDTOWN—The prospects of Portman’s block-size Midtown development becoming a foodie destination continue to look up. Portman officials announced this week a high-end, tapas-style Indian restaurant with “a vibrant social vibe” called Pataaka will be joining two other chef-driven concepts at Spring Quarter. Pataaka is scheduled to open a 113-seat space later this year at the ground floor of Sora, Spring Quarter’s luxury residential tower component. Expect an outdoor patio and soaring mezzanine space for private dining designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, with Atlanta-based Indian chef Anish Nair at the helm. It’ll mark the restaurant’s sixth location and first in Georgia.
An updated visual for the core of Spring Quarter, with the 1020 Spring building at right. Courtesy of Portman
Rendering depicting the expected look of Pataaka’s interiors. Courtesy of Portman
Other confirmed restaurant concepts at Spring Quarter include Louisiana “urban Mexican” concept Habaneros and Sozou, a new Japanese modern concept from celebrated chef Fuyuhiko Ito. Both are now expected to open this fall. The Sozou team also plans to open a concept called Omakase at ISHIN by Ito on the 8th-floor rooftop of Ten Twenty, the project’s office high-rise completed last year. Spring Quarter is anchored by the historic H.M. Patterson Home and Gardens, which Portman is converting to “a dynamic retail and entertainment amenity for the community” called The Patterson, officials said this week. Steve Palmer, an Atlanta native and founder of The Indigo Road Hospitality Group, was revealed in late 2023 as the restaurateur who will lease and transform all 24,000 square feet of The Patterson into what’s been described as a morning-to-night, food-and-beverage destination with multiple facets. We’ve asked Portman reps this week whether that concept is still moving forward as planned, and we’ll update this story with any additional info that comes.
Courtesy of Portman
…SOUTHSIDE—Come Sunday, Atlanta’s favorite open-streets festival will be taking its talents to a long route south of downtown again. From 2 to 6 p.m., Atlanta Streets Alive will return to its 3.4-mile “historic Southside corridor” for the first time in 2025, opening Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and Georgia Avenue from West End to Grant Park, with Mechanicsville and Summerhill’s commercial district in between.
Sunday’s route was also used for three Atlanta Streets Alive programs in late 2024 between Gordon-White Park (left) and Grant Park. Propel ATL
Event organizers Propel ATL send word this week that cultural sponsor Music in the Park will be curating seven live performance stages along the route Sunday. “From local jazz to R&B, brass bands to soulful singer-songwriters,” notes Propel ATL, “every block [will pulse] with the rhythm of Atlanta’s neighborhoods and the spirit of community.”…DOWNTOWN—At long last, the $230-million remake of MARTA’s largest and busiest station will officially kick off Saturday, following a contentious, nearly year-long pause. During construction, Five Points rail service and transfers will operate as scheduled and won’t be impacted, per MARTA. The same goes for bus routes around Five Points operated by regional transit providers CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, and Xpress. Expect a number of downtown bus routes to be changed come Saturday, followed by the closure of customer services on June 6 including the RideStore, Lost & Found, and Reduced Fare office. MARTA says these amenities will also temporarily close, come June 6: restrooms, the five points Station Soccer field, MARTA Market, community garden, and the tunnel leading to federal offices.
A refined preview depicting how the opened-up transit hub could look and function. Courtesy of MARTA
MARTA has said 17,000 pedestrians and bus riders rely on Five Points to access the MARTA heavy rail system each day. The $230-million price tag for Five Points’ overhaul is being largely funded by the More MARTA Atlanta half-penny sales tax approved by Atlanta voters in 2016. Other funding sources include $13.8 million from the State of Georgia and a $25-million Federal RAISE Grant. MARTA says the broader goal remains to convert Five Points station into “a vibrant city center with improved transit connectivity, increased safety, and enhanced customer amenities.” Regarding bus routes, MARTA has outlined the changes scheduled to begin soon as follows: BUS SERVICE IMPACTS BEGINNING MAY 17:The following routes will stop at Five Points on Forsyth Street:3 – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive/Auburn Avenue40 – Peachtree Street/Downtown813 – Atlanta University Center21 – Memorial Drive49 – McDonough Boulevard55 – Jonesboro Road107 – Glenwood186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb Three bus routes will be detoured to maintain service to downtown and no longer stop at Five Points:26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard42 – Pryor Road816 – North Highland AvenueThe following routes will terminate at Georgia State station:21 – Memorial Drive42 – Pryor Road49 – McDonough Boulevard55 – Jonesboro Road107 – Glenwood186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalbThe following routes will terminate at King Memorial station:26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard813 – Atlanta University Center899 – Old Fourth WardThe following route will terminate at Civic Center station:816 – North Highland Avenue…Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Census: Atlanta drops two spots on biggest metros list (Urbanize Atlanta)
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Rendering depicting the expected look of Pataaka’s interiors. Courtesy of Portman
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Sunday’s route was also used for three Atlanta Streets Alive programs in late 2024 between Gordon-White Park (left) and Grant Park. Propel ATL
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Josh Green
Thu, 05/15/2025 – 16:41
MIDTOWN—The prospects of Portman’s block-size Midtown development becoming a foodie destination continue to look up. Portman officials announced this week a high-end, tapas-style Indian restaurant with “a vibrant social vibe” called Pataaka will be joining two other chef-driven concepts at Spring Quarter. Pataaka is scheduled to open a 113-seat space later this year at the ground floor of Sora, Spring Quarter’s luxury residential tower component. Expect an outdoor patio and soaring mezzanine space for private dining designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, with Atlanta-based Indian chef Anish Nair at the helm. It’ll mark the restaurant’s sixth location and first in Georgia.
An updated visual for the core of Spring Quarter, with the 1020 Spring building at right. Courtesy of Portman
Rendering depicting the expected look of Pataaka’s interiors. Courtesy of Portman
Other confirmed restaurant concepts at Spring Quarter include Louisiana “urban Mexican” concept Habaneros and Sozou, a new Japanese modern concept from celebrated chef Fuyuhiko Ito. Both are now expected to open this fall. The Sozou team also plans to open a concept called Omakase at ISHIN by Ito on the 8th-floor rooftop of Ten Twenty, the project’s office high-rise completed last year. Spring Quarter is anchored by the historic H.M. Patterson Home and Gardens, which Portman is converting to “a dynamic retail and entertainment amenity for the community” called The Patterson, officials said this week. Steve Palmer, an Atlanta native and founder of The Indigo Road Hospitality Group, was revealed in late 2023 as the restaurateur who will lease and transform all 24,000 square feet of The Patterson into what’s been described as a morning-to-night, food-and-beverage destination with multiple facets. We’ve asked Portman reps this week whether that concept is still moving forward as planned, and we’ll update this story with any additional info that comes.
Courtesy of Portman
…SOUTHSIDE—Come Sunday, Atlanta’s favorite open-streets festival will be taking its talents to a long route south of downtown again. From 2 to 6 p.m., Atlanta Streets Alive will return to its 3.4-mile “historic Southside corridor” for the first time in 2025, opening Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and Georgia Avenue from West End to Grant Park, with Mechanicsville and Summerhill’s commercial district in between.
Sunday’s route was also used for three Atlanta Streets Alive programs in late 2024 between Gordon-White Park (left) and Grant Park. Propel ATL
Event organizers Propel ATL send word this week that cultural sponsor Music in the Park will be curating seven live performance stages along the route Sunday. “From local jazz to R&B, brass bands to soulful singer-songwriters,” notes Propel ATL, “every block [will pulse] with the rhythm of Atlanta’s neighborhoods and the spirit of community.”…DOWNTOWN—At long last, the $230-million remake of MARTA’s largest and busiest station will officially kick off Saturday, following a contentious, nearly year-long pause. During construction, Five Points rail service and transfers will operate as scheduled and won’t be impacted, per MARTA. The same goes for bus routes around Five Points operated by regional transit providers CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, and Xpress. Expect a number of downtown bus routes to be changed come Saturday, followed by the closure of customer services on June 6 including the RideStore, Lost & Found, and Reduced Fare office. MARTA says these amenities will also temporarily close, come June 6: restrooms, the five points Station Soccer field, MARTA Market, community garden, and the tunnel leading to federal offices.
A refined preview depicting how the opened-up transit hub could look and function. Courtesy of MARTA
MARTA has said 17,000 pedestrians and bus riders rely on Five Points to access the MARTA heavy rail system each day. The $230-million price tag for Five Points’ overhaul is being largely funded by the More MARTA Atlanta half-penny sales tax approved by Atlanta voters in 2016. Other funding sources include $13.8 million from the State of Georgia and a $25-million Federal RAISE Grant. MARTA says the broader goal remains to convert Five Points station into “a vibrant city center with improved transit connectivity, increased safety, and enhanced customer amenities.” Regarding bus routes, MARTA has outlined the changes scheduled to begin soon as follows: BUS SERVICE IMPACTS BEGINNING MAY 17:The following routes will stop at Five Points on Forsyth Street:3 – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive/Auburn Avenue40 – Peachtree Street/Downtown813 – Atlanta University Center21 – Memorial Drive49 – McDonough Boulevard55 – Jonesboro Road107 – Glenwood186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb Three bus routes will be detoured to maintain service to downtown and no longer stop at Five Points:26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard42 – Pryor Road816 – North Highland AvenueThe following routes will terminate at Georgia State station:21 – Memorial Drive42 – Pryor Road49 – McDonough Boulevard55 – Jonesboro Road107 – Glenwood186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalbThe following routes will terminate at King Memorial station:26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard813 – Atlanta University Center899 – Old Fourth WardThe following route will terminate at Civic Center station:816 – North Highland Avenue…Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Census: Atlanta drops two spots on biggest metros list (Urbanize Atlanta)
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Atlanta-based Peachtree Group establishes Austin office
Atlanta-based Peachtree Group establishes Austin office
It marks Peachtree Group’s first office outside of its Atlanta headquarters.
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It marks Peachtree Group’s first office outside of its Atlanta headquarters.
Atlanta-based Peachtree Group establishes Austin office
Atlanta-based Peachtree Group establishes Austin office
It marks Peachtree Group’s first office outside of its Atlanta headquarters.
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It marks Peachtree Group’s first office outside of its Atlanta headquarters.
Atlanta Regional Commission doles out $1 million to improve metro area walkability
Atlanta Regional Commission doles out $1 million to improve metro area walkability
The funds will support six planning studies aimed at making metro Atlanta communities more walkable and bike-friendly.
The funds will support six planning studies aimed at making metro Atlanta communities more walkable and bike-friendly. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2022-04-02 21:43:57)
The funds will support six planning studies aimed at making metro Atlanta communities more walkable and bike-friendly.
Atlanta Regional Commission doles out $1 million to improve metro area walkability
Atlanta Regional Commission doles out $1 million to improve metro area walkability
The funds will support six planning studies aimed at making metro Atlanta communities more walkable and bike-friendly.
The funds will support six planning studies aimed at making metro Atlanta communities more walkable and bike-friendly. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2019-09-06 17:16:48)
The funds will support six planning studies aimed at making metro Atlanta communities more walkable and bike-friendly.
Report: ‘Downtown’ ATL among national leaders in post-pandemic apartment construction
Report: ‘Downtown’ ATL among national leaders in post-pandemic apartment construction
Report: ‘Downtown’ ATL among national leaders in post-pandemic apartment construction
Josh Green
Thu, 05/15/2025 – 14:13
Few places in the United States have swelled with new apartment construction like intown Atlanta since the pandemic, a new analysis using Yardi Matrix data has found.
Core Atlanta subdistricts have stood out during a recent nationwide slowdown in apartment building, tallying more than 11,000 new rental units in projects that have beefed up and transformed the Midtown skyline and parts of downtown, according to national apartment search platform RentCafe.
The wave of new apartment options appears to be the highest Atlanta has seen over the past three decades, according to the analysis.
Those findings were part of RentCafe’s new Downtown Construction Report that examined the 50 largest U.S. cities, with a goal of spotlighting places making big bets on urban revival with new-construction and adaptive-reuse rentals.
Many of the Midtown high-rise rentals shown here in December 2022 delivered last year, continuing a multifamily boom. Urbanize Atlanta
The Yardi Matrix data was limited to buildings with 50 units or more through January this year. But it stretched back for 35 years—to 1990, when Atlanta was a vastly different place.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Midtown and downtown Atlanta had completed 11,130 apartments—bested only by the downtowns of Washington D.C., Chicago, and Denver, respectively, per the analysis.
Analysts also found that apartment construction in Atlanta exploded after another calamity, the Great Recession, as nearly 16,000 units were finished in the 2010s. (Talk about resurgens.) That tally was twice as many as the previous decade—and five times what Atlanta saw in the 1990s, per RentCafe.
It’s important to note that intown apartment hot zones such as Buckhead, Atlantic Station, and Old Fourth Ward were excluded from the tally, according to a breakdown of zip codes provided to Urbanize Atlanta.
Breakdown of the five zip codes considered in the RentCafe analysis—30303, 30308, 30309, 30312, and 30313—stretching across Midtown, West Midtown, and downtown. USmapguide.com
Another interesting finding: The share of adaptive-reuse apartments—that is, older buildings being converted to residential units—dropped in Atlanta from 7.5 percent in the 2010s to 1.5 percent after 2020.
But with more than 2,000 office-to-apartment units in Atlanta’s pipeline, the forecast says that could change soon.
Washington D.C., the leading city for the sheer number of downtown apartments finished between 2020 and 2024, tallied nearly 23,000 units, more than double what Midtown and downtown saw, per the analysis.
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Breakdown of the five zip codes considered in the RentCafe analysis—30303, 30308, 30309, 30312, and 30313—stretching across Midtown, West Midtown, and downtown. USmapguide.com
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Report: ‘Downtown’ ATL among national leaders in post-pandemic apartment construction
Josh Green
Thu, 05/15/2025 – 14:13
Few places in the United States have swelled with new apartment construction like intown Atlanta since the pandemic, a new analysis using Yardi Matrix data has found. Core Atlanta subdistricts have stood out during a recent nationwide slowdown in apartment building, tallying more than 11,000 new rental units in projects that have beefed up and transformed the Midtown skyline and parts of downtown, according to national apartment search platform RentCafe. The wave of new apartment options appears to be the highest Atlanta has seen over the past three decades, according to the analysis. Those findings were part of RentCafe’s new Downtown Construction Report that examined the 50 largest U.S. cities, with a goal of spotlighting places making big bets on urban revival with new-construction and adaptive-reuse rentals.
Many of the Midtown high-rise rentals shown here in December 2022 delivered last year, continuing a multifamily boom. Urbanize Atlanta
The Yardi Matrix data was limited to buildings with 50 units or more through January this year. But it stretched back for 35 years—to 1990, when Atlanta was a vastly different place. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Midtown and downtown Atlanta had completed 11,130 apartments—bested only by the downtowns of Washington D.C., Chicago, and Denver, respectively, per the analysis. Analysts also found that apartment construction in Atlanta exploded after another calamity, the Great Recession, as nearly 16,000 units were finished in the 2010s. (Talk about resurgens.) That tally was twice as many as the previous decade—and five times what Atlanta saw in the 1990s, per RentCafe. It’s important to note that intown apartment hot zones such as Buckhead, Atlantic Station, and Old Fourth Ward were excluded from the tally, according to a breakdown of zip codes provided to Urbanize Atlanta.
Breakdown of the five zip codes considered in the RentCafe analysis—30303, 30308, 30309, 30312, and 30313—stretching across Midtown, West Midtown, and downtown. USmapguide.com
Another interesting finding: The share of adaptive-reuse apartments—that is, older buildings being converted to residential units—dropped in Atlanta from 7.5 percent in the 2010s to 1.5 percent after 2020. But with more than 2,000 office-to-apartment units in Atlanta’s pipeline, the forecast says that could change soon.Washington D.C., the leading city for the sheer number of downtown apartments finished between 2020 and 2024, tallied nearly 23,000 units, more than double what Midtown and downtown saw, per the analysis.
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Report: ‘Downtown’ ATL among national leaders in post-pandemic apartment construction
Josh Green
Thu, 05/15/2025 – 14:13
Few places in the United States have swelled with new apartment construction like intown Atlanta since the pandemic, a new analysis using Yardi Matrix data has found. Core Atlanta subdistricts have stood out during a recent nationwide slowdown in apartment building, tallying more than 11,000 new rental units in projects that have beefed up and transformed the Midtown skyline and parts of downtown, according to national apartment search platform RentCafe. The wave of new apartment options appears to be the highest Atlanta has seen over the past three decades, according to the analysis. Those findings were part of RentCafe’s new Downtown Construction Report that examined the 50 largest U.S. cities, with a goal of spotlighting places making big bets on urban revival with new-construction and adaptive-reuse rentals.
Many of the Midtown high-rise rentals shown here in December 2022 delivered last year, continuing a multifamily boom. Urbanize Atlanta
The Yardi Matrix data was limited to buildings with 50 units or more through January this year. But it stretched back for 35 years—to 1990, when Atlanta was a vastly different place. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Midtown and downtown Atlanta had completed 11,130 apartments—bested only by the downtowns of Washington D.C., Chicago, and Denver, respectively, per the analysis. Analysts also found that apartment construction in Atlanta exploded after another calamity, the Great Recession, as nearly 16,000 units were finished in the 2010s. (Talk about resurgens.) That tally was twice as many as the previous decade—and five times what Atlanta saw in the 1990s, per RentCafe. It’s important to note that intown apartment hot zones such as Buckhead, Atlantic Station, and Old Fourth Ward were excluded from the tally, according to a breakdown of zip codes provided to Urbanize Atlanta.
Breakdown of the five zip codes considered in the RentCafe analysis—30303, 30308, 30309, 30312, and 30313—stretching across Midtown, West Midtown, and downtown. USmapguide.com
Another interesting finding: The share of adaptive-reuse apartments—that is, older buildings being converted to residential units—dropped in Atlanta from 7.5 percent in the 2010s to 1.5 percent after 2020. But with more than 2,000 office-to-apartment units in Atlanta’s pipeline, the forecast says that could change soon.Washington D.C., the leading city for the sheer number of downtown apartments finished between 2020 and 2024, tallied nearly 23,000 units, more than double what Midtown and downtown saw, per the analysis.
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CP Group hires Goldman Sachs exec to lead Southeast acquisition efforts
CP Group hires Goldman Sachs exec to lead Southeast acquisition efforts
Bilal Manzoor will lead CP Group’s acquisition efforts across the Southeast.
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Bilal Manzoor will lead CP Group’s acquisition efforts across the Southeast.
CP Group hires Goldman Sachs exec to lead Southeast acquisition efforts
CP Group hires Goldman Sachs exec to lead Southeast acquisition efforts
Bilal Manzoor will lead CP Group’s acquisition efforts across the Southeast.
Bilal Manzoor will lead CP Group’s acquisition efforts across the Southeast. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2019-09-06 17:16:48)
Bilal Manzoor will lead CP Group’s acquisition efforts across the Southeast.
The National Observer: Real Estate: CRE debt maturity wall looms large for lenders
The National Observer: Real Estate: CRE debt maturity wall looms large for lenders
Moody’s Ratings’ most recent CMBS Conduit/Fusion Delinquency Tracker ticked up to 8.17% in April, surpassing the previous pandemic peak of 7.95% in July 2020.
Moody’s Ratings’ most recent CMBS Conduit/Fusion Delinquency Tracker ticked up to 8.17% in April, surpassing the previous pandemic peak of 7.95% in July 2020. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2022-04-02 21:43:57)
Moody’s Ratings’ most recent CMBS Conduit/Fusion Delinquency Tracker ticked up to 8.17% in April, surpassing the previous pandemic peak of 7.95% in July 2020.