Atlanta Regional Commission selects chief research and innovation officer
Atlanta Regional Commission selects chief research and innovation officer
The newest member of ARC’s executive leadership team will help align the agency’s research with public policy priorities.
The newest member of ARC’s executive leadership team will help align the agency’s research with public policy priorities. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2019-09-06 17:16:48)
The newest member of ARC’s executive leadership team will help align the agency’s research with public policy priorities.
Atlanta Regional Commission selects chief research and innovation officer
Atlanta Regional Commission selects chief research and innovation officer
The newest member of ARC’s executive leadership team will help align the agency’s research with public policy priorities.
The newest member of ARC’s executive leadership team will help align the agency’s research with public policy priorities. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2022-04-02 21:43:57)
The newest member of ARC’s executive leadership team will help align the agency’s research with public policy priorities.
Olympic gold medalist bringing gymnastics academy to Atlanta market
Olympic gold medalist bringing gymnastics academy to Atlanta market
Dominique Dawes was a member of the “Magnificent 7,” the women’s team that earned the team gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Now, she’s bringing her gymnastics academy to the Southeast.
Dominique Dawes was a member of the “Magnificent 7,” the women’s team that earned the team gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Now, she’s bringing her gymnastics academy to the Southeast. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2019-09-06 17:16:48)
Dominique Dawes was a member of the “Magnificent 7,” the women’s team that earned the team gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Now, she’s bringing her gymnastics academy to the Southeast.
Olympic gold medalist bringing gymnastics academy to Atlanta market
Olympic gold medalist bringing gymnastics academy to Atlanta market
Dominique Dawes was a member of the “Magnificent 7,” the women’s team that earned the team gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Now, she’s bringing her gymnastics academy to the Southeast.
Dominique Dawes was a member of the “Magnificent 7,” the women’s team that earned the team gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Now, she’s bringing her gymnastics academy to the Southeast. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2022-04-02 21:43:57)
Dominique Dawes was a member of the “Magnificent 7,” the women’s team that earned the team gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Now, she’s bringing her gymnastics academy to the Southeast.
Project near Beltline’s Westside Trail dangles cash perks to lure buyers
Project near Beltline’s Westside Trail dangles cash perks to lure buyers
Project near Beltline’s Westside Trail dangles cash perks to lure buyers
Josh Green
Fri, 07/25/2025 – 14:50
As we’ve seen recently in Old Fourth Ward, Ormewood Park, and elsewhere, substantial buyer incentives are a consistent if not growing 2025 trend among some new intown developments.
The latest project to try the tactic is in Howell Station, a couple of blocks from the Beltline’s recently completed Westside Trail.
Knight Walk at Howell Station, a 24-unit offering of infill duplexes, is dangling $25,000 in incentives for homebuyer contracts inked through Aug. 31. That cash can be used toward upgrades, closing costs, rate buydowns, price reductions, or prepaid HOA dues, according to project reps.
How finished facades and landscaping have come together at Knight Walk at Howell Station. Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Example of kitchen and living-room combos at Knight Walk at Howell Station.Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Qualified homebuyers are also being encouraged to apply for the Community Homeownership Incentive Program, or CHIP. That offers options such as lower interest rates, flexible credit requirements, and grants of up to $10,000.
Having replaced blighted properties due west of Midtown, the 1124 West Marietta St. project is priced from $499,900 to the low $500,000s.
The three-story Knight Walk at Howell Station floorplans include two bedrooms and two and ½ bathrooms in 1,200 square feet, according to marketing materials, which stress that “every unit is an end unit,” given the three walls with windows. All homes are clad in brick and board-and-batten siding.
The priciest duplex (they’re all marketed as “City Homes”) listed to date costs $524,900. Several units remain to be built.
Community perks are listed as a dog run and greenspace, covered rear decks with each home, a nearby MARTA bus stop, and walkability to Westside Paper eats. The new Westside Paper Spur Trail is also a stone’s throw away, to the east.
Inside, each unit has 10-foot ceilings on main levels, kitchens with quartz countertops, and two bedrooms described as spacious.
The project replaces a long-vacant row of dilapidated buildings and empty lots near the corner of West Marietta Street and Longley Avenue. The exteriors were “inspired by the neighborhood’s industrial roots and the romance of the old train depot that once stood nearby,” per marketing materials.
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
The Atlanta-based developer, The Middle Housing Company, prides itself on infill projects that bring “missing middle” housing options—that is, homes with larger footprints than ADUs and tiny homes, but generally lower prices than top-end options—to growing intown places. Other projects in Middle Housing Company’s portfolio include an under-construction, 10-unit townhome project along Metropolitan Parkway and cottage and duplex projects in the Bolton neighborhood, among others.
The Howell Station project isn’t the only new housing to pop up along the West Marietta Street corridor in recent years, with more in the pipeline. Eventually. Maybe.
A few blocks east on the same street, the area’s first condo tower—the glassy, 22-story Seven88 West Midtown—debuted 279 units in the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remaining unsold units there more recently switched to rental housing.
Also nearby, the QTS Data Centers expansion project calls for roughly 400 stacked multifamily units and townhomes to eventually be built along West Marietta Street, too. The data center has delivered, but so far, housing of any type has not moved forward.
Back in 2022, Westside Paper developers floated plans for more than 300 new apartments that would rise from a current asphalt parking lot, but that also has yet to materialize.
In the gallery above, find a closer look at Knight Walk at Howell Station and more context.
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The multi-parcel site’s 1134 West Marietta St. location (in red) between Midtown and Westside Park. Google Maps
Condition of buildings at the corner of Longley Avenue and West Marietta Street, next to empty properties at right, prior to construction in 2023. Google Maps
The revised Howell Station site plan shows floorplans with one-car garage slots. Gotsch Studio/B+C Studio
How finished facades and landscaping have come together at Knight Walk at Howell Station. Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Example of kitchen and living-room combos at Knight Walk at Howell Station.Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
The three-floor, two-bedroom floorplan for Knight Walk at Howell Station. The Middle Housing Company
Project near Beltline’s Westside Trail dangles cash perks to lure buyers
Josh Green
Fri, 07/25/2025 – 14:50
As we’ve seen recently in Old Fourth Ward, Ormewood Park, and elsewhere, substantial buyer incentives are a consistent if not growing 2025 trend among some new intown developments. The latest project to try the tactic is in Howell Station, a couple of blocks from the Beltline’s recently completed Westside Trail. Knight Walk at Howell Station, a 24-unit offering of infill duplexes, is dangling $25,000 in incentives for homebuyer contracts inked through Aug. 31. That cash can be used toward upgrades, closing costs, rate buydowns, price reductions, or prepaid HOA dues, according to project reps.
How finished facades and landscaping have come together at Knight Walk at Howell Station. Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Example of kitchen and living-room combos at Knight Walk at Howell Station.Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Qualified homebuyers are also being encouraged to apply for the Community Homeownership Incentive Program, or CHIP. That offers options such as lower interest rates, flexible credit requirements, and grants of up to $10,000.Having replaced blighted properties due west of Midtown, the 1124 West Marietta St. project is priced from $499,900 to the low $500,000s. The three-story Knight Walk at Howell Station floorplans include two bedrooms and two and ½ bathrooms in 1,200 square feet, according to marketing materials, which stress that “every unit is an end unit,” given the three walls with windows. All homes are clad in brick and board-and-batten siding. The priciest duplex (they’re all marketed as “City Homes”) listed to date costs $524,900. Several units remain to be built. Community perks are listed as a dog run and greenspace, covered rear decks with each home, a nearby MARTA bus stop, and walkability to Westside Paper eats. The new Westside Paper Spur Trail is also a stone’s throw away, to the east. Inside, each unit has 10-foot ceilings on main levels, kitchens with quartz countertops, and two bedrooms described as spacious. The project replaces a long-vacant row of dilapidated buildings and empty lots near the corner of West Marietta Street and Longley Avenue. The exteriors were “inspired by the neighborhood’s industrial roots and the romance of the old train depot that once stood nearby,” per marketing materials.
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
The Atlanta-based developer, The Middle Housing Company, prides itself on infill projects that bring “missing middle” housing options—that is, homes with larger footprints than ADUs and tiny homes, but generally lower prices than top-end options—to growing intown places. Other projects in Middle Housing Company’s portfolio include an under-construction, 10-unit townhome project along Metropolitan Parkway and cottage and duplex projects in the Bolton neighborhood, among others. The Howell Station project isn’t the only new housing to pop up along the West Marietta Street corridor in recent years, with more in the pipeline. Eventually. Maybe. A few blocks east on the same street, the area’s first condo tower—the glassy, 22-story Seven88 West Midtown—debuted 279 units in the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remaining unsold units there more recently switched to rental housing. Also nearby, the QTS Data Centers expansion project calls for roughly 400 stacked multifamily units and townhomes to eventually be built along West Marietta Street, too. The data center has delivered, but so far, housing of any type has not moved forward. Back in 2022, Westside Paper developers floated plans for more than 300 new apartments that would rise from a current asphalt parking lot, but that also has yet to materialize. In the gallery above, find a closer look at Knight Walk at Howell Station and more context. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Howell Station news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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The multi-parcel site’s 1134 West Marietta St. location (in red) between Midtown and Westside Park. Google Maps
Condition of buildings at the corner of Longley Avenue and West Marietta Street, next to empty properties at right, prior to construction in 2023. Google Maps
The revised Howell Station site plan shows floorplans with one-car garage slots. Gotsch Studio/B+C Studio
How finished facades and landscaping have come together at Knight Walk at Howell Station. Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Example of kitchen and living-room combos at Knight Walk at Howell Station.Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
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Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
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The three-floor, two-bedroom floorplan for Knight Walk at Howell Station. The Middle Housing Company
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Project near Beltline’s Westside Trail dangles cash perks to lure buyers
Josh Green
Fri, 07/25/2025 – 14:50
As we’ve seen recently in Old Fourth Ward, Ormewood Park, and elsewhere, substantial buyer incentives are a consistent if not growing 2025 trend among some new intown developments. The latest project to try the tactic is in Howell Station, a couple of blocks from the Beltline’s recently completed Westside Trail. Knight Walk at Howell Station, a 24-unit offering of infill duplexes, is dangling $25,000 in incentives for homebuyer contracts inked through Aug. 31. That cash can be used toward upgrades, closing costs, rate buydowns, price reductions, or prepaid HOA dues, according to project reps.
How finished facades and landscaping have come together at Knight Walk at Howell Station. Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Example of kitchen and living-room combos at Knight Walk at Howell Station.Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Qualified homebuyers are also being encouraged to apply for the Community Homeownership Incentive Program, or CHIP. That offers options such as lower interest rates, flexible credit requirements, and grants of up to $10,000.Having replaced blighted properties due west of Midtown, the 1124 West Marietta St. project is priced from $499,900 to the low $500,000s. The three-story Knight Walk at Howell Station floorplans include two bedrooms and two and ½ bathrooms in 1,200 square feet, according to marketing materials, which stress that “every unit is an end unit,” given the three walls with windows. All homes are clad in brick and board-and-batten siding. The priciest duplex (they’re all marketed as “City Homes”) listed to date costs $524,900. Several units remain to be built. Community perks are listed as a dog run and greenspace, covered rear decks with each home, a nearby MARTA bus stop, and walkability to Westside Paper eats. The new Westside Paper Spur Trail is also a stone’s throw away, to the east. Inside, each unit has 10-foot ceilings on main levels, kitchens with quartz countertops, and two bedrooms described as spacious. The project replaces a long-vacant row of dilapidated buildings and empty lots near the corner of West Marietta Street and Longley Avenue. The exteriors were “inspired by the neighborhood’s industrial roots and the romance of the old train depot that once stood nearby,” per marketing materials.
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
The Atlanta-based developer, The Middle Housing Company, prides itself on infill projects that bring “missing middle” housing options—that is, homes with larger footprints than ADUs and tiny homes, but generally lower prices than top-end options—to growing intown places. Other projects in Middle Housing Company’s portfolio include an under-construction, 10-unit townhome project along Metropolitan Parkway and cottage and duplex projects in the Bolton neighborhood, among others. The Howell Station project isn’t the only new housing to pop up along the West Marietta Street corridor in recent years, with more in the pipeline. Eventually. Maybe. A few blocks east on the same street, the area’s first condo tower—the glassy, 22-story Seven88 West Midtown—debuted 279 units in the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remaining unsold units there more recently switched to rental housing. Also nearby, the QTS Data Centers expansion project calls for roughly 400 stacked multifamily units and townhomes to eventually be built along West Marietta Street, too. The data center has delivered, but so far, housing of any type has not moved forward. Back in 2022, Westside Paper developers floated plans for more than 300 new apartments that would rise from a current asphalt parking lot, but that also has yet to materialize. In the gallery above, find a closer look at Knight Walk at Howell Station and more context. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Howell Station news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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The multi-parcel site’s 1134 West Marietta St. location (in red) between Midtown and Westside Park. Google Maps
Condition of buildings at the corner of Longley Avenue and West Marietta Street, next to empty properties at right, prior to construction in 2023. Google Maps
The revised Howell Station site plan shows floorplans with one-car garage slots. Gotsch Studio/B+C Studio
How finished facades and landscaping have come together at Knight Walk at Howell Station. Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Example of kitchen and living-room combos at Knight Walk at Howell Station.Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk
The three-floor, two-bedroom floorplan for Knight Walk at Howell Station. The Middle Housing Company
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2 housing developments ‘progressing steadily’ in heart of downtown
2 housing developments ‘progressing steadily’ in heart of downtown
2 housing developments ‘progressing steadily’ in heart of downtown
Josh Green
Fri, 07/25/2025 – 13:11
Permitting paperwork filed this week with the city is one indication that downtown projects expected to add hundreds of new living options steps from Five Points and Underground Atlanta have hardly been shelved, officials tell Urbanize Atlanta.
The planned conversion of former office skyscraper 2 Peachtree Street into a mix of affordable housing and commercial space, and the ground-up construction of smaller, sibling building 1 Peachtree across the street, made headlines between 2022 and early 2024.
The affordable housing initiatives have largely gone quiet, at least in public, since then.
But on Monday, representatives with the development team picked last year by Invest Atlanta, Two Peachtree Partners, filed for 1 Peachtree building permits with the Department of City Planning, signifying a step toward groundbreaking.
Development officials have called the 1 Peachtree infill project—proposed as 65 units of senior housing, situated where Peachtree and Wall streets meet, immediately north of Underground Atlanta—the first phase of a “transformative” injection of new housing.
Richard White, senior vice president with The Integral Group and part of the Two Peachtree Partners group, said the 1 Peachtree project is “progressing steadily” through planning, design, and permitting phases, though no outlook on groundbreaking was available.
An early rendering show what facets of the 1 Peachtree property directly across the street from the 2 Peachtree complex (currently a plaza bordering a large parking garage) could become. City of Atlanta
Looking north up Peachtree Street, the 2 Peachtree complex is shown at left, with 1 Peachtree at right. City of Atlanta
Plans are also advancing—albeit behind the scenes—at the 2 Peachtree high-rise complex across the street, said White.
2 Peachtree includes a 44-story, 890,000-square-foot landmark tower dating to the 1960s, which Invest Atlanta purchased from the State of Georgia last year for $41.5 million to create adaptive-reuse housing. A seven-story building occupied by Georgia State University next door has been added to the project mix, representing another 126,000 square feet of redevelopment opportunity. The tower conversion is expected to add at least 200 new housing units.
White said his team and consultants are in active coordination with the National Park Service regarding 2 Peachtree to ensure the building’s redevelopment respects its historic character and architecture. A federal funding component through the 2025 Congressional budget has been secured to help move the project forward, White said.
“It is not a schedule that we control,” said White via email, regarding his team’s work with National Park Service. “Things are not quiet because things have somehow stalled. It’s quiet because we’re doing the work.”
Rendering illustrating the 1 Peachtree office tower and neighboring building remade for residential uses, with housing and retail added to a standalone parking garage across the street (bottom left). City of Atlanta
The 2 Peachtree tower opened in 1966 as the Southeast’s tallest building, and it remained the tallest in Atlanta until John Portman’s cylindrical Westin Peachtree Plaza surpassed it a decade later. It had served as offices for banking and state government since its inception. Next door, 14 Marietta is significantly older, dating to 1940 as the original headquarters of First National Bank, prior to the tower’s development. It hasn’t been renovated since 2 Peachtree was completed nearly 60 years ago.
According to renderings, the slim 1 Peachtree building would rise between an existing parking garage (masking one façade from public view) and Peachtree Street. Earlier filings with the city indicate the building will see a mix of one-bedroom and studio apartments. White previously said the rentals will be reserved for residents age 62 and older earning at max 80 percent of the Area Median Income.
Two Peachtree Partners, the development partnership, consists of Underground Atlanta owners Lalani Ventures, Integral, The Atlantic Companies, and office leasing firm T. Dallas Smith and Company.
In September, Lalani Ventures unveiled plans for a 30-story residential tower that would bring more than 400 apartments to Underground’s doorstep. Shaneel Lalani, Lalani Ventures CEO, told Urbanize earlier this year that lining up financing for the roughly $160-million proposal has been difficult.
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Looking south, the open plaza site where 1 Peachtree is planned, with Underground Atlanta in the distance. The taller 2 Peachtree tower is shown at right. Google Maps
The building’s planned Peachtree Street facade, with an existing parking structure behind it. Courtesy of The Integral Group
An early rendering show what facets of the 1 Peachtree property directly across the street from the 2 Peachtree complex (currently a plaza bordering a large parking garage) could become. City of Atlanta
Looking north up Peachtree Street, the 2 Peachtree complex is shown at left, with 1 Peachtree at right. City of Atlanta
Rendering illustrating the 1 Peachtree office tower and neighboring building remade for residential uses, with housing and retail added to a standalone parking garage across the street (bottom left). City of Atlanta
The 2 Peachtree Street tower’s east facade downtown, where hundreds of units of affordable housing are expected to be converted from underused offices. Google Maps
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Josh Green
Fri, 07/25/2025 – 13:11
Permitting paperwork filed this week with the city is one indication that downtown projects expected to add hundreds of new living options steps from Five Points and Underground Atlanta have hardly been shelved, officials tell Urbanize Atlanta.The planned conversion of former office skyscraper 2 Peachtree Street into a mix of affordable housing and commercial space, and the ground-up construction of smaller, sibling building 1 Peachtree across the street, made headlines between 2022 and early 2024. The affordable housing initiatives have largely gone quiet, at least in public, since then.But on Monday, representatives with the development team picked last year by Invest Atlanta, Two Peachtree Partners, filed for 1 Peachtree building permits with the Department of City Planning, signifying a step toward groundbreaking. Development officials have called the 1 Peachtree infill project—proposed as 65 units of senior housing, situated where Peachtree and Wall streets meet, immediately north of Underground Atlanta—the first phase of a “transformative” injection of new housing. Richard White, senior vice president with The Integral Group and part of the Two Peachtree Partners group, said the 1 Peachtree project is “progressing steadily” through planning, design, and permitting phases, though no outlook on groundbreaking was available.
An early rendering show what facets of the 1 Peachtree property directly across the street from the 2 Peachtree complex (currently a plaza bordering a large parking garage) could become. City of Atlanta
Looking north up Peachtree Street, the 2 Peachtree complex is shown at left, with 1 Peachtree at right. City of Atlanta
Plans are also advancing—albeit behind the scenes—at the 2 Peachtree high-rise complex across the street, said White. 2 Peachtree includes a 44-story, 890,000-square-foot landmark tower dating to the 1960s, which Invest Atlanta purchased from the State of Georgia last year for $41.5 million to create adaptive-reuse housing. A seven-story building occupied by Georgia State University next door has been added to the project mix, representing another 126,000 square feet of redevelopment opportunity. The tower conversion is expected to add at least 200 new housing units. White said his team and consultants are in active coordination with the National Park Service regarding 2 Peachtree to ensure the building’s redevelopment respects its historic character and architecture. A federal funding component through the 2025 Congressional budget has been secured to help move the project forward, White said. “It is not a schedule that we control,” said White via email, regarding his team’s work with National Park Service. “Things are not quiet because things have somehow stalled. It’s quiet because we’re doing the work.”
Rendering illustrating the 1 Peachtree office tower and neighboring building remade for residential uses, with housing and retail added to a standalone parking garage across the street (bottom left). City of Atlanta
The 2 Peachtree tower opened in 1966 as the Southeast’s tallest building, and it remained the tallest in Atlanta until John Portman’s cylindrical Westin Peachtree Plaza surpassed it a decade later. It had served as offices for banking and state government since its inception. Next door, 14 Marietta is significantly older, dating to 1940 as the original headquarters of First National Bank, prior to the tower’s development. It hasn’t been renovated since 2 Peachtree was completed nearly 60 years ago.According to renderings, the slim 1 Peachtree building would rise between an existing parking garage (masking one façade from public view) and Peachtree Street. Earlier filings with the city indicate the building will see a mix of one-bedroom and studio apartments. White previously said the rentals will be reserved for residents age 62 and older earning at max 80 percent of the Area Median Income. Two Peachtree Partners, the development partnership, consists of Underground Atlanta owners Lalani Ventures, Integral, The Atlantic Companies, and office leasing firm T. Dallas Smith and Company. In September, Lalani Ventures unveiled plans for a 30-story residential tower that would bring more than 400 apartments to Underground’s doorstep. Shaneel Lalani, Lalani Ventures CEO, told Urbanize earlier this year that lining up financing for the roughly $160-million proposal has been difficult. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Downtown news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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The building’s planned Peachtree Street facade, with an existing parking structure behind it. Courtesy of The Integral Group
An early rendering show what facets of the 1 Peachtree property directly across the street from the 2 Peachtree complex (currently a plaza bordering a large parking garage) could become. City of Atlanta
Looking north up Peachtree Street, the 2 Peachtree complex is shown at left, with 1 Peachtree at right. City of Atlanta
Rendering illustrating the 1 Peachtree office tower and neighboring building remade for residential uses, with housing and retail added to a standalone parking garage across the street (bottom left). City of Atlanta
The 2 Peachtree Street tower’s east facade downtown, where hundreds of units of affordable housing are expected to be converted from underused offices. Google Maps
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2 housing developments ‘progressing steadily’ in heart of downtown
Josh Green
Fri, 07/25/2025 – 13:11
Permitting paperwork filed this week with the city is one indication that downtown projects expected to add hundreds of new living options steps from Five Points and Underground Atlanta have hardly been shelved, officials tell Urbanize Atlanta.The planned conversion of former office skyscraper 2 Peachtree Street into a mix of affordable housing and commercial space, and the ground-up construction of smaller, sibling building 1 Peachtree across the street, made headlines between 2022 and early 2024. The affordable housing initiatives have largely gone quiet, at least in public, since then.But on Monday, representatives with the development team picked last year by Invest Atlanta, Two Peachtree Partners, filed for 1 Peachtree building permits with the Department of City Planning, signifying a step toward groundbreaking. Development officials have called the 1 Peachtree infill project—proposed as 65 units of senior housing, situated where Peachtree and Wall streets meet, immediately north of Underground Atlanta—the first phase of a “transformative” injection of new housing. Richard White, senior vice president with The Integral Group and part of the Two Peachtree Partners group, said the 1 Peachtree project is “progressing steadily” through planning, design, and permitting phases, though no outlook on groundbreaking was available.
An early rendering show what facets of the 1 Peachtree property directly across the street from the 2 Peachtree complex (currently a plaza bordering a large parking garage) could become. City of Atlanta
Looking north up Peachtree Street, the 2 Peachtree complex is shown at left, with 1 Peachtree at right. City of Atlanta
Plans are also advancing—albeit behind the scenes—at the 2 Peachtree high-rise complex across the street, said White. 2 Peachtree includes a 44-story, 890,000-square-foot landmark tower dating to the 1960s, which Invest Atlanta purchased from the State of Georgia last year for $41.5 million to create adaptive-reuse housing. A seven-story building occupied by Georgia State University next door has been added to the project mix, representing another 126,000 square feet of redevelopment opportunity. The tower conversion is expected to add at least 200 new housing units. White said his team and consultants are in active coordination with the National Park Service regarding 2 Peachtree to ensure the building’s redevelopment respects its historic character and architecture. A federal funding component through the 2025 Congressional budget has been secured to help move the project forward, White said. “It is not a schedule that we control,” said White via email, regarding his team’s work with National Park Service. “Things are not quiet because things have somehow stalled. It’s quiet because we’re doing the work.”
Rendering illustrating the 1 Peachtree office tower and neighboring building remade for residential uses, with housing and retail added to a standalone parking garage across the street (bottom left). City of Atlanta
The 2 Peachtree tower opened in 1966 as the Southeast’s tallest building, and it remained the tallest in Atlanta until John Portman’s cylindrical Westin Peachtree Plaza surpassed it a decade later. It had served as offices for banking and state government since its inception. Next door, 14 Marietta is significantly older, dating to 1940 as the original headquarters of First National Bank, prior to the tower’s development. It hasn’t been renovated since 2 Peachtree was completed nearly 60 years ago.According to renderings, the slim 1 Peachtree building would rise between an existing parking garage (masking one façade from public view) and Peachtree Street. Earlier filings with the city indicate the building will see a mix of one-bedroom and studio apartments. White previously said the rentals will be reserved for residents age 62 and older earning at max 80 percent of the Area Median Income. Two Peachtree Partners, the development partnership, consists of Underground Atlanta owners Lalani Ventures, Integral, The Atlantic Companies, and office leasing firm T. Dallas Smith and Company. In September, Lalani Ventures unveiled plans for a 30-story residential tower that would bring more than 400 apartments to Underground’s doorstep. Shaneel Lalani, Lalani Ventures CEO, told Urbanize earlier this year that lining up financing for the roughly $160-million proposal has been difficult. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Downtown news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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Rank Business name 2024 Atlanta commercial landscape revenue 2024 total companywide revenue Number of full-time Atlanta employees Total seasonal high number of employees in Atlanta Partial listing of services or specialties Chief Atlanta officer(s) 1 BrightView Landscape Services Inc., 2043 Steel Dr., Tucker, GA 30084, 770-662-8775, brightview.com 91000000 2850000000 575 675 landscape maintenance, landscape/hardscape construction, enhancement design and installation Paul McGrath 2 Russell Landscape…
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Photos: Crucial, long stretch of Atlanta Beltline is starting to exist
Photos: Crucial, long stretch of Atlanta Beltline is starting to exist
Photos: Crucial, long stretch of Atlanta Beltline is starting to exist
Josh Green
Thu, 07/24/2025 – 16:06
Two years (and change) since the Beltline’s Southside Trail Segments 4 and 5 broke ground, this key neighborhood-connecting swoop of the 22-mile loop is starting to come together in encouraging ways.
The segments in question—now technically referred to as the Southeast Trail—stretch for 1.2 miles between Glenwood Avenue and Boulevard. In between are neighborhoods Grant Park, Ormewood Park, and Boulevard Heights.
Here’s a quick overview:
The 1.2-mile Southeast Trail section in question in the Beltline’s most recent construction update map.Atlanta Beltline Inc.
According to Atlanta Beltline Inc., Segments 4 and 5 are still on pace to open sometime this fall, though as the below photos illustrate, much work remains to be done.
Unexpected hurdles involving underground utilities at United Avenue wiped out the Beltline’s earlier goal of opening the trail last spring, officials have said.
On a positive note, signs of progress made by Beltline contractor Reeves Young Construction in recent weeks are obvious. Let’s have a peek.
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^^ Looking west from over the Trestletree Village Apartments, most of Segment 4 has been paved, stretching from United Avenue to Boulevard, as seen in the distance above.
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^^ Where the United Avenue bridge has been installed, along with railings. Backfilling just to the north of the bridge is mostly complete, as Beltline officials recently reported.
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^^ Here, the finished trail pour between United Avenue and Boulevard heads off toward the southwest. Installation of light poles along this stretch is ongoing.
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^^ Just north of the United Avenue bridge, columns for a new ramp up to the trail and retaining walls are installed, per the Beltline.
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^^ There’s no paved trail yet between United Avenue and Glenwood Avenue/Glenwood Park. But the Beltline reports a ramp system just north of here, at Delmar Avenue, is now installed. Work on the Ormewood Avenue bridge continues.
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^^ Meanwhile, on the private development front just east of the trail, the multifamily section of TPA Residential’s next Boulevard Heights project is rounding into shape, now that the site’s unsightly “trash mountain” has been removed.
Plans for the 8.2-acre site call for nearly 300 apartments and rental townhomes, with first deliveries scheduled for early 2026.
Note: A closer look at Beltline construction progress near Boulevard and elsewhere was planned here, but a drone malfunction is interfering. Those pics will be added to this post or used for a second update should they become available.
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Photos: Crucial, long stretch of Atlanta Beltline is starting to exist
Josh Green
Thu, 07/24/2025 – 16:06
Two years (and change) since the Beltline’s Southside Trail Segments 4 and 5 broke ground, this key neighborhood-connecting swoop of the 22-mile loop is starting to come together in encouraging ways. The segments in question—now technically referred to as the Southeast Trail—stretch for 1.2 miles between Glenwood Avenue and Boulevard. In between are neighborhoods Grant Park, Ormewood Park, and Boulevard Heights. Here’s a quick overview:
The 1.2-mile Southeast Trail section in question in the Beltline’s most recent construction update map.Atlanta Beltline Inc.
According to Atlanta Beltline Inc., Segments 4 and 5 are still on pace to open sometime this fall, though as the below photos illustrate, much work remains to be done. Unexpected hurdles involving underground utilities at United Avenue wiped out the Beltline’s earlier goal of opening the trail last spring, officials have said. On a positive note, signs of progress made by Beltline contractor Reeves Young Construction in recent weeks are obvious. Let’s have a peek.
Urbanize Atlanta
^^ Looking west from over the Trestletree Village Apartments, most of Segment 4 has been paved, stretching from United Avenue to Boulevard, as seen in the distance above.
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^^ Where the United Avenue bridge has been installed, along with railings. Backfilling just to the north of the bridge is mostly complete, as Beltline officials recently reported.
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^^ Here, the finished trail pour between United Avenue and Boulevard heads off toward the southwest. Installation of light poles along this stretch is ongoing.
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^^ Just north of the United Avenue bridge, columns for a new ramp up to the trail and retaining walls are installed, per the Beltline.
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^^ There’s no paved trail yet between United Avenue and Glenwood Avenue/Glenwood Park. But the Beltline reports a ramp system just north of here, at Delmar Avenue, is now installed. Work on the Ormewood Avenue bridge continues.
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^^ Meanwhile, on the private development front just east of the trail, the multifamily section of TPA Residential’s next Boulevard Heights project is rounding into shape, now that the site’s unsightly “trash mountain” has been removed. Plans for the 8.2-acre site call for nearly 300 apartments and rental townhomes, with first deliveries scheduled for early 2026.Note: A closer look at Beltline construction progress near Boulevard and elsewhere was planned here, but a drone malfunction is interfering. Those pics will be added to this post or used for a second update should they become available. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Is Beltline-connected Boulevard Heights the next Reynoldstown? (Urbanize Atlanta)
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Josh Green
Thu, 07/24/2025 – 16:06
Two years (and change) since the Beltline’s Southside Trail Segments 4 and 5 broke ground, this key neighborhood-connecting swoop of the 22-mile loop is starting to come together in encouraging ways. The segments in question—now technically referred to as the Southeast Trail—stretch for 1.2 miles between Glenwood Avenue and Boulevard. In between are neighborhoods Grant Park, Ormewood Park, and Boulevard Heights. Here’s a quick overview:
The 1.2-mile Southeast Trail section in question in the Beltline’s most recent construction update map.Atlanta Beltline Inc.
According to Atlanta Beltline Inc., Segments 4 and 5 are still on pace to open sometime this fall, though as the below photos illustrate, much work remains to be done. Unexpected hurdles involving underground utilities at United Avenue wiped out the Beltline’s earlier goal of opening the trail last spring, officials have said. On a positive note, signs of progress made by Beltline contractor Reeves Young Construction in recent weeks are obvious. Let’s have a peek.
Urbanize Atlanta
^^ Looking west from over the Trestletree Village Apartments, most of Segment 4 has been paved, stretching from United Avenue to Boulevard, as seen in the distance above.
Urbanize Atlanta
^^ Where the United Avenue bridge has been installed, along with railings. Backfilling just to the north of the bridge is mostly complete, as Beltline officials recently reported.
Urbanize Atlanta
^^ Here, the finished trail pour between United Avenue and Boulevard heads off toward the southwest. Installation of light poles along this stretch is ongoing.
Urbanize Atlanta
^^ Just north of the United Avenue bridge, columns for a new ramp up to the trail and retaining walls are installed, per the Beltline.
Urbanize Atlanta
^^ There’s no paved trail yet between United Avenue and Glenwood Avenue/Glenwood Park. But the Beltline reports a ramp system just north of here, at Delmar Avenue, is now installed. Work on the Ormewood Avenue bridge continues.
Urbanize Atlanta
^^ Meanwhile, on the private development front just east of the trail, the multifamily section of TPA Residential’s next Boulevard Heights project is rounding into shape, now that the site’s unsightly “trash mountain” has been removed. Plans for the 8.2-acre site call for nearly 300 apartments and rental townhomes, with first deliveries scheduled for early 2026.Note: A closer look at Beltline construction progress near Boulevard and elsewhere was planned here, but a drone malfunction is interfering. Those pics will be added to this post or used for a second update should they become available. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Is Beltline-connected Boulevard Heights the next Reynoldstown? (Urbanize Atlanta)
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Plans: Timber-built project to sprout from Atlanta coffee shop
Plans: Timber-built project to sprout from Atlanta coffee shop
Plans: Timber-built project to sprout from Atlanta coffee shop
Josh Green
Thu, 07/24/2025 – 14:20
Plans are percolating for a unique infill project that would sprout from an existing building along a funky corridor between the Beltline’s Eastside Trail and downtown.
501 Edgewood calls for a timber-built, mixed-use expansion standing a total of four stories over a masonry and steel commercial building occupied for a decade by Chrome Yellow, an Old Fourth Ward coffeeshop and dry goods store.
Plans call for the building to be a showcase, illustrating how relatively light mass timber can meet sustainability standards, modernize existing structures, and help new buildings blend into the fabric of historic neighborhoods, according to the Georgia Mass Timber Collective.
Designs by Atlanta-based NO Architecture call for 16,000 square feet total. The developer is listed as Welborn Henson, an Atlanta-based millwork manufacturer that plans to build some of the 501 Edgewood project’s timber components, according to the collective.
The 501 Edgewood Ave. coffeeshop space along Daniel Street, as seen in March. Google Maps
Three stories of planned infill development at 501 Edgewood Ave., with the existing Chrome Yellow coffeeshop building at the base. NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
A Special Administrative Permit for 501 Edgewood was approved by the Beltline Design Review Committee earlier this year, according to Atlanta’s Department of City Planning.
NO Architecture’s previous work in Atlanta includes the Hosea + 2nd project in East Lake and the Terminal South food and retail hub gearing up to start opening next month in Peoplestown.
The project was also one of three chosen in October by The Georgia Forestry Foundation, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the Softwood Lumber Board, as part of a program called the Georgia Mass Timber Accelerator.
The three projects—Roswell’s Chattahoochee Nature Center and a four-story residential building in Savannah were the others—will split a $75,000 grant.
“This overbuild showcases how mass timber can be used to modernize existing structures while meeting modern sustainability standards,” wrote the foundation of the Old Fourth Ward proposal.
Exactly what uses the 501 Edgewood project will include isn’t yet clear.
NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
We’ve reached out to officials with Welborn Henson and NO Architecture today for information on a development time, what the full project will include, and how the coffeeshop will be impacted by construction, if at all. This story will be updated with any additional details that come.
[UPDATE: 4:17 p.m., July 24: NO Architecture president Tim Nichols sends word that Chrome Yellow will remain in business on site and could potentially expand into the building’s second floor. The rest of the space will be for residential uses. Nichols says the development team expected to begin compiling construction drawings by the end of 2025 and will present the project at the next Georgia Forestry Foundation Mass Timber Hub event in Atlanta later this year. Note: A earlier version of this story incorrectly stated NO Architecture is based in New York.]”
The approved SAP application notes “there are no additions to or changes of the existing site in the scope of work” for the 501 Edgewood project. Equilibrium Consulting has been hired as the project’s structural engineer.
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The 501 Edgewood Ave. coffeeshop space along Daniel Street, as seen in March. Google Maps
Three stories of planned infill development at 501 Edgewood Ave., with the existing Chrome Yellow coffeeshop building at the base. NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
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Plans: Timber-built project to sprout from Atlanta coffee shop
Josh Green
Thu, 07/24/2025 – 14:20
Plans are percolating for a unique infill project that would sprout from an existing building along a funky corridor between the Beltline’s Eastside Trail and downtown. 501 Edgewood calls for a timber-built, mixed-use expansion standing a total of four stories over a masonry and steel commercial building occupied for a decade by Chrome Yellow, an Old Fourth Ward coffeeshop and dry goods store. Plans call for the building to be a showcase, illustrating how relatively light mass timber can meet sustainability standards, modernize existing structures, and help new buildings blend into the fabric of historic neighborhoods, according to the Georgia Mass Timber Collective. Designs by Atlanta-based NO Architecture call for 16,000 square feet total. The developer is listed as Welborn Henson, an Atlanta-based millwork manufacturer that plans to build some of the 501 Edgewood project’s timber components, according to the collective.
The 501 Edgewood Ave. coffeeshop space along Daniel Street, as seen in March. Google Maps
Three stories of planned infill development at 501 Edgewood Ave., with the existing Chrome Yellow coffeeshop building at the base. NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
A Special Administrative Permit for 501 Edgewood was approved by the Beltline Design Review Committee earlier this year, according to Atlanta’s Department of City Planning. NO Architecture’s previous work in Atlanta includes the Hosea + 2nd project in East Lake and the Terminal South food and retail hub gearing up to start opening next month in Peoplestown. The project was also one of three chosen in October by The Georgia Forestry Foundation, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the Softwood Lumber Board, as part of a program called the Georgia Mass Timber Accelerator. The three projects—Roswell’s Chattahoochee Nature Center and a four-story residential building in Savannah were the others—will split a $75,000 grant. “This overbuild showcases how mass timber can be used to modernize existing structures while meeting modern sustainability standards,” wrote the foundation of the Old Fourth Ward proposal. Exactly what uses the 501 Edgewood project will include isn’t yet clear.
NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
We’ve reached out to officials with Welborn Henson and NO Architecture today for information on a development time, what the full project will include, and how the coffeeshop will be impacted by construction, if at all. This story will be updated with any additional details that come. [UPDATE: 4:17 p.m., July 24: NO Architecture president Tim Nichols sends word that Chrome Yellow will remain in business on site and could potentially expand into the building’s second floor. The rest of the space will be for residential uses. Nichols says the development team expected to begin compiling construction drawings by the end of 2025 and will present the project at the next Georgia Forestry Foundation Mass Timber Hub event in Atlanta later this year. Note: A earlier version of this story incorrectly stated NO Architecture is based in New York.]” The approved SAP application notes “there are no additions to or changes of the existing site in the scope of work” for the 501 Edgewood project. Equilibrium Consulting has been hired as the project’s structural engineer. Find more imagery and context in the gallery above. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Old Fourth Ward news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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The 501 Edgewood Ave. coffeeshop space along Daniel Street, as seen in March. Google Maps
Three stories of planned infill development at 501 Edgewood Ave., with the existing Chrome Yellow coffeeshop building at the base. NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
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Josh Green
Thu, 07/24/2025 – 14:20
Plans are percolating for a unique infill project that would sprout from an existing building along a funky corridor between the Beltline’s Eastside Trail and downtown. 501 Edgewood calls for a timber-built, mixed-use expansion standing a total of four stories over a masonry and steel commercial building occupied for a decade by Chrome Yellow, an Old Fourth Ward coffeeshop and dry goods store. Plans call for the building to be a showcase, illustrating how relatively light mass timber can meet sustainability standards, modernize existing structures, and help new buildings blend into the fabric of historic neighborhoods, according to the Georgia Mass Timber Collective. Designs by Atlanta-based NO Architecture call for 16,000 square feet total. The developer is listed as Welborn Henson, an Atlanta-based millwork manufacturer that plans to build some of the 501 Edgewood project’s timber components, according to the collective.
The 501 Edgewood Ave. coffeeshop space along Daniel Street, as seen in March. Google Maps
Three stories of planned infill development at 501 Edgewood Ave., with the existing Chrome Yellow coffeeshop building at the base. NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
A Special Administrative Permit for 501 Edgewood was approved by the Beltline Design Review Committee earlier this year, according to Atlanta’s Department of City Planning. NO Architecture’s previous work in Atlanta includes the Hosea + 2nd project in East Lake and the Terminal South food and retail hub gearing up to start opening next month in Peoplestown. The project was also one of three chosen in October by The Georgia Forestry Foundation, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the Softwood Lumber Board, as part of a program called the Georgia Mass Timber Accelerator. The three projects—Roswell’s Chattahoochee Nature Center and a four-story residential building in Savannah were the others—will split a $75,000 grant. “This overbuild showcases how mass timber can be used to modernize existing structures while meeting modern sustainability standards,” wrote the foundation of the Old Fourth Ward proposal. Exactly what uses the 501 Edgewood project will include isn’t yet clear.
NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
NO Architecture/Welborn Henson; via Georgia Mass Timber Collective
We’ve reached out to officials with Welborn Henson and NO Architecture today for information on a development time, what the full project will include, and how the coffeeshop will be impacted by construction, if at all. This story will be updated with any additional details that come. [UPDATE: 4:17 p.m., July 24: NO Architecture president Tim Nichols sends word that Chrome Yellow will remain in business on site and could potentially expand into the building’s second floor. The rest of the space will be for residential uses. Nichols says the development team expected to begin compiling construction drawings by the end of 2025 and will present the project at the next Georgia Forestry Foundation Mass Timber Hub event in Atlanta later this year. Note: A earlier version of this story incorrectly stated NO Architecture is based in New York.]” The approved SAP application notes “there are no additions to or changes of the existing site in the scope of work” for the 501 Edgewood project. Equilibrium Consulting has been hired as the project’s structural engineer. Find more imagery and context in the gallery above. …Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook/and now: Instagram • Old Fourth Ward news, discussion (Urbanize Atlanta)
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