New office buildings in Midtown.

[testarossa50]

I low key want Midtown Exchange to fail at this point. It obliterated a block with some actual urban fiber and interest to basically create a less impressive version of the Google-anchored development next door on a much bigger parcel in a more desirable part of Midtown closer to Peachtree.

The bummer to me is that none of these take retail seriously. Colony Square did an incredible job with its redevelopment and is probably the most thriving place in Midtown because of it, yet every greenfield development just paints the streetfronts with generic retail boxes that predictably don't do very well.

[Sojourner_Terminus]

Originally Posted by testarossa50

I low key want Midtown Exchange to fail at this point. It obliterated a block with some actual urban fiber and interest to basically create a less impressive version of the Google-anchored development next door on a much bigger parcel in a more desirable part of Midtown closer to Peachtree.

The bummer to me is that none of these take retail seriously. Colony Square did an incredible job with its redevelopment and is probably the most thriving place in Midtown because of it, yet every greenfield development just paints the streetfronts with generic retail boxes that predictably don't do very well.

Deep down i think i agree with you. Midtown Exchange didn't impress me when it was first announced except for the sheer bulk of the thing. That site has unlimited potential. They should retool it to be two apartment towers, and maybe another hotel or condo tower and have 10s of thousands of sqft of retail.

I think midtown could use another large single use tenant like a theater, or bowling alley. I know the iPic is at colony square and obviously the fox theater isnt too far. But I think Atlanta actually suffers from not enough of these types of establishments.

[ATLMidcity]

With only 2 days left before the poll closes, it appears Midtown Exchange is the preferred favorite.
I chose 887 West Peachtree because the tower would pierce Midtown's flat-top skyline between 10th and Tech Square tower.

[Sojourner_Terminus]

Originally Posted by ATLMidcity

With only 2 days left before the poll closes, it appears Midtown Exchange is the preferred favorite.
I chose 887 West Peachtree because the tower would pierce Midtown's flat-top skyline between 10th and Tech Square tower.

Wish that tower would happen. It seems like a no-brainer and has a big boy developer behind it. Not sure why it has languished for so long.

I also really miss its old design.

[MarketsWork]

Originally Posted by Sojourner_Terminus

Not sure why it has languished for so long.

I think it's because a smart developer foresaw an unacceptable financial risk so late in the development cycle, and decided to wait for demand to return. The last decade has been one heck of a ride for Atlanta, and I'm looking forward to the next one.