ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[tdawg]

^ So did I in the 90s. I practically lived at Backstreet. Good and crazy times.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by tdawg

^ So did I in the 90s. I practically lived at Backstreet. Good and crazy times.

Does anyone remember the Prince George restaurant? It was very good in its day, with a drag queen wait staff, it was a part of Atlanta that will never come back.

[atlantaguy]

Originally Posted by bigstick

Does anyone remember the Prince George restaurant? It was very good in its day, with a drag queen wait staff, it was a part of Atlanta that will never come back.

Yep. I also fondly remember the Gallus.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by atlantaguy

Yep. I also fondly remember the Gallus.

LOL, Yep, the Gallus in its heyday was amazing, you would go from this very glam restaurant down to the basement of Hell. It was amazing too.

[bigstick]

This is really turning in to a great addition to that neighborhood.


http://oxblue.com/open/brasfieldgorrie/7712thstreet

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by bigstick

LOL, Yep, the Gallus in its heyday was amazing, you would go from this very glam restaurant down to the basement of Hell. It was amazing too.

I remember Amber Richards and other drag queens waiting tables at The King and I in Ansley Square. I wonder what happend to all of the drag waitresses in Atlanta? I don't really know of any anymore...

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by TarHeelJ

I remember Amber Richards and other drag queens waiting tables at The King and I in Ansley Square. I wonder what happend to all of the drag waitresses in Atlanta? I don't really know of any anymore...

Amber died in a house fire years ago, and most of them are still around, they are just old.............

[micropundit]

After hearing from lawyers from all four parties involved in the complex case,
Fulton County Superior Court Judge John J. Goger accepted a final-minute amended consent order settlement between the Georgia Tech Foundation Real Estate Holding Corporation and the City and BZA, while denying a Motion to Intervene from a group of five concerned citizens who wished to have direct standing in the litigation.It would appear now the path is much clearer for the GTF to continue further with its plans at the 771 Spring St. property for a High Performance Computing Center for Modeling and Simulation, a 24-story, 680,000 square-foot private and public development that would support the economic development of area through creating jobs, new tax revenues and a technology cluster.

The City has said that GTF is competing with other cities for a $100 million investment in the high performance computing center.




http://midtown.patch.com/articles/city-g...on-reach-settlement-in-crum-forster-suit

[ATLaffinity]

Hope we can go forward now. This is a reasonable solution. It's a really run-down area that will be greatly improved by this project.


City, Georgia Tech Foundation reach settlement in Crum & Forster suit

Amended consent order reached Tuesday in Fulton Superior Court; citizens' Motion to Intervene in the litigation denied by judge.

[A-town]

Work has begun on the Terminus apartments. The area had been fenced off and there's bulldozers removing dirt.

[micropundit]

Atlanta’s Clermont Hotel, a city landmark best known for its bawdy basement lounge, has been sold to New York developers.

Clermont Hotel Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Nashville, New York-based developers Philip Welker and Ethan Orley, purchased the property on Ponce de Leon Avenue. They did not release the sales price.

Welker and Orley plan to redevelop the Clermont as a boutique hotel. While the strip club — the oldest in Atlanta that often attracts big-name celebrities — won’t see immediate changes, its future will become clear once Welker and Orley solidify their redevelopment plans.
Welker, principal of BNA and Clermont Hotel Partners, said “we are thrilled to have the chance to reimagine The Clermont as a great hotel. We truly believe it represents one of the best opportunities in Atlanta. The property has all the right ingredients to become not only a destination boutique hotel for Atlanta, but for the Southeast.”

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_...ndmark-clermont-hotel-sold.html?page=all

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by micropundit

Atlanta’s Clermont Hotel, a city landmark best known for its bawdy basement lounge, has been sold to New York developers.

Clermont Hotel Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Nashville, New York-based developers Philip Welker and Ethan Orley, purchased the property on Ponce de Leon Avenue. They did not release the sales price.

Welker and Orley plan to redevelop the Clermont as a boutique hotel. While the strip club — the oldest in Atlanta that often attracts big-name celebrities — won’t see immediate changes, its future will become clear once Welker and Orley solidify their redevelopment plans.
Welker, principal of BNA and Clermont Hotel Partners, said “we are thrilled to have the chance to reimagine The Clermont as a great hotel. We truly believe it represents one of the best opportunities in Atlanta. The property has all the right ingredients to become not only a destination boutique hotel for Atlanta, but for the Southeast.”

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_...ndmark-clermont-hotel-sold.html?page=all

OMG--What are they going to find in those rooms,,lol..............

[echinatl]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2012/11/16/companies-enroll-in-jachick-fil-a.html

Learning center "broke ground" at the GWCC. 30,000 students expected each year. Steady stream of people should be really good for the area.

[Stratosphere 2020]

I assume that Atlanta is at a dawn of another boom period? Looks like the city has tanked up the last decade and is ready to go at full force. Judging from the intown development reports, construction, demolition, rebuilding, number of housing units under construction.

[atlantaguy]

Originally Posted by Stratosphere 2020

I assume that Atlanta is at a dawn of another boom period? Looks like the city has tanked up the last decade and is ready to go at full force. Judging from the intown development reports, construction, demolition, rebuilding, number of housing units under construction.

It sure does feel like it, Stratosphere. Midtown has NEVER looked better, and the amount of infill going up all over the city is astounding.

[Pessimistic Observer]

Originally Posted by Stratosphere 2020

I assume that Atlanta is at a dawn of another boom period? Looks like the city has tanked up the last decade and is ready to go at full force. Judging from the intown development reports, construction, demolition, rebuilding, number of housing units under construction.

here's hoping that when the boom does hit it brings a couple of skyscrapers, and more transit.

[Immovable_Media]

So the folks over at Ambling have begun renovation of the old Ramada Hotel and begun demolition of the parking deck and gas station at 112 Courtland St: http://youtu.be/yaTT9LMaFCw

This student housing project will bring a huge influx of college aged students further invigorating Downtown A-Town. The former hotel will be converted to 138 units totaling 291 beds. The new 18-story tower to be built next door will have about 108 units totaling 424 beds. 715 new residents to ATL not to mention 17,000 square feet of commercial space. As a GSU Alum who lived at former GSU Village on North Ave & had to take MARTA or walk (each about a 20min commute) I would have loved to lived so close to campus...

[ATL_J]

Some information on the development proposals for the Turner Field redevelopment:

http://www.ajc.com/news/business/visions-pitched-for-turner-field-parking-lots/nTsPT/

It seems the scans are sort of low quality and I'm sure there was more information than a sheet or so released, but it is what it is.

[matt_H]

Midtown Alliance has teamed with Dewberry to put a pocket park at the intersection of 10th and Peachtree across from the Federal Reserve.



Here's the article

Hopefully this is only temporary so as to address how inadequate that whole lot has been. Knowing Dewberry though, this may end up being there longer than I would personally like.

[micropundit]

According to a report in The Buckhead View,the company plans to tear down the existing ESPN ZONE structure and replace that building with a six-story, open-atrium design store that will be the first of its kind for the company’s new concept in the Southeast. Proposed main store would be six stories with an atrium design and main entry off of Peachtree Road, explained Jim Gillam, principal with the Bracken Gillam Kroeger California architectural firm that is working with Restoration Hardware on it new store designs. He said the exterior would be a high-scale Venetian-style plaster.

The plan for the main store includes retail courtyards on either side of the atrium ground floor and also landscaped display areas for the line of outdoor furniture just inside the entry off of Peachtree. The atrium includes a grand stairway at the back of the building and elevators that are transparent, according to Gillam.

http://www.buckheadview.com/2013/01/restoration-hardware-unveils-buckhead.html