ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[Pemgin]

What is the first structure being constructed at 33 Peachtree Place?

[7even6ix2wo]

Originally Posted by forj

with the new falcons stadium going in.. the need to redevelop the Gulch is really going to stand out.. it is just such a scar on that neighborhood. but if we have to wait for a multi-modal station to be built there before there is any development, we are going to be waiting a long time

Idk... if those Lockheed proposals come to fruition, we could have nuclear trains changing the mass transit landscape pretty quickly. Then again, nuclear flying cars -- a la The Jetsons -- could do the same.

[arjay57]

It sounds like Gables is moving forward with an apartment project in Buckhead.

https://www.bisnow.com/archives/newslett...-buckheads-bulging-multifamily-pipeline/

[Buck]

Originally Posted by micropundit

The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation is giving Georgia State University $22.8 million to transform the three-story building at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Park Place into a media production center that will provide areas for education, research, entrepreneurs and partnerships with the Georgia film, music, games and arts industries"
The former SunTrust bank lobby will house the university's new Creative Media Industries Institute – which officials inside the university have been calling the Cube-, an interdisciplinary center introduced this fall to build on the university's strengths in media production, research, design, the arts, music management and digital publishing by preparing students for careers that transcend traditional degree programs."
"Russ Hardin, president of the Woodruff Foundation, said the gift will have a multi-layered impact on both the city and the state."
"It's an investment in a robust, growing program at Georgia State," Hardin said. "It's also an investment in an industry that Georgia has made a priority. And it's an investment in downtown Atlanta. We are interested in accelerating the evolution of our Central Business District into a vibrant urban campus."

That's my building! I work for the Atlanta Film Festival and GSU has given us office space on the 9th floor.

[thebigATL]

Any new proposals?

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Taken from the Centergy Parking Deck

[micropundit]

Looking south at the redone building

The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation is giving the university $22.8 million to transform the three-story building that used to serve as the SunTrust bank lobby at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Park Place into a media production center. The Woodruff gift will not only pay for the transformation of the Cube but for two other nearby projects — the enhancement of the lobby and the façade of the Annex building, which houses incubator space for companies with university ties; and to tear down the Bell building on the other end of the block. Georgia State also intends to implement major plaza and streetscape improvements around the center to make the streets more pedestrian-friendly. The new Atlanta Streetcar will travel right in front of the building. The media center will complete an academic corridor Georgia State has created on Park Place across from Woodruff Park. With its purchase of 55 Park Place, the university has created new homes for the Robinson College of Business and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Georgia State’s College of Law will relocate to a newly constructed building at Park Place and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue in the spring. The College of Arts and Sciences already is in its new home at 25 Park Place adjacent to the Cube in what used to be Trust Company Tower. “The clustering of these programs around Woodruff Park will create an exceptional setting for educational and entrepreneurial collaboration,” GSU President Becker said. http://saportareport.com/blog/2014/11/ge...2-8m-woodruff-gift/#sthash.6H7BRNQb.dpuf

[RocketSurgeon]

Originally Posted by thebigATL

I'm just shocked right about now!!!I thought it was gonna be like an okay ooh and ahh stadium!But this thing right here.... this is worth a billion dollar stadium I ganrantee u will see new things everytime you come back there....this is gonna be great for the falcons and our MLS team....Good Job Blank....But you gotta work on the Falcons by firing Mike Ole Smith. lol

That is quite impressive, but most of those are VIP areas... it will be a pretty standard (albeit nice) stadium for most fans. But yes, I'd say Mike Smith has overstayed his welcome. I hope that timeout haunts him in his sleep for awhile.

[Verge]

Originally Posted by RocketSurgeon

That is quite impressive, but most of those are VIP areas... it will be a pretty standard (albeit nice) stadium for most fans. But yes, I'd say Mike Smith has overstayed his welcome. I hope that timeout haunts him in his sleep for awhile.

2017-- New Stadium, new coach--

[Buck]

Originally Posted by micropundit

Looking south at the redone building

The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation is giving the university $22.8 million to transform the three-story building that used to serve as the SunTrust bank lobby at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Park Place into a media production center. The Woodruff gift will not only pay for the transformation of the Cube but for two other nearby projects — the enhancement of the lobby and the façade of the Annex building, which houses incubator space for companies with university ties; and to tear down the Bell building on the other end of the block. Georgia State also intends to implement major plaza and streetscape improvements around the center to make the streets more pedestrian-friendly. The new Atlanta Streetcar will travel right in front of the building. The media center will complete an academic corridor Georgia State has created on Park Place across from Woodruff Park. With its purchase of 55 Park Place, the university has created new homes for the Robinson College of Business and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Georgia State’s College of Law will relocate to a newly constructed building at Park Place and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue in the spring. The College of Arts and Sciences already is in its new home at 25 Park Place adjacent to the Cube in what used to be Trust Company Tower. “The clustering of these programs around Woodruff Park will create an exceptional setting for educational and entrepreneurial collaboration,” GSU President Becker said. http://saportareport.com/blog/2014/11/ge...2-8m-woodruff-gift/#sthash.6H7BRNQb.dpuf

What is the Bell building they are tearing down? The only one that makes sense would be the white 4-5 story brick building directly behind SunTrust on Auburn. Most recently, it had a Mexican restaurant at the base but its in pretty terrible shape with some holes in the roof.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by Buck

What is the Bell building they are tearing down? The only one that makes sense would be the white 4-5 story brick building directly behind SunTrust on Auburn. Most recently, it had a Mexican restaurant at the base but its in pretty terrible shape with some holes in the roof.

i really hope that's not what they're talking about. that building is very unique, and was recently the site of a film shoot.

[trainiac]

Originally Posted by Buck

What is the Bell building they are tearing down? The only one that makes sense would be the white 4-5 story brick building directly behind SunTrust on Auburn. Most recently, it had a Mexican restaurant at the base but its in pretty terrible shape with some holes in the roof.

Oh, I always thought there was a chance of saving that one. Looking at a 1954 city directory lists 23 Auburn as Columbia Loan Co & 25-27 as "SBT&TCo (plant & traffic dept)". Guessing that's Southern Bell??

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by trainiac

Oh, I always thought there was a chance of saving that one. Looking at a 1954 city directory lists 23 Auburn as Columbia Loan Co & 25-27 as "SBT&TCo (plant & traffic dept)". Guessing that's Southern Bell??

Yes, that was the abbreviation for "Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company." That of course morphed into Southern Bell and later BellSouth.

The building on the corner adjacent to the alley was the infamous Big Mug (as opposed to the Little Mug on Luckie). I heard that it used to be a bank but I'm not sure what the name was.

[Atlanta3000]

250 East Paces Ferry Road - former Bottle Bar location
6 story office building

[Atlanta3000]

250 Piedmont Road - Renovation from office building to apartments

[Verge]

[QUOTE=Atlanta3000;6820225]250 East Paces Ferry Road - former Bottle Bar location
6 story office building



Sorta hideous as only (some) things in Buckhead can be--

[Pemgin]

250 Piedmont doesn't look too bad in that render. Good idea to add what looks like a modest crown. Hopefully they'll give it a good paint job, too. That's a hard building to make pretty.

[johnandahalf]

There is a drill doing soil samples in the vacant lot on the corner of 17th & Northside Dr where the Siemens bldg used to be (insert Siemens sample joke here). I know the property is state-owned, and it's often used as a staging/parking/hospitality lot for films shooting in the area. It was previously considered as the site for a new Amtrak station, but I understood that was no longer under consideration. Anybody know what's up?

[Verge]

Originally Posted by johnandahalf

there is a drill doing soil samples in the vacant lot on the corner of 17th & northside dr where the siemens bldg used to be (insert siemens sample joke here). I know the property is state-owned, and it's often used as a staging/parking/hospitality lot for films shooting in the area. It was previously considered as the site for a new amtrak station, but i understood that was no longer under consideration. Anybody know what's up?

Fuqua!!!

[RocketSurgeon]

Originally Posted by johnandahalf

There is a drill doing soil samples in the vacant lot on the corner of 17th & Northside Dr where the Siemens bldg used to be (insert Siemens sample joke here). I know the property is state-owned, and it's often used as a staging/parking/hospitality lot for films shooting in the area. It was previously considered as the site for a new Amtrak station, but I understood that was no longer under consideration. Anybody know what's up?

It's a Fuqua mixed-use development called Northside & 17th. There was a meeting or two about it but I don't know what the status is.