https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/Published Updates from Urban Atlanta.en-ushttps://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/council-puts-a-deadline-on-the-beltline-rail-question/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/council-puts-a-deadline-on-the-beltline-rail-question/Atlanta City Council is considering resolution 26-R-3999, which backs light rail around the full 22-mile BeltLine and requests an implementation and funding update by January 26, 2027.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/stone-hogan-s-448-affordable-homes-reach-leasing/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/stone-hogan-s-448-affordable-homes-reach-leasing/First-party leasing pages for both Flats at Stone Hogan and Villas at Stone Hogan are accepting applications, providing direct evidence that the two-community development has reached its leasing stage.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-starts-northwest-trail-segment-3b/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-starts-northwest-trail-segment-3b/Construction has started on Atlanta BeltLine Northwest Trail Segment 3B, a nearly one-mile link from Trabert Avenue to Tanyard Creek Park. The route will bridge Northside Drive, pass through Atlanta Technology Center and under I-75, connecting five northwest Atlanta neighborhoods to the completed Segment 3A and Northside Trail. Atlanta BeltLine lists late fall 2028 as the expected opening.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/bisnow-s-atlanta-deal-sheet-repeats-the-kingston-data-center-dri-filing/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/bisnow-s-atlanta-deal-sheet-repeats-the-kingston-data-center-dri-filing/Georgia DCA recorded on September 9 that Kingston Technology Hub warrants regional review.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/sherman-residential-acquires-celadon-on-club-in-lawrenceville/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/sherman-residential-acquires-celadon-on-club-in-lawrenceville/Sherman Residential acquired the 352-apartment Celadon on Club community in Lawrenceville on August 25.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/portman-opens-332-home-meadow-glen-village-in-fairburn/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/portman-opens-332-home-meadow-glen-village-in-fairburn/Portman has opened Meadow Glen Village in Fairburn with 332 apartments across nine buildings, a central green and 12,200 square feet of retail space. The community at 800 Meadow Glen Parkway is leasing one- and two-bedroom homes, while Portman says retail tenants will be announced in the coming months.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-tech-s-two-tower-midtown-expansion-is-finished/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-tech-s-two-tower-midtown-expansion-is-finished/Georgia Tech's Technology Square Phase 3 is officially complete, adding two towers over West Peachtree Street in Midtown. The 18-story George Tower now houses the…Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-pacific-scraps-its-downtown-tower-apartment-conversion/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-pacific-scraps-its-downtown-tower-apartment-conversion/Georgia-Pacific has abandoned its plan to convert the top of its 51-story downtown headquarters at 133 Peachtree Street into roughly 400 apartments, more than 130 of…Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-breaks-ground-on-its-hardest-northwest-trail-segment/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-breaks-ground-on-its-hardest-northwest-trail-segment/The Atlanta BeltLine broke ground Sept. 10 on Northwest Trail Segment 3B, the roughly one-mile stretch its team calls the most technically difficult of the entire…Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-3-5b-beltline-rail-plan-lands-with-a-council-push-for-a-deadline/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-3-5b-beltline-rail-plan-lands-with-a-council-push-for-a-deadline/Atlanta BeltLine Inc. laid out its most complete vision yet for rail around the loop: a roughly $3.5 billion light-rail system of three bi-directional routes, 13…Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-219-unit-downtown-affordable-tower-starts-rising/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-219-unit-downtown-affordable-tower-starts-rising/Trinity Central Flats, a 219-unit affordable building at Trinity Avenue and Shirley C. Franklin Boulevard downtown, has begun going vertical after more than five…Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-139m-apartment-tower-will-replace-a-sandy-springs-ups-office/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-139m-apartment-tower-will-replace-a-sandy-springs-ups-office/Kennedy Wilson, partnering with Tokyo's Shimizu Corporation, has picked New South Construction to build Caldwell, a $139 million, 382-unit rental complex on a former…Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-reports-35-2b-in-fy2026-project-investment/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-reports-35-2b-in-fy2026-project-investment/Georgia reported a new fiscal-year record of roughly $35.2 billion in project investment across 436 expansions and new locations supported by the state's Global Commerce team.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/gas-south-arena-breaks-ground-on-175m-renovation-in-duluth/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/gas-south-arena-breaks-ground-on-175m-renovation-in-duluth/Gas South District broke ground Sept. 3, 2026 on a $175 million renovation and expansion of Gas South Arena in Duluth, adding a 1,000-space parking deck, an expanded arena entrance, new loge seating, private suites, and a premium club with personal seat licenses, plus modernized digital signage and upgraded concessions.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-beltline-posts-final-transit-study-recommendations/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-beltline-posts-final-transit-study-recommendations/Atlanta BeltLine presented and posted final recommendations from its multiyear transit study on September 3, identifying preferred routes and station locations around the corridor, including the northwest, southwest, and southeast quadrants.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/arc-previews-housing-forward-2035-a-regional-strategy-targeting-367-000/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/arc-previews-housing-forward-2035-a-regional-strategy-targeting-367-000/The Atlanta Regional Commission previewed Housing Forward 2035, a regional housing strategy, at the Sept. 2, 2026 Atlanta Regional Housing Forum.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/sandy-springs-locks-in-incentives-to-replace-a-roswell-road-strip-mall/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/sandy-springs-locks-in-incentives-to-replace-a-roswell-road-strip-mall/The Sandy Springs Development Authority adopted a bond resolution on Aug. 26 that finalizes the 10-year, $2.54 million property tax abatement the City Council…Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/fourteen-park-puts-about-100-condos-beside-piedmont-park/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/fourteen-park-puts-about-100-condos-beside-piedmont-park/Kolter Urban says its roughly 20-story Midtown condo tower is targeting a fourth-quarter construction start.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atrium-commits-700m-to-southwest-atlanta-hospital/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atrium-commits-700m-to-southwest-atlanta-hospital/Atrium Health and Morehouse School of Medicine announced on August 21 that they are moving forward with a teaching hospital at 675 Metropolitan Parkway SW and a wider primary, urgent and specialty-care network. Atrium says it will commit more than $700 million in capital and clinical investment. The organizations describe the hospital as approved to move forward, but their announcement does not identify the approving authority or exact procedural action, so this packet does not characterize it as a final city approval.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/walmart-to-build-1-3b-fulfillment-center-in-carnesville-creating-1-000-j/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/walmart-to-build-1-3b-fulfillment-center-in-carnesville-creating-1-000-j/Walmart announced a $1.3 billion, 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center in Carnesville that is expected to create 1,000 jobs, with construction scheduled to begin in late 2026.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/brookhaven-council-approves-320-apartments-at-ashford-green-office-park/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/brookhaven-council-approves-320-apartments-at-ashford-green-office-park/A 14-acre Perimeter Center office campus can trade unbuilt office entitlements for housing and restaurants.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/two-midtown-towers-restaurant-pipelines-finally-deliver/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/two-midtown-towers-restaurant-pipelines-finally-deliver/Sozou, chef Fuyuhiko Ito's third restaurant at Spring Quarter, has opened in Midtown, and Fleming's Steakhouse is set to open at Midtown Union in September.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-industrial-to-mixed-use-rezoning-pattern-holds-and-one-case-closes/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-industrial-to-mixed-use-rezoning-pattern-holds-and-one-case-closes/The same pending City of Atlanta cases converting industrial land to mid-rise mixed-use are still awaiting a vote, while Z-26-31 became the week's one finalized case, an ordinance rezoning a single-family lot to a nonconforming use.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/norcross-s-crooked-creek-redevelopment-eyes-a-september-filing/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/norcross-s-crooked-creek-redevelopment-eyes-a-september-filing/Developers behind a 19-acre mixed-use plan replacing two Holcomb Bridge Road office parks held their second community meeting and are targeting a September filing, which could put a council vote as soon as Dec. 7.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-tech-s-biltmore-renovation-opens-toward-tech-square/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-tech-s-biltmore-renovation-opens-toward-tech-square/Lobby renovations begin in September on the historic Biltmore tower, part of a Georgia Tech Foundation project turning it into a 100,000-square-foot innovation hub with street-level retail.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-s-enota-park-nears-its-first-opening/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-s-enota-park-nears-its-first-opening/The middle section of the 8-acre, $14 million Enota Park on the Westside Trail is on pace to open in September, with the rest of the park following through November.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-sweet-auburn-infill-lot-models-1-250-studios/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-sweet-auburn-infill-lot-models-1-250-studios/Under New Management's 10-unit 'Firehouse' project on a former vacant sliver lot caps rent at $1,250 a month for first responders and downtown workers, testing a small-lot affordable model.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/tucker-rides-a-residential-building-wave/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/tucker-rides-a-residential-building-wave/Developers are adding roughly 530 homes across Tucker, part of a broader surge reshaping Brookhaven, Doraville and Tucker in DeKalb County.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-beltline-s-free-robo-shuttle-now-reaches-the-auc/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-beltline-s-free-robo-shuttle-now-reaches-the-auc/ATL Spoke extended its autonomous shuttle route to the Atlanta University Center for the fall semester, linking Spelman, Morehouse and Clark Atlanta to the West End MARTA station and the Southwest Trail.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/sandy-springs-advances-incentive-package-for-north-river-shopping-center/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/sandy-springs-advances-incentive-package-for-north-river-shopping-center/The Sandy Springs Development Authority adopted a bond resolution on Aug. 26 enacting the 10-year, $2.54 million property tax abatement City Council approved Aug. 18 for Woodfield Development's North River Apartments redevelopment.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/midtown-s-spring-quarter-keeps-filling-up-with-restaurants/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/midtown-s-spring-quarter-keeps-filling-up-with-restaurants/New openings include Pataaka and Sozou at Midtown's Spring Quarter, while The Dale brings restaurants and shops to downtown Avondale Estates.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/dekalb-county-s-comprehensive-housing-plan-stays-in-review-adoption-stil/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/dekalb-county-s-comprehensive-housing-plan-stays-in-review-adoption-stil/Re-checked today: no change from prior coverage.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-s-data-center-task-force-stalls-as-the-mayor-starts-his-own/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-s-data-center-task-force-stalls-as-the-mayor-starts-his-own/A council committee backed a 23-member data center task force, but the full council sent it back to committee after Mayor Dickens announced a competing strategy group.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-botanical-garden-will-open-a-front-door-on-the-beltline/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-botanical-garden-will-open-a-front-door-on-the-beltline/A $160 million expansion will add about 8 acres along Piedmont Avenue and make the garden the first major cultural institution you can walk or bike into straight off the BeltLine.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-korean-battery-maker-picks-walton-county-for-a-141m-plant/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-korean-battery-maker-picks-walton-county-for-a-141m-plant/DeltaX will build a $141 million battery energy storage manufacturing hub on about 25 acres in Monroe, its North American headquarters, expected to create roughly 250 jobs.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-588k-grant-pushes-an-i-85-greenway-bridge-toward-design/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-588k-grant-pushes-an-i-85-greenway-bridge-toward-design/Brookhaven landed $588,168 to design a 14-foot-wide bike and pedestrian bridge over I-85 linking Emory Executive Park to the Peachtree Creek Greenway.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-201-unit-affordable-building-wraps-on-the-westside-s-herndon-square/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-201-unit-affordable-building-wraps-on-the-westside-s-herndon-square/Capstone finished the $57 million second phase of Herndon Square on Northside Drive, adding 201 apartments, most of them income-restricted.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/jlb-partners-pursues-buckhead-village-office-to-apartments-conversion/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/jlb-partners-pursues-buckhead-village-office-to-apartments-conversion/A 1960s office building that housed Logility for decades would become 314 apartments a short walk from Buckhead Village District.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/hal-s-the-steakhouse-is-moving-into-midtown-s-historic-former-funeral-ho/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/hal-s-the-steakhouse-is-moving-into-midtown-s-historic-former-funeral-ho/The Buckhead institution takes over the 1928 Patterson House at Portman's Spring Quarter, with a cafe and art gallery alongside the steakhouse.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/westside-future-fund-breaks-ground-on-its-first-from-scratch-homes-in-vi/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/westside-future-fund-breaks-ground-on-its-first-from-scratch-homes-in-vi/A $6.7 million building at 280 James P. Brawley will add 18 affordable homes aimed at Vine City families and educators tied to Hollis Innovation Academy.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-beltline-s-newest-affordable-project-breaks-ground-steps-from-lindbe/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-beltline-s-newest-affordable-project-breaks-ground-steps-from-lindbe/130 units, all affordable, rise on Beltline-owned land the agency bought five years ago to hold down long-term costs along the Northeast Trail.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/selig-wins-zoning-for-a-14-story-375-unit-tower-on-ponce-de-leon-across/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/selig-wins-zoning-for-a-14-story-375-unit-tower-on-ponce-de-leon-across/A block of low-rise storefronts in Virginia-Highland, held by Selig for 60 years, is rezoned for 375 rental units, 57 of them affordable.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/rivian-s-beltline-headquarters-is-at-130-employees-on-the-way-to-500/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/rivian-s-beltline-headquarters-is-at-130-employees-on-the-way-to-500/The EV maker's East Coast headquarters at Junction Krog District now employs 130 people, with the company still targeting 500 by 2030 while it builds its larger Stanton Springs plant.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/north-point-s-arena-district-clears-a-split-council-vote/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/north-point-s-arena-district-clears-a-split-council-vote/Alpharetta Council voted 4-3 for a 99-acre redevelopment built around a possible NHL arena.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/metro-atlanta-s-growth-is-slowing-to-its-weakest-pace-since-2012-13/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/metro-atlanta-s-growth-is-slowing-to-its-weakest-pace-since-2012-13/The 11-county region added 53,690 residents in the year through April, a 1% growth rate the Atlanta Regional Commission blames largely on tight, expensive housing.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/marta-carried-1-7-million-extra-world-cup-riders-without-a-major-inciden/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/marta-carried-1-7-million-extra-world-cup-riders-without-a-major-inciden/Rail ridership hit 4.7-4.8 million trips since the tournament opened, peaking at 240,000 trips on match day for Morocco vs. Haiti.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlantic-station-gets-new-management-and-a-promise-to-actually-listen-th/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlantic-station-gets-new-management-and-a-promise-to-actually-listen-th/Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Company took over leasing and operations Aug. 1, hired a GM who worked the property two decades ago, and says it's about to survey tenants and neighbors on what to fix.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-technical-college-breaks-ground-on-a-30m-expansion-named-for-han/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-technical-college-breaks-ground-on-a-30m-expansion-named-for-han/The largest single state appropriation in the college's 60-year history will add an AI and advanced manufacturing center and a soundstage honoring Billye Suber Aaron.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-civic-center-s-1-billion-overhaul-has-its-first-building-topped/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-civic-center-s-1-billion-overhaul-has-its-first-building-topped/Nine months after groundbreaking, the first new building on the 19-acre Old Fourth Ward site has topped out, the leading edge of a plan for 1,500 mixed-income apartments, a hotel, offices and a rebuilt performing arts center.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-wisconsin-affordable-housing-developer-wants-to-fill-a-gap-on-reynolds/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-wisconsin-affordable-housing-developer-wants-to-fill-a-gap-on-reynolds/Gorman & Company's 166-unit proposal would rent to households earning 30-70% of area median income, with rents as low as $663 a month, five blocks from the Beltline.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-approves-a-924-8m-grady-hospital/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/georgia-approves-a-924-8m-grady-hospital/The state approved Grady's application for a new 200-bed acute-care hospital in Fulton County.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/years-of-peoplestown-organizing-land-four-corners-park-a-9-4-million-bez/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/years-of-peoplestown-organizing-land-four-corners-park-a-9-4-million-bez/Atlanta is one of eight U.S. cities sharing the Bezos Earth Fund's $100 million park-greening program.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/toro-opens-preleasing-on-the-first-apartments-inside-its-560m-medley-dis/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/toro-opens-preleasing-on-the-first-apartments-inside-its-560m-medley-dis/Prelude at Medley is the first residential building to lease inside Toro's 43-acre, 883-unit Johns Creek Town Center district, which opens October 29.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-largest-downtown-demolition-in-years-clears-the-old-atlanta-medical/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-largest-downtown-demolition-in-years-clears-the-old-atlanta-medical/A 22-acre Old Fourth Ward hospital campus that closed overnight in 2022 is now slated for teacher, nurse and police workforce housing.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-garrison-leases-up-on-a-former-landfill-along-grant-park-s-stretch-o/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-garrison-leases-up-on-a-former-landfill-along-grant-park-s-stretch-o/TPA Residential spent $7 million digging 150,000 yards of buried trash out of a Boulevard Heights site before building nearly 300 homes on it.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-beltline-s-grove-park-affordable-housing-project-nears-construction/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/the-beltline-s-grove-park-affordable-housing-project-nears-construction/218 units, all affordable, are set to break ground on a 6.3-acre site the Beltline and City of Refuge bought together in 2023.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/jim-irwin-s-forth-atlanta-is-close-to-becoming-a-city-within-a-city-on-t/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/jim-irwin-s-forth-atlanta-is-close-to-becoming-a-city-within-a-city-on-t/A $1 billion, 12-acre district on a former Georgia Power parking lot now carries a Mailchimp tower, a 359-unit apartment building and a 196-room hotel.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/dekalb-lines-up-75m-to-start-its-biggest-ever-housing-push/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/dekalb-lines-up-75m-to-start-its-biggest-ever-housing-push/Decide DeKalb agreed to administer $75 million of the county's $155 million housing bond, which aims to create or preserve more than 10,000 homes.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/costco-anchors-a-200-million-redevelopment-of-stone-mountain-s-old-olymp/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/costco-anchors-a-200-million-redevelopment-of-stone-mountain-s-old-olymp/A 150,000-square-foot Costco opens in August on the site that hosted 1996 Olympic tennis, with 248 apartments to follow next door.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-mission-scraps-its-900-bed-westside-shelter-campus-after-bankhea/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-mission-scraps-its-900-bed-westside-shelter-campus-after-bankhea/Six months after announcing a $200 million homeless services campus on the Beltline's Westside Trail, the nonprofit walked away.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/ansley-park-s-peachtree-circle-clears-two-hurdles-toward-historic-distri/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/ansley-park-s-peachtree-circle-clears-two-hurdles-toward-historic-distri/NPU-E and the Zoning Review Board both backed the proposal, which grew out of the teardown of a century-old Craftsman home; city council votes Aug. 24 or Sept. 8.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-vacant-stone-mountain-shopping-center-could-become-250-homes-as-elevat/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-vacant-stone-mountain-shopping-center-could-become-250-homes-as-elevat/Insignia LLC wants to rezone the mostly empty Village Square center on Memorial Drive from commercial corridor to town center for 210 apartments and 40 townhomes.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/kittle-homes-replaces-a-lawrenceville-auto-body-shop-with-63-homes-from/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/kittle-homes-replaces-a-lawrenceville-auto-body-shop-with-63-homes-from/A downtown Gwinnett corner once occupied by an auto-body business becomes a walkable, traditional-style enclave a block from the square.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-board-approves-its-largest-ever-budget-265-8-million-for-fy27/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/beltline-board-approves-its-largest-ever-budget-265-8-million-for-fy27/Design and construction spending jumps 30% as the Beltline races to finish its 22-mile loop by 2030.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-launches-30-000-down-payment-help-for-beltline-neighborhoods/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-launches-30-000-down-payment-help-for-beltline-neighborhoods/A new soft-second mortgage program targets teachers, first responders, and legacy residents being priced out of Beltline-adjacent neighborhoods.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-breaks-ground-on-an-18-5-million-monroe-drive-road-diet-a-decade/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/atlanta-breaks-ground-on-an-18-5-million-monroe-drive-road-diet-a-decade/Four lanes become three between 8th Street and Piedmont Circle, a project that traces back to Alex Hyneman's 2016 death at 10th and Monroe.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/anne-quatrano-opens-summerland-as-the-anchor-restaurant-of-upper-west-ma/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/anne-quatrano-opens-summerland-as-the-anchor-restaurant-of-upper-west-ma/The James Beard-winning Bacchanalia chef named her new all-day cafe after her family's five-generation Cartersville farm.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-431-unit-south-fulton-apartment-portfolio-including-a-126-unit-afforda/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/a-431-unit-south-fulton-apartment-portfolio-including-a-126-unit-afforda/Clark Ventures buys Walton Lakes and its affordable-housing sibling from Walton Communities, assuming the existing HUD financing.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/woodrow-house-begins-delivering-beside-the-beltline/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/woodrow-house-begins-delivering-beside-the-beltline/Woodrow House, Woodfield Development's 326-unit mixed-income community on Woodrow Street SW along the Atlanta Beltline's Westside Trail in West End, has moved into active leasing for its townhomes.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/regent-partners-is-in-talks-to-buy-buckhead-s-distressed-tower-place-100/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/regent-partners-is-in-talks-to-buy-buckhead-s-distressed-tower-place-100/The 29-story tower that launched Buckhead's skyline in the 1970s is trading again after its owner defaulted.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/hanover-pays-12-2-million-for-a-duluth-office-site-plans-305-apartments/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/hanover-pays-12-2-million-for-a-duluth-office-site-plans-305-apartments/A demolished office building near the Gas South District becomes one of Gwinnett's priciest recent land trades.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/grant-park-and-ormewood-park-reject-wingate-s-25-million-ask-for-trestle/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/grant-park-and-ormewood-park-reject-wingate-s-25-million-ask-for-trestle/Three neighborhood boards voted down funding for a plan that would pack all of the site's Section 8 units into a single building.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/dunwoody-clears-the-way-for-122-townhomes-on-a-vacant-ashwood-parkway-of/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/dunwoody-clears-the-way-for-122-townhomes-on-a-vacant-ashwood-parkway-of/Planning commissioners unanimously backed a rezoning that would erase a 231,000-square-foot empty office building near City Hall.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/avila-and-hedgewood-break-ground-on-a-350-million-overhaul-of-avondale-e/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/avila-and-hedgewood-break-ground-on-a-350-million-overhaul-of-avondale-e/The Maple Street and Oak Street plans include 700 apartments and 110 for-sale homes. The city anticipates a May 2027 construction start.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/rise-baking-moves-its-georgia-innovation-center-from-tucker-to-uptown-at/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/rise-baking-moves-its-georgia-innovation-center-from-tucker-to-uptown-at/The Minneapolis company is taking more than 30,000 square feet at 575 Main Street NE.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/fresh-renderings-land-for-the-beltline-s-130-unit-affordable-build-in-so/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/fresh-renderings-land-for-the-beltline-s-130-unit-affordable-build-in-so/The Overlook at Garson comes into focus with 130 permanently affordable apartments near Lindbergh.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/emory-commits-15-8m-toward-a-brookhaven-greenway-bridge-over-i-85/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/emory-commits-15-8m-toward-a-brookhaven-greenway-bridge-over-i-85/The Peachtree Creek Greenway would cross the interstate to reach Emory's Executive Park.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/gwinnett-keeps-financing-moving-on-176m-gas-south-arena-overhaul/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/gwinnett-keeps-financing-moving-on-176m-gas-south-arena-overhaul/Gwinnett County's Development Authority issued $140 million in revenue bonds at a 5.31% interest rate to help finance the previously approved $170 million-$176 million Gas South Arena renovation, the county said in a June 2, 2026 announcement of its bond credit ratings.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/ronald-mcdonald-house-atlanta-s-new-110-room-home-on-the-blank-hospital/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/ronald-mcdonald-house-atlanta-s-new-110-room-home-on-the-blank-hospital/A Hoodline recap published today (2026-08-25) resurfaced Ronald McDonald House Atlanta's new North Druid Hills home -- but the actual event, a ribbon-cutting on December 9, 2025 followed by families moving in December 10, 2025, is about 8.5 months old.Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/chamblee-city-center-s-340-unit-downtown-overhaul-is-back-before-the-cit/https://atlanta.theurbanmediagroup.com/updates/chamblee-city-center-s-340-unit-downtown-overhaul-is-back-before-the-cit/Vantage Realty Partners is actively marketing the retail space at Chamblee City Center -- the seven-building downtown redevelopment Greystar and Vantage are pursuing on 7.26 acres of Downtown Development Authority land across from Chamblee City Hall -- reviving a proposal Chamblee's Design Review Board reviewed on Oct. 8, 2025 as a new Development of Community Impact (DCI) application, case PZ2025-1588, after the site's earlier 2020-approved phases expired unbuilt in 2022.Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000