Despite a post-COVID-19 slump, the theory that corporations will still flock to amenitized office environments in the right locations is proving valid in Midtown. 

Banking firm Pinnacle Financial Partners announced today it will occupy 165,000 square feet of new office space for a corporate headquarters at Ten Twenty Spring, the glassy 25-story office component of Portman’s multi-building Spring Quarter project. 

Pinnacle plans to claim five full floors of the 525,000-square-foot, Class-A office tower and bring in roughly 400 employees.

Plans also call for Pinnacle to install prominent signage atop the building, an effort to capitalize on high visibility along the downtown Connector, considered “one of the busiest sections of interstate in the country,” according to Portman and Perform Properties officials who announced the deal.  

The 530,000-square-foot building's place among a Midtown skyline that's rapidly filled in over the past 12 years. Courtesy of Portman

Courtesy of Portman

Pinnacle, which merged with Synovus at the start of this year, is considered the largest bank headquartered in Tennessee and the biggest bank holding company headquartered in Georgia. The company plans to keep its bank headquarters in downtown Nashville. 

The Portman building on Midtown’s Spring Street will serve as Pinnacle’s corporate headquarters, with a goal of bringing together senior and executive leadership based in Atlanta and supporting expansion in the future. 

The announcement comes after global professional services firm Ernst & Young revealed in August it was leasing floors 14 through 16 in the building, claiming more than 102,000 square feet for an expected 3,000 employees later this year. 

Law firm Reed Smith also inked a deal at Ten Twenty Spring for more than 34,000 square feet last year. 

Plans call for Pinnacle to move in sometime in the second half of 2027, according to an announcement today. Company leaders are also scouting nearby ground-floor space for a retail banking location, adding to 46 locations around metro Atlanta today.  

“We’re planting the flag for our new corporate headquarters in a building and neighborhood that match the energy we feel about our future and our opportunity for growth in Atlanta,” said Kevin Blair, Pinnacle’s president and CEO, in a statement. “We’re serious about being Atlanta’s bank, and our presence at Ten Twenty Spring, along with our bank headquarters in Nashville, will anchor our expanding presence in the gateways to the South. 

“When you see our sign soaring over the [Connector],” added Blair, “it will be clear that Pinnacle is here to lead.”

The finished northern façade of Portman’s Ten Twenty Spring tower, facing Buckhead. Courtesy of Portman

Overview of the gardens. The footprint was historically protected, but Portman's work has updated designs to engage guests. Courtesy of Portman

Perks at Ten Twenty Spring include 25,000 square feet of outdoor space, private terraces, and access to Spring Quarter’s greenspaces and public social areas. The building also features rooftop cocktail bar and lounge Celestia and chef Fuyuhiko Ito’s modern Japanese restaurant Sozou. 

Also expected to open soon at Spring Quarter are restaurants Habaneros (contemporary Mexican cuisine) and Pataaka (high-end Indian) at the project’s anchor residential tower, the 370-unit Sora. 

Elsewhere on the property, Portman is remaking the historic H.M. Patterson & Sons-Spring Hill Chapel into a 24,000-square-foot retail and dining destination, though no ETA on that facet has recently been specified. 

Pinnacle was represented by CBRE in the Midtown deal, while Stream Realty handles office leasing for Ten Twenty Spring. Have a closer look at the building in the gallery above. 

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