Massive Beltline art; big Roswell sale; hurricane impact on ATL festivals

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PONCEY-HIGHLAND—To honor the High Museum of Art’s 100th birthday this year, the esteemed Midtown institution is working to bring “unexpected art moments” across Atlanta through public installations, exhibitions, collaborations, and free entry days. Beginning this evening, that will include “Just Breathe,” a 100-foot, multi-story project at the 725 Ponce building overlooking the Beltline’s popular Eastside Trail. 

The pieces on view—“animated to the rhythm of air and breath,” with a goal of creating a “living building,” per project leaders—are four works from the High Museum’s permanent collection. 

Expect to find the pieces on display from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, and 30, officials tell Urbanize Atlanta. 

They are: Joseph Rodefer DeCamp’s “The Blue Mandarin Coat (The Blue Kimono)”; Andy Warhol’s “Marilyn,” from a portfolio of 10 screenprints; El Anatsui’s “Taago Mizo”; and O.V. Brantley’s “A Star Among Stars.” 

The installation was designed by Dash Studio, in collaboration with Off the Wall. 

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ROSWELL—A deal recently closed that marked the highest retail sale price in the Roswell and Alpharetta submarkets in four years, according to officials with Matthews, a commercial real estate investment services and technology firm. 

Located at 12060 Etris Road in Roswell, the Class A commercial center Sweet Apple Village hadn’t traded in 15 years and is more than 98 percent leased today. Matthews represented sellers Ziff Real Estate Partners in the transaction. The buyer is SouthCoast, which bought the village as “a strategic addition to its portfolio of unanchored retail properties throughout the Southeast,” per Matthews reps. 

The village today includes a range of national and regional, "e-commerce-resistant," and essential-service tenants with food, beverage, fitness, wellness, medical, education, and other daily-needs uses, with no one tenant occupying more than 12 percent of the overall space, per officials.  

Matthews reps tell Urbanize Atlanta the sale price was $20.25 million. The transaction closed Sept. 14. 

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CITYWIDE—The season’s first big named storm, Hurricane Isaias, is throwing a wet wrench into what’s usually pristine weather and a highly festive weekend around Atlanta, though the full impact remains to be seen. It’s a fluid situation (literally), but as of 1 p.m. Friday, this is what’s happening on the Saturday neighborhood festival front: 

• Oakhurst Porchfest—the O.G. ITP porchfest and a truly massive showcase of free music on private porches—is going forward as planned from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, hurricane remnants be damned. “The police and porta-johns are all reserved and paid for, the programs are printed, and we’ve no meaningful option to reschedule,” organizers report. More details over here.

• The Fall Festival on Ponce has decided to cancel all festivities on Saturday but is planning to move forward as planned on Sunday, weather permitting. Organizers note: “A final decision regarding Sunday’s opening and event hours will be announced once the storm has passed and park conditions can be assessed.” Stay tuned here. 

• As of early afternoon, Ormewood Park Makers Festival is still on for its single-day run on Saturday, but organizers say a final decision will be made at 5 p.m. and announced here. 

• Saturday’s annual Mayor’s 5K on the Runway held at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been postponed due to inclement weather, according to city officials. No word yet on a rescheduling date.

• From the suburbs, this news: “Unfortunately, due to the severe weather expected across Georgia this weekend, Sweet Auburn Barbecue has made the difficult decision to cancel its inaugural McDonough BBQ & Bluegrass Festival scheduled for this Saturday.”

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