GA Tech tower to include surface parking lot on main Midtown street

A Georgia Tech project that’s been hailed as an epicenter of innovation will include a surface parking lot on one of Midtown’s most walkable and quickly developing thoroughfares.

Eagle-eyed readers noticed what appeared to be the makings of a parking lot in an aerial tour this week detailing construction progress on Tech Square Phase 3.

The section in question is at the eastern base of two-tower Phase 3, near the intersection of West Peachtree Street and Biltmore Place.

Georgia Tech reps confirm to Urbanize Atlanta that a surface parking lot along West Peachtree Street is under construction. The 27-space lot will be “surrounded by trees” with ADA and electric-vehicle parking spots included, officials specified.

Current state of the Tech Square Phase 3 parking lot along West Peachtree Street, with the project's courtyard section at left. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Georgia Tech’s previously released visuals and announcements for Phase 3 have mentioned the project’s underground parking deck component but not the parking lot. We’ve asked university media reps for more information on the parking deck’s size and will update this story should that come.

Immediately south of the parking lot will be a large courtyard, also fronting West Peachtree Street, that’s been described by Georgia Tech as a lush “urban oasis” and an “inviting place for students, faculty, or anyone working in Tech Square to study, work, or meet.”

The project's versatile courtyard social area will be implemented at left, with parking near the corner at right. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Around the corner from the courtyard on 5th Street will be another congregation space called The Porch, positioned along wide sidewalks.

Phase 3 will include two buildings totaling 416,500 square feet, mostly filled with educational space across the street from another Georgia Tech-owned property undergoing a tech-focused repurposing, The Biltmore. The block in question is bounded by West Peachtree, Spring, and 5th streets, and Biltmore Place. It’s one block north of Tech Square’s Coda, a John Portman and Associates-designed office tower.

Considered the last phase of Tech Square, the two-building 828 W. Peachtree Street project broke ground in October 2023 and is scheduled to fully open in June next year.

One goal of the third phase, as project leaders have said, is to enliven streets with retail and student activity, creating a more cohesive urban district where low-rise offices—and yes, a parking lot—were before.

The project's eastern flank where it meets the courtyard space and parking lot below, at left. Urbanize Atlanta