PEOPLESTOWN—Southside mixed-use district Terminal South is launching a new family-friendly (and indoor) farmers market and marketplace soon.
Starting Sunday, Aug. 9, the ArtWell Farmers Market will launch as a twice-monthly hub of fresh produce, creativity, wellness, and community connection, according to organizers SANAA Art & Wellness. It’ll be set up between Switchman Hall eateries and open from noon to 5 p.m. on select Sundays.
Terminal South photo by Deeds Creative
Market patrons at Terminal South (1161 Ridge Ave. SE) can expect “locally grown fruits and vegetables, artisan makers, handcrafted goods, holistic wellness activations, and opportunities to connect with local entrepreneurs and neighbors,” per organizers.
Additional dates planned for the remainder of this year and early 2027: Aug. 23; Sept. 13 and 27; Oct. 11 and 25; Nov. 8 and 22; Dec. 6 and 20; and January 10 and 24.
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MIDTOWN—Controversial Atlanta developer John Dewberry is now the full owner of what many city officials and residents consider to be Atlanta’s biggest real estate eyesore.
Bisnow Atlanta reports Dewberry Capital is carrying no debt on its skeletal Midtown high-rise the Campanile building (aka, the stalled Midtowne project), after Dewberry “quietly” resolved a $75-million mortgage with ACORE Capital on the property earlier this year. That means Dewberry owns the 21-story, picked-clean tower across from Colony Square—deed in hand.
Officials involved in the transaction didn’t respond to the news site’s inquiries, but that didn’t stop Bisnow from wondering aloud: “While Dewberry’s plans for Campanile remain cloudy, removing the mortgage on it could ease some pressure for him to resume redevelopment of the property or sell the empty tower.”
Shall we hold our breath, ATL?
The former Campanile's Peachtree Street frontage, as seen in February 2024.Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
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REYNOLDSTOWN—Saporta Report investigates a controversy brewing this week in an eastside neighborhood involving unusual bedfellows: historic preservation and… karaoke.
Yan Karaoke has big plans for the 15,000-square-foot, Streamline Moderne landmark building at Atlanta Dairies where restaurant Wonderkid and other businesses have operated. Those include a restaurant, several bars, and singin' suites aplenty—along with large awnings and blacked-out windows for privacy. Those latter aspects aren’t sitting well with the Atlanta Preservation Center and Reynoldstown Civic Improvement League, according to the website.
Also home to The Eastern music venue, Atlanta Dairies is situated along Memorial Drive, just west of the Beltline’s Eastside Trail.
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VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND—Seasoned Atlanta developers appear to have an appetite for destruction on a stretch of Ponce de Leon Avenue near numerous intown landmarks.
Selig Enterprises has filed a rezoning application in hopes of wiping out a stretch of older, low-rise buildings in Virginia-Highland and putting up 375 multifamily units in a roughly 330,000 square foot building, as Axios Atlanta relays. The project would also include 10,000 square feet of retail at street level in a building that would stand less than 150 feet, or about 14 stories max, and step down toward single-family homes to the north, per filings.
Plans call for 57 of the apartments to qualify as affordable housing, with expected average rents between $1,700 (one bedrooms) and $2,055 (two-bedroom units), per the application, which includes no construction timeline or project renderings.
State of several Ponce de Leon Avenue properties controlled by Selig Enterprises along the north side of the corridor, as seen in December. Google Maps
Selig officials told Urbanize in February they’d begun discussions with neighborhood leadership for the potential rezoning and redevelopment of a 1.75-acre site the company owns along Ponce.
The properties in question are situated near the corner of Ponce de Leon and Bonaventure avenues, across the street from Hotel Clermont and a new brick-built Chick-fil-A.
The parcels are just east of commercial properties—including beloved dive The Local, which won’t be touched—where Portman Holdings had planned a multi-block redevelopment three years ago before ultimately backing away, citing economic headwinds.
Rough outline of properties near the corner of Ponce de Leon and Bonaventure avenues where a Selig mixed-use proposal would rise. Google Maps
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