VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND—A mixed-use proposal that would transform a section of Atlanta’s Ponce de Leon Boulevard corridor has cleared a significant hurdle en route to breaking ground.
The Atlanta City Council voted this week in favor of rezoning that's required for Selig Enterprises to build a stack of high-end apartments and retail across 1.75 acres the company owns where Ponce de Leon Avenue meets Bonaventure Avenue, as the Atlanta Business Chronicle relays. The vote clears the way for development to move forward.
Selig’s proposal also sailed through the City of Atlanta’s Zoning Review Board in August, but no firm timeline for construction has been set.
View of Selig Enterprises’ proposal from the corner of Maiden Lane NE and Bonaventure Avenue NE in Virginia-Highland, looking west toward Midtown and downtown.Rendering by RJTR; courtesy of Selig Enterprises
The Virginia-Highland properties in question—all low-rise commercial buildings today—are situated across the street from Hotel Clermont and a brick-built Chick-fil-A. Selig’s portfolio includes three buildings between 780 and 798 Ponce de Leon Ave., where food-and-beverage businesses such as Java Jive, China Dragon, Gusto!, and the first Honey Bubble Tea location have operated for years or recently closed.
A rendering indicates the southeast section of the project facing Ponce de Leon Avenue would stand roughly 13 stories. A greenspace buffer would be placed behind that, along Maiden Lane, where the section of the project facing single-family homes would step down to nine stories.
The redevelopment proposal calls for 10,000 square feet of street-level retail and up to 375 multifamily residences, including studio, one-, and two-bedroom floorplans.
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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MIDTOWN—After going dark for years, the landmark billboard atop Adult Swim’s Midtown headquarters at 1065 Williams St. NW is officially back on! Adult Swim—headquartered in Atlanta since its inception 25 years ago—is the studio behind Rick and Morty, SMILING FRIENDS, Robot Chicken, and other hits.
See the traffic-dissing billboard in action over here.
Courtesy of Adult Swim
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SANDY SPRINGS—A year and ½ after acquiring it, seasoned intown developer Third & Urban has offloaded its seven-building Northridge Commons flex industrial campus in Sandy Springs, officials relayed this week.
Third & Urban bought the 471,000-square-foot property in February last year as part of its tactics to acquire undervalued office and flex industrial properties across the Southeast. Since then, the complex was pushed to 90 percent leased (up from 83 percent at acquisition) with a mix of office, flex industrial, and warehouse tenants, including Inspire Brands and Invitation Homes.
Northridge Commons is located at 8601 Dunwoody Place, off Ga. Highway 400. The buyers were BKM Capital Partners and Kayne Anderson Real Estate. The sales price wasn’t disclosed.
In metro Atlanta, Third & Urban’s remaining investment portfolio includes Dunwoody Park, an 18-acre office campus in Dunwoody; GA 400 Center, a 430,000-square-foot office campus in Alpharetta; and Atkins Park Collection, a street retail strip in Virginia-Highland. Elsewhere, the firm’s development pipeline includes more than 3.2 million square feet, valued at $1.4 billion, across the Southeast, per company officials.
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DOWNTOWN—The former CNN Center’s remake as CP Group’s The CTR continues to make good on its vow to boost and showcase local creatives, as evidenced this summer by the massive HENSE mural applied to a prominent exterior wall.
Downtown Atlanta Inc. and CTR Culture—CP Group’s creative and cultural placemaking initiative at the landmark property—revealed this week the first five participants in what’s called CTR Culture Studios.
Designed as a new creative incubator and platform within the former CNN Center, CTR Culture Studios provides below-market studio and office space to “selected applicants among Atlanta's creative professionals, in addition to digital media infrastructure and opportunities to share their work at The CTR and throughout downtown Atlanta,” per an announcement.
Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
A project leader tells Urbanize Atlanta the studios are located near The CTR’s Marietta Street lobby entrance, in the same corridor where Maestro’s Ocean Club plans to open in coming weeks.
“For now, studio visits are by appointment,” wrote the rep via email. “After the first of the year, once everyone is settled in, we’ll begin hosting public events and open studios.”
Below is a rundown of The CTR’s initial cohort, with official descriptions, edited for length:
Interdisciplinary Artist
Scarboro-Vazquez is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and creative technologist whose work bridges contemporary art, cultural storytelling, archives, and emerging technology. Through cyanotype, photography, projection mapping, AI, digital collage, sound, and installation, she creates immersive experiences exploring memory, ancestry, identity, and community.
Muralist and Illustrator
A Nebraska-born, Detroit-grown, and Atlanta-raised creator, George (GFB3) graduated from Georgia State University in 2015 with a BFA in graphic design. He’s a conversation creator, muralist, and illustrator.
3. Grace Kisa
Interdisciplinary Artist
Kisa is an Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, migration, and the interwoven stories of global cultures. Raised across Kenya, Ethiopia, and the U.S., Kisa brings a “third culture” perspective to her practice, creating works that reflect the fluidity of home and belonging.
4. Jordan Young
Interdisciplinary Artist
Young is an Atlanta-based artist advancing media arts through interdisciplinary practice, programming, curation, and education. Recent acknowledgments include the 2026 Emerging Artist Award from the Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, 2025 Fulton County Distinguished Fellow for the Arts, 2025 Hambidge Center Creative Residency Fellow, and 2024 Fulton County Public Art Futures Lab Artist-in-Residence.
5. Sunghee Lee
Musician & Performance Artist
Lee is a haegeum artist who creates new work rooted in Korean traditional music. Through performance, collaboration, and interdisciplinary projects, she explores the expressive possibilities of the haegeum and how sound can create shared experiences across diverse cultural and artistic contexts.
CTR Culture Studios is being funded by CP Group and Downtown Atlanta Inc., in partnership with ASHA Advisory, The Creatives Project, and Fulton County’s Public Art Futures Lab.
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