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Site of planned Buckhead Village tower shows signs of life

Pharr Road luxury high-rise property remains cove of boarded-up buildings for now

December 22, 2025 by Josh Green

'Surgical deconstruction' phase at MARTA's main transit hub begins

Five Points forecast calls for more than a year of demo work ahead, reports construction firm

November 19, 2025 by Josh Green

Old Fourth Ward

Photos: Six months later, Atlanta Medical Center is largely rubble

Demolition at 22-acre Old Fourth Ward site setting stage for redevelopment now coined "BLVDNEXT"

November 17, 2025 by Josh Green

Next phase of MARTA’s 'Five Points Transformation' to begin next month

Access to transit system’s biggest, busiest station to soon be closed from Peachtree Street, elsewhere

September 22, 2025 by Josh Green

Virginia-Highland

At Amsterdam Walk, 'deeper affordable housing' piece moves forward

Studio rents to start from $1,000 at contested Beltline build, per Invest Atlanta funding recap

September 11, 2025 by Josh Green

At long last, groundbreaking nears for downtown affordable housing block

In shadow of Atlanta City Hall, mixed-use Trinity Central Flats has been four years in the making

August 26, 2025 by Josh Green

Mayor, city council announce ‘record’ funding for homeless housing

Proposed $60M legislation would fast-track hundreds of quality living options, per mayor’s office

September 4, 2024 by Josh Green

Following mayor comments, pro-Beltline transit chorus grows louder

Light-rail advocates hopeful project can break ground in 2025, providing equitable mobility

August 20, 2024 by Josh Green

City releases findings of More MARTA audit, says program owed $70M

MARTA officials blast auditors' calculations for using "flawed methodology"

August 19, 2024 by Josh Green

Atlanta's 'blight tax' crackdown passes into law. Will it work?

Mayor’s signature enacts legislation targeting negligent property owners across city

August 8, 2024 by Josh Green

Across Midtown, new ordinance aims to boost street-level vibrancy

Less ugly parking podiums and mandatory outdoor dining for new restaurants—how’s that sound?

August 2, 2024 by Josh Green

Little Five Points

'Last free parking lot' in Little Five Points is no more. Now what?

Atlanta City Council OKs paid parking, which detractors say will hurt businesses, vibrancy

July 12, 2024 by Josh Green

Plans halted for $230M Five Points redevelopment rollout

MARTA hits pause on planned closures, bus service impacts at busiest, largest station downtown

July 5, 2024 by Josh Green

City: New 'Blight Tax' crackdown to boost Atlanta neighborhoods

Tax will give "greater leverage in persuading [absentee] owners to clean up their property or sell"

July 2, 2024 by Josh Green

Rally planned in opposition to MARTA’s Five Points redevelopment

City officials, downtown stakeholders to formally ask MARTA to pause renovation, closure plans

June 25, 2024 by Josh Green

Following 'pivotal' year, highway-capping Stitch enters new phase

Public workshop scheduled atop Atlanta's tallest building to help craft Stitch master plan

February 27, 2024 by Josh Green

Old Fourth Ward

Is banning Old Fourth Ward hospital redevelopment the right move?

Six-month moratorium again applied to idle Atlanta Medical Center site

November 27, 2023 by Josh Green

Phase one components of downtown’s Stitch start to emerge

Officials: Highway-capping park project has tallied $42M; public visioning session planned soon

October 26, 2023 by Josh Green