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Groundbreaking set for Atlanta Opera’s Beltline-adjacent, $45M project

Buckhead cultural destination officially christened “Molly Blank Center for Opera and the Arts”

February 4, 2026 by Josh Green

Planning efforts kick off for major new Atlanta public park

Long-abandoned Atlanta Prison Farm envisioned as one of city’s largest greenspaces, memorial site

February 3, 2026 by Josh Green

Atlantic Station

Atlantic Station details retail shakeup with additions, expansions, more

Highlights include popular Chinese variety store MINISO, fresh slate of eateries on tap

February 3, 2026 by Josh Green

Images: Classic-style expansion project near Gold Dome tops out

New legislative building joins nearly $400M in changes around Georgia State Capitol

December 22, 2025 by Josh Green

Photos: John Portman's iconic modern beach house fetches record price

Late Atlanta architect, developer built "enlightened" marvel Entelechy II on Sea Island 40 years ago

December 9, 2025 by Josh Green

Old Fourth Ward

Atlanta Civic Center development sets groundbreaking—at long last!

After decade of false starts, ceremony scheduled to kick off historic Old Fourth Ward property's phase one

December 5, 2025 by Josh Green

Photos: Next to historic chapel, Portman tower lends fresh ATL perspectives

Rising "Sora" project is residential component of multifaceted Spring Quarter development

March 9, 2023 by Josh Green

Step inside beautiful, spooky Midtown mortuary as new life towers around it

Set for rebirth as social hub, 1920s landmark Spring Hill funeral home is elegant centerpiece of massive Portman development

March 8, 2023 by Josh Green

Conversion of historic Atlanta fire station to pizza concept in pipeline

Former Westview firehouse overlooking BeltLine has been partially vacant for years

March 3, 2023 by Josh Green

1930s former Midtown hotel is but a pile of rubble now

Dewberry bulldozes long-empty old Northwood Hotel with rumored "Gone With the Wind" ties

March 3, 2023 by Josh Green

Lindridge-Martin Manor

Atlanta's landmark Tara Theatre to be saved, reopened soon

Arty movie house on Cheshire Bridge Road will operate as “sister cinema” to iconic Plaza Theatre on Ponce

February 22, 2023 by Josh Green

Old Fourth Ward

Historic Coca-Cola plant redo bubbles up in Old Fourth Ward

Delayed Edgewood Avenue venture is remaking one of Coke’s first bottling plants

February 7, 2023 by Josh Green

Check out this amazing rescue of 'hidden treasure' 1950s gas station

Nonprofit Atlanta Printmakers Studio has artfully revived former Amoco in downtown Hapeville

February 1, 2023 by Josh Green

Photos: Atlanta's biggest (historic) eyesore is for sale. Now what?

1927 landmark Medical Arts Building has rotted alongside redevelopment plans for years. Could this time be different?

January 12, 2023 by Josh Green

Mixed-use conversion planned for historic downtown office building

Built in 1898, The Grant Building is Atlanta’s second oldest steel-frame structure

January 2, 2023 by Josh Green

Could building set to be bulldozed have 'Gone With the Wind' author ties?

Evidence suggests old Northwood Hotel could have been Margaret Mitchell's secret writing locale, says retired police sergeant

November 30, 2022 by Josh Green

Images: Oakland Cemetery wraps renovation of 1890s 'jewel'

Romanesque Revival-style Bell Tower considered most recognizable building on Oakland’s grounds

November 15, 2022 by Josh Green

Decatur sells historic Old Depot, cashes out on preservation push

$1.4 million in earnings will be channeled into downtown Decatur’s master plan

October 17, 2022 by Josh Green