NIMBY | Urbanize Atlanta

Atlanta gentrification tale wins Hollywood, New York book festivals

"Goodbye, Sweetberry Park" is "darkly humorous" take on ATL real estate trends, neighborhoods, worst developers

August 19, 2025 by Staff Report

Neighbors hope petition, campaign will squash townhome proposal

Developers contend tweaked, trailside Bolton concept will benefit area, add needed housing

July 30, 2025 by Josh Green

Virginia-Highland

Opinion: Rejection of Va-Hi swimming pool will set Atlanta kids back

Former "swimmingest city in the country" lacks pool access versus suburbs, writes neighborhood leader

July 23, 2025 by Josh Green

$101M Roswell rentals replace shopping center, called roaring success

Averly East Village project 70 percent leased at grand opening, per developers

June 30, 2025 by Josh Green

Urbanize editor pens 'wickedly funny' Atlanta gentrification novel

"Goodbye, Sweetberry Park" inspired by city's real estate trends, neighborhoods, actual developers

June 5, 2025 by God Johnson

Virginia-Highland

Controversial Amsterdam Walk development scores city council blessing

City's decision OKs up to 1,100 rentals along Beltline, 150K square feet of commercial space

April 22, 2025 by Josh Green

Virginia-Highland

Neighbors start petition to thwart Amsterdam Walk redevelopment

Before Atlanta City Council vote, revised project's opposition calls for "smart and sensible development"

March 7, 2025 by Josh Green

Virginia-Highland

Visuals: Amsterdam Walk proposal over Beltline shrinks again

Density remains with Portman Holdings project, but height and plaza space cut back

February 26, 2025 by Josh Green

First look: Summerhill project starts where student housing was axed

Three-building townhome development is replacing sizable, vacant church

July 29, 2024 by Josh Green

Residential project hobbled by neighbor pushback is officially dead

East Lake developers called NIMBYism a hurdle; neighborhood leader says "smart density" welcome

July 11, 2024 by Josh Green

Virginia-Highland

After more cuts, Amsterdam Walk proposal scores neighborhood OK

Both offices, residential scope scaled back from Portman's initial plans over BeltLine, Piedmont Park

May 14, 2024 by Josh Green

Virginia-Highland

Portman bends to pushback, shrinks Amsterdam Walk proposal

After months of neighborhood negotiations, Atlanta BeltLine-adjacent project now 17 percent smaller

May 3, 2024 by Josh Green

Indecent Proposals

Local NIMBY inadvertently opposes own home expansion

Observers blame "resistance run amok" for consequential error before Grant Park Zoning Authority

April 1, 2024 by Josh Green

In heart of Brookhaven, 7 tenants unveiled for mixed-use venture

$70M Parkside on Dresden project claiming acreage on ITP city’s main drag

November 27, 2023 by Josh Green

Developers claim NIMBYism has stonewalled sensible home plans

“They’ve driven us to not providing a more affordable piece of housing,” says head of East Lake project

August 11, 2023 by Josh Green

Summerhill student housing concept axed for large townhomes

Following pushback, flyer for communal meeting indicates developers have gone back to drawing board

April 20, 2023 by Josh Green

Student housing proposal encounters pushback in Summerhill

63 furnished dorms would replace a former church near GSU stadiums

January 30, 2023 by Josh Green

Photos: How Solis project is changing Brookhaven Village

Stage set for Dresden Drive infill development in DeKalb city's commercial core

November 15, 2022 by Josh Green