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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

Shops, apartments launch construction on Brookhaven's main drag

Solis Dresden Village is claiming a vacant lot in DeKalb city's dining and retail corridor

June 27, 2022 by Josh Green

Images: Luxury apartments replacing Roswell strip shopping center

Averly East Village to be part of larger mixed-use hub in tough city for multifamily development

June 13, 2022 by Josh Green

BeltLine picks routes for complex Northwest Trail through Buckhead

Explained: How Atlanta's famed loop will cross I-75, link with Lindbergh, and more

May 13, 2022 by Josh Green

When it comes to Buckhead BeltLine, has Nimbyism run amok?

Neighbors are divided on where BeltLine's tricky Northwest Trail segment should be built

May 11, 2022 by Josh Green

Near Brookhaven MARTA station, mixed-use village is brewing

Parkside on Dresden proposal would bring boutique shopping, townhomes, luxury multifamily options

October 20, 2021 by Josh Green