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Virginia-Highland

UPDATE: Filings shed light on Amsterdam Walk redevelopment plans

Phase one calls for a half-dozen buildings, two parking garages, Atlanta Beltline links galore

May 19, 2026 by Josh Green

Virginia-Highland

Controversial Amsterdam Walk redevelopment shows signs of life

Portman filings with Department of City Planning show nearly 700 residences, commercial space in pipeline

May 14, 2026 by Josh Green

Parkside on Dresden project fills all retail as official debut nears

Five more tenants in place at $70-million, mixed-use venture on Brookhaven’s Dresden Drive corridor

April 17, 2026 by Josh Green

Controversial Kirkwood affordable housing proposal clears key hurdle

Opposition continues against supportive housing development on vacant, church-owned corner

February 17, 2026 by Josh Green

Images: Closer look at Kirkwood affordable-housing controversy

Church proposal for elderly homeless spurned by neighborhood group, praised by others

January 30, 2026 by Josh Green

Trailside housing development fought by neighbors moves forward

Infill townhome project in Bolton calls for dozens of units along Beltline, Silver Comet Trail connection

January 12, 2026 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