Downtown Atlanta Development Map (for sale, home, neighborhoods)

[jsvh]

Downtown Atlanta's Latest Projects, Mapped - Curbed Atlanta

Downtown is picking up steam with 22 development projects going on right now.

[primaltech]

Philips Arena also to be getting a major revamp, if that counts. Plus the possible plans with the Gulch.

Downtown has a bright future ahead.

[Zanarkand A East]

SO glad to see all this happening downtown!

[cwkimbro]

Great to see!

I'll be happiest when there is more demand to see the remainder of what use to be the Ivan Allen Plaza redevelopment start to garner up more interest. That is a prime development property right behind Ernst & Young for a high visibility office high rise. We're still waiting on demand for that part of the downtown market to come back.

[paris-on-ponce]

Does anyone know what percentage of Downtown residents are students? A number of these developments look like expanded student housing, which is great to see.

It occurs to me that the continued transformation of Downtown into a gigantic student district is a logical alternative to the rich-in/poor-out gentrification dynamic.

Students keep things lively and hip. Trendy coffee shops and food trucks. But, they're also relatively impoverished, so area rents don't spiral too far out of control.

The Latin Quarter in Paris (while still expensive by Atlanta standards) is less expensive than many of the neighborhoods which surround it. It's home to the Sorbonne and other city colleges, and so, obviously, very popular with students. It's got a great vibe and lots of great restaurants and bars.

Fashioning Downtown as a college quarter, above all else, would ensure that it remains trendy and lively without becoming prohibitively expensive the way other Intown 'hoods have/can become.

Also, glad to see grocery stores as part of both the Underground plan and the Civic Center plan.

[CCATL]

Originally Posted by paris-on-ponce

Does anyone know what percentage of Downtown residents are students? A number of these developments look like expanded student housing, which is great to see.

It occurs to me that the continued transformation of Downtown into a gigantic student district is a logical alternative to the rich-in/poor-out gentrification dynamic.

Students keep things lively and hip. Trendy coffee shops and food trucks. But, they're also relatively impoverished, so area rents don't spiral too far out of control.

The Latin Quarter in Paris (while still expensive by Atlanta standards) is less expensive than many of the neighborhoods which surround it. It's home to the Sorbonne and other city colleges, and so, obviously, very popular with students. It's got a great vibe and lots of great restaurants and bars.

Fashioning Downtown as a college quarter, above all else, would ensure that it remains trendy and lively without becoming prohibitively expensive the way other Intown 'hoods have/can become.

Also, glad to see grocery stores as part of both the Underground plan and the Civic Center plan.

While more students is a great thing, there needs to be a balance between students and permanent residents. For one thing, permanent residents are much more likely to be advocates for the betterment of their community than students, which downtown definitely needs. In addition, go downtown in the summer when GSU is not in session, and downtown has significantly less foot traffic. We need year-round residents to support all of those businesses.

[paris-on-ponce]

Originally Posted by CCATL

While more students is a great thing, there needs to be a balance between students and permanent residents. For one thing, permanent residents are much more likely to be advocates for the betterment of their community than students, which downtown definitely needs. In addition, go downtown in the summer when GSU is not in session, and downtown has significantly less foot traffic. We need year-round residents to support all of those businesses.

You're absolutely right. My thinking wasn't that any one student would become a Downtown lifer, just that the yearly turnover of thousands of students would keep the place young and foster a neighborhood where businesses who cater to them could survive. Maybe I mean they can make it a trendy, and therefore, attractive place for longterm residents. But unlike other trendy neighborhoods, area rents wouldn't explode because too-large a percentage of them are students? ...Or maybe I just haven't thought about it enough.

Still, 40+ years of 9-to-5 business folk who scurry along the Portmanesque habi-trails without ever touching pavement or engaging with one another at street level has done nothing to encourage longterm residents or retail.

College students are a constant. Their existence is a sure thing, as is their need to live Downtown, to live on or near campus. And they're going to need amenities.

It seems like the best way to break that catch-22 of "Downtown needs more grocery stores!" But "Downtown needs more residents first to support those stores!" But "residents won't move until there are stores to support them!" And on and on.

[krogerDisco]

I think the block with the Woodruff Volunteer Center and the ARC will go up for sale. GSU is probably stretched too thin with its present projects but it would be ideal in terms of buildings and location for GSU.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by krogerDisco

I think the block with the Woodruff Volunteer Center and the ARC will go up for sale. GSU is probably stretched too thin with its present projects but it would be ideal in terms of buildings and location for GSU.

They have the entire Turner Field property. Let a private developer buy this and invest.

[krogerDisco]

Originally Posted by cqholt

They have the entire Turner Field property. Let a private developer buy this and invest.

Depends on what GSU's plans and needs are. I know they wanted a Humanities building and I think they want a Fine Arts College. There's plenty to find for a private developer, but little in proximity for GSU, and it comes with a parking deck. That's gold for GSU.