Giant South Downtown Project Taking Shape (Atlanta: warehouse, car, transit)

[Galounger]

I can't help but notice looking at the concept plan that Mitchell Street is going to be the perfect launching spot for Falcon and Atlanta United fans before games Mercedes Benz stadium. A couple of bars/pubs located on that street devoted to those teams would be superb. The whole street as a matter of fact could be used as a gathering spot for fans and it's all a short walk from either Five Points or the Dome Marta Stations if you take the train to the game.

This is exactly what's missing from Mercedes Benz events now. I think it's great the way there are so many places to hang out eat, drink whatever right outside the stadium on Tech Square before Grant Field games or at SunTrust Park for Braves games. Now people attending games at the Benz will be able to get the same experience in the future.

[arjay57]

Wonder if they will allow the bars to stay open until 4 am?

From what I've read there are many who feel that unless you do that you've destroyed the possibilities for any sort of viable nightlife.

[cqholt]

Norfolk-Southern building to bring 250 units to South Downtown

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Norfolk-Southern building to bring 250 units to South Downtown

please tell me some of those rooms are for the people that have been sleeping under its eaves for 20 years.

[atlHawks]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

please tell me some of those rooms are for the people that have been sleeping under its eaves for 20 years.

That’s not good for business.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by atlHawks

That’s not good for business.

neither are regulations that bar companies from making their employees to work with radon and asbestos. drives up costs by a ton.

[arjay57]

I sure hope the south downtown art galleries can bounce back from the fire.

“The day after the Broad Street fire at the Atlanta Eye Care building, city officials requested a safety inspection of all the adjoining buildings,” says Eyedrum’s board of directors vice-chair Grace Kim. “Though Eyedrum sustained no damage from the fire, it was included in this inspection and has since been closed until further notice.” The organization needs to obtain a certificate of occupancy before it can reopen.

Other arts organizations affected by that temporary closure include the DIY resource center and exhibition space Murmur, the independent Mammal Gallery and the Broad Street Visitors Center recording studio. The buildings that house those arts spaces, as well as Eyedrum and dozens of other buildings in South Downtown, had been purchased in recent years by the German-based development firm Newport Holding. Jake Nawrocki, president of Newport US RE, assured the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in June 2017 that his company was investing in the area with the intent of refurbishing the buildings and cultivating a mix of office, retail, gallery, restaurant and apartment space in the area.

“We are absolutely not planning to buy and flip,” he said.

For now, many are just hoping Eyedrum can rebound and continue to offer audiences its characteristic mix of experimentation and innovation in a section of Atlanta where corporate growth and indie creativity seemed to have temporarily struck a balance.

More....Future of South Downtown galleries uncertain after fire

[cqholt]

Permit filings indicate the two buildings—connected by a five-story bridge that spans the closed Nelson Street viaduct—will become 246 one- and two-bedroom residential units. Paperwork shows that there would be 90 studios, 108 one-bedroom units, and 48 two-bedroom units. 50,000 square feet of retail space could fill the lower floor of the building, facing Ted Turner Drive.

https://atlanta.curbed.com/atlanta-d...ion-residences

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

https://atlanta.curbed.com/atlanta-d...ion-residences

Query: Do they need to add 420 new parking spaces in a district where no parking is required and which could be pedestrian and transit oriented?

[Atlanta Scientist]

This is still Atlanta.