Midtown Atlanta is #4 in Country for New Office Construction (living, restaurant)

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Rumor has it The Cheetah received a $33M offer for their property.
https://twitter.com/cbenderatl/statu...27613842915330

If true - Win-Win.

"See ya, girls. If you need me, I'll be somewhere along the Cote d'Azur."

[Mutiny77]

I kinda hate that Midtown is losing the form of fine-grained urbanism it has that comes with time, but that's a result of Midtown not having historically been a traditional CBD with a lot of three-four story commercial storefronts that are more easily repurposed and adaptively reused like you see in downtown. Instead there's more one-story buildings with not much architectural significance that are making way for glass and steel towers and such. But still, they tell the story of Atlanta's history in their own way. Oh well.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

I kinda hate that Midtown is losing the form of fine-grained urbanism it has that comes with time, but that's a result of Midtown not having historically been a traditional CBD with a lot of three-four story commercial storefronts that are more easily repurposed and adaptively reused like you see in downtown. Instead there's more one-story buildings with not much architectural significance that are making way for glass and steel towers and such. But still, they tell the story of Atlanta's history in their own way. Oh well.

Agree, and going forward I hope that more of that type of development is woven into Midtown's urban fabric. A community that is consistently highrise can be just as dull as one that is lowrise; it fact it can at times be oppressive and dehumanizing IMO. Some of the finest examples of Atlanta architecture are less than 10 stories tall.

[goofy328]

Originally Posted by jsvh

No, You Weren't Just Imagining That Midtown Atlanta Has Become One Big Construction Zone | CoStar

Sounds about right.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by JMatl

The part of Boston that really blows me away is the newly named Seaport District. This neighborhood used to be low rise brick warehouses and dumpy tenements, it's where you went if you were looking for assorted trouble.

Now it's become an extremely modern glassy highrise neighborhood. It almost looks like Vancouver has been transported to New England.

MIT's expansion in Cambridge is equally impressive. It looks like a miniature version of Midtown Atlanta.

As difficult as it can be to deal with, they're doing a lot of things right up there.

This is so true. There is a lot the City of Atlanta and Metro Atlanta could learn from the City of Boston and Metro Boston--but be sure we take the "learnin'" and do it with Atlanta/Southern/Urban Forest style

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by atlHawks

So when does the Varsity go?

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

And sorry, the loss of the Varsity would be a travesty. The bad food is awesome!

Originally Posted by Iconographer

My guess is that the Varsity would be incorporated into whatever is constructed on the current site.

Originally Posted by DaBurgh

I hope they keep the Varsity as is


It fits into the fabric of Georgia Tech collegeness

Originally Posted by Iconographer

I'm conflicted over this. While iconic, it's also homely and increasingly out of place.
I say repurpose elements of the old building into the ground floor of any prospective new building placed on its footprint.

Varsity must stay. Varsity must stay as is. I think it would be great for South Midtown, Georgia Tech, and North Downtown to continue developing around it. The Varsity would remain an iconic and "in-use" landmark of a bygone era.

So drive-thru. So retro. So vintage.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Atlwarrior

True, and the funeral home across from where Checkers was located had mentioned they were staying, but money talks.

Originally Posted by JMatl

The old Funeral Home itself is landmarked and protected, but I think you're right. I think there was something in Curbed a while back about them shopping the property.

Originally Posted by Iconographer

The city has granted Patterson Funeral Home historic landmark status, so it's not going anywhere.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/rest-...jhLtqdn4mZI8N/

Originally Posted by arjay57

This is as it should be. You can always build generic concrete boxes but Patterson's is unique.

Originally Posted by Iconographer

Many people aren't aware how beautiful this structure is; the architectural detail in the interior would be impossible to duplicate. I especially love its meditation garden, which I hope in future will be open to the public.

This makes me happy.

Thank the Lord.

[atlHawks]

Came across this. Impressive.

The Fastest-Growing Office Rents In The U.S. Are In Atlanta

Rents at Atlanta's premier office spaces in Midtown and Buckhead have risen 14.2% since last year, breaking the $50 per SF ceiling for the first time. That puts Atlanta's dot on a propitious global map: The two submarkets charted the fastest rent increases of any U.S. city in the past year, according to a recent CBRE study. Atlanta experienced the sixth-fastest rent growth of all major global office markets.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by Forhall

Hopefully soon. That place is so bad. I'm embarrassed when people recommend it to out of town foodies.

Why would someone recommend the Variety to a foodie??? Foodies hate everything...the Varisty would never make the cut!

Originally Posted by Iconographer

A community that is consistently highrise can be just as dull as one that is lowrise; it fact it can at times be oppressive and dehumanizing IMO.

Agree with this. NYC is the epicenter of my career. I don't live in NYC. I don't like it.

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

Agree with this. NYC is the epicenter of my career. I don't live in NYC. I don't like it.

Totally agree. I love NY, and enjoy visiting - but I have zero desire to live there. I could make a LOT more there, but no thanks.