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Atlanta’s Most Important New Buildings of the 2010s

A retrospective spanning from big-league stadiums to one controversial house

Since the economic doldrums of 2010, the City of Atlanta alone has seen dozens of high-rise towers, thousands of single-family homes, and well over 30,000 new apartments and condos built. More than 50 million square feet of commercial space has been permitted—enough to make 25 Mercedes-Benz Stadiums, alongside a State Farm Arena or two.

But how much of that activity has been exceptional enough to make a lasting impression? To change how the city functions or perceives itself? To be deemed important? …

Spoke Luxury Apartments

To the casual observer, the Spoke project’s first phase could resemble countless other apartment stacks of a half-dozen stories delivered across metro Atlanta during this real estate cycle.

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Source Curbed Atlanta

Atlanta Community Bridges the Gap Between Two Urban Spaces

Spoke ATL, a transit-oriented development next to the Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA railway station in Atlanta’s Edgewood community, replaces an underperforming station parking lot with a bridge between two separated halves of the area’s urban fabric.

The community forms the first part of a three-phase development, originally conceived by developer Columbia Ventures in a deal with MARTA. To ensure that the project was ultimately in the community’s best interest, the development and design team conducted a series of meetings with nearly a dozen community groups, as well as professionals and stakeholders.

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Source MultiFamily Executive Magazine

Nonprofit, developer plan income-restricted housing and clinic space in Elyria-Swansea

Redevelopment is expected to begin next year on a 6-acre industrial site in Elyria-Swansea owned by the nonprofit Urban Land Conservancy.

Denver-based ULC and Atlanta-based Columbia Ventures submitted a site-development plan to the city last week, proposing 150 income-restricted residential units, and clinic and retail space at 4800 N. Vine St.

It’s the first phase of development planned for the 4800 Race St. and 4800 Vine St. parcels, which ULC paid $5.5 million for in April 2015, according to public records. The site is currently home to Atlas Construction Supply, which will move before construction begins.

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