Menlo Equities acquires vacant Echo Street West office buildings
Menlo Equities acquires vacant Echo Street West office buildings
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Menlo Equities acquires vacant Echo Street West office buildings
Menlo Equities acquires vacant Echo Street West office buildings
Menlo Equities is known for buying office space in technology-focused markets.
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Menlo Equities is known for buying office space in technology-focused markets.
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (1) Midtown vs. (16) Candler Park
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (1) Midtown vs. (16) Candler Park
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (1) Midtown vs. (16) Candler Park
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 16:55
As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
…
(1) Midtown
The landing page for 1072 West Peachtree’s website provides a glimpse of how the project would alter Midtown’s skyline when viewed from the Connector. Rockefeller Group; Brock Hudgins Architects; TVS/1072 West Peachtree
Enter: 2024’s Goliath.
Yes, folks, it’s fitting that Atlanta’s epicenter of high-rise development, high-profile job growth, and sheer physical change has taken the pole position in this year’s tournament, as determined by reader nominations. Like no other place right now—or across the past decade, for that matter—Midtown exemplifies Atlanta’s roaring ’20s boom, as our aerial photo essays have relayed throughout the year. In just the past year, the district has packed on another 2,200 residences, as recently tabulated by Midtown Alliance. And the tallest building to rise from Atlanta’s red dirt since Bill Clinton was president is currently climbing over Midtown’s West Peachtree Street. Enough said?
Nonetheless, Midtown has a spotty track record in these contests, including a Round 1 knockout against 13-seed Adair Park in 2021 action. Surprisingly, it’s never won the non-existent trophy in these contests, either. Here’s a rundown of just a fraction of what’s happening in Midtown these days. But it begs the eternal question: Does all this action make for the best actual neighborhood around?
…
(16) Candler Park
A quintessential CandlerPark scene along McLendon Avenue. Google Maps
Shockingly, Candler Park is making its Best Atlanta Neighborhood tourney debut this year, having finally tallied enough nominations to enter the big criteria-free dance. Home to rollicking festivals and coveted school options, this leafy little ’hood is one of Atlanta’s best places to simply take a walk—or to stumble home from Little Five Points next door.
Candler Park counts restaurants both trendy and stalwart (hello, Fox Bros.), too many artfully restored bungalows to count, no shortage of free-thinking city dwellers, and that glorious, eponymous park, which was one of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler’s many gifts to the city. And as of October, Candler Park is also home to one of the city’s most mind-blowingly awesome playgrounds, a $1-million affair designed by top architecture firm Perkins + Will. Proof that halcyon times for ATL kids continue.
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (1) Midtown vs. (16) Candler Park
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 16:55
As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
…
(1) Midtown
The landing page for 1072 West Peachtree’s website provides a glimpse of how the project would alter Midtown’s skyline when viewed from the Connector. Rockefeller Group; Brock Hudgins Architects; TVS/1072 West Peachtree
Enter: 2024’s Goliath.
Yes, folks, it’s fitting that Atlanta’s epicenter of high-rise development, high-profile job growth, and sheer physical change has taken the pole position in this year’s tournament, as determined by reader nominations. Like no other place right now—or across the past decade, for that matter—Midtown exemplifies Atlanta’s roaring ’20s boom, as our aerial photo essays have relayed throughout the year. In just the past year, the district has packed on another 2,200 residences, as recently tabulated by Midtown Alliance. And the tallest building to rise from Atlanta’s red dirt since Bill Clinton was president is currently climbing over Midtown’s West Peachtree Street. Enough said?
Nonetheless, Midtown has a spotty track record in these contests, including a Round 1 knockout against 13-seed Adair Park in 2021 action. Surprisingly, it’s never won the non-existent trophy in these contests, either. Here’s a rundown of just a fraction of what’s happening in Midtown these days. But it begs the eternal question: Does all this action make for the best actual neighborhood around?
…
(16) Candler Park
A quintessential CandlerPark scene along McLendon Avenue. Google Maps
Shockingly, Candler Park is making its Best Atlanta Neighborhood tourney debut this year, having finally tallied enough nominations to enter the big criteria-free dance. Home to rollicking festivals and coveted school options, this leafy little ’hood is one of Atlanta’s best places to simply take a walk—or to stumble home from Little Five Points next door.
Candler Park counts restaurants both trendy and stalwart (hello, Fox Bros.), too many artfully restored bungalows to count, no shortage of free-thinking city dwellers, and that glorious, eponymous park, which was one of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler’s many gifts to the city. And as of October, Candler Park is also home to one of the city’s most mind-blowingly awesome playgrounds, a $1-million affair designed by top architecture firm Perkins + Will. Proof that halcyon times for ATL kids continue.
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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (1) Midtown vs. (16) Candler Park
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 16:55
As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
…
(1) Midtown
The landing page for 1072 West Peachtree’s website provides a glimpse of how the project would alter Midtown’s skyline when viewed from the Connector. Rockefeller Group; Brock Hudgins Architects; TVS/1072 West Peachtree
Enter: 2024’s Goliath.
Yes, folks, it’s fitting that Atlanta’s epicenter of high-rise development, high-profile job growth, and sheer physical change has taken the pole position in this year’s tournament, as determined by reader nominations. Like no other place right now—or across the past decade, for that matter—Midtown exemplifies Atlanta’s roaring ’20s boom, as our aerial photo essays have relayed throughout the year. In just the past year, the district has packed on another 2,200 residences, as recently tabulated by Midtown Alliance. And the tallest building to rise from Atlanta’s red dirt since Bill Clinton was president is currently climbing over Midtown’s West Peachtree Street. Enough said?
Nonetheless, Midtown has a spotty track record in these contests, including a Round 1 knockout against 13-seed Adair Park in 2021 action. Surprisingly, it’s never won the non-existent trophy in these contests, either. Here’s a rundown of just a fraction of what’s happening in Midtown these days. But it begs the eternal question: Does all this action make for the best actual neighborhood around?
…
(16) Candler Park
A quintessential CandlerPark scene along McLendon Avenue. Google Maps
Shockingly, Candler Park is making its Best Atlanta Neighborhood tourney debut this year, having finally tallied enough nominations to enter the big criteria-free dance. Home to rollicking festivals and coveted school options, this leafy little ’hood is one of Atlanta’s best places to simply take a walk—or to stumble home from Little Five Points next door.
Candler Park counts restaurants both trendy and stalwart (hello, Fox Bros.), too many artfully restored bungalows to count, no shortage of free-thinking city dwellers, and that glorious, eponymous park, which was one of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler’s many gifts to the city. And as of October, Candler Park is also home to one of the city’s most mind-blowingly awesome playgrounds, a $1-million affair designed by top architecture firm Perkins + Will. Proof that halcyon times for ATL kids continue.
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In quest to build thriving downtown, Smyrna closes on church purchase
In quest to build thriving downtown, Smyrna closes on church purchase
In quest to build thriving downtown, Smyrna closes on church purchase
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 15:52
The trend of repurposing church properties for a range of new uses that’s kicked into overdrive around the City of Atlanta in recent years is bound for a large campus in Cobb County.
Smyrna First Baptist Church has closed on a deal to sell its 9-acre property to the City of Smyrna for $15.8 million, according to officials with CCI Real Estate, which brokered the deal.
The Cobb County city plans to combine the church campus with an adjacent former Presbyterian church property the city previously acquired as part of a densification project dubbed “Downtown the Downtown.”
The church properties are adjacent to the mixed-use village considered downtown Smyrna today, situated along Atlanta Road about three miles outside the Interstate 285 Perimeter. The city’s Village Green redevelopment is just beyond the church properties, with a second location of Suwanee’s popular StillFire Brewing in the works as part of the commercial component there.
Church properties that would be included in the “Downtown the Downtown” initiative. Google Maps
Plans call for saving and repurposing the church’s stone chapel for public use, such as community events and performances. City of Smyrna
Founded 138 years ago, Smyrna First Baptist Church plans to use the nearly $16-million windfall to develop a new 5.5-acre campus, which is in design now, within walking distance of its current one along Atlanta Road.
The closing is part of a sale-leaseback agreement between the church and city. Church officials plan to keep operating on the existing property for two years as construction plans for both the city and church are finalized.
The project is considered part of Smyrna’s placemaking B.O.L.D. Downtown Master Plan, but exactly what the church property may become has not yet been determined. A Request for Proposals was issued to developers in the spring.
One building that will remain standing, the church’s century-old stone chapel, is expected to be converted to public uses, such as live performances and community events.
The scope of Smyrna’s 9-acre redevelopment plans off Atlanta Road. City of Smyrna
Smyrna First Baptist Church’s campus today. Google Maps
A process involving “extensive citizen input” and “careful market analysis” will steer what redevelopment of the church properties looks like, city leaders previously said.
City officials expect construction to begin in 2027.
“After years of negotiation on behalf of Smyrna First, we reached a mutually beneficial solution that places both the church and the city on paths toward long-term success,” said Jeff Warwick of CCI Real Estate in an announcement today. “This creative deal unlocked resources that allow the church to design a modern ministry campus that can serve its congregation for the next 100 years.”
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Approximation of Smyrna First Baptist Church’s 9 acres in relation to today’s mixed-use village, with Atlanta Road pictured at top right. Google Maps
The 1275 Church St. site in question. Google Maps
Smyrna First Baptist Church’s campus today. Google Maps
Plans call for saving and repurposing the church’s stone chapel for public use, such as community events and performances. City of Smyrna
The scope of Smyrna’s 9-acre redevelopment plans off Atlanta Road. City of Smyrna
Church properties that would be included in the “Downtown the Downtown” initiative. Google Maps
In quest to build thriving downtown, Smyrna closes on church purchase
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 15:52
The trend of repurposing church properties for a range of new uses that’s kicked into overdrive around the City of Atlanta in recent years is bound for a large campus in Cobb County.
Smyrna First Baptist Church has closed on a deal to sell its 9-acre property to the City of Smyrna for $15.8 million, according to officials with CCI Real Estate, which brokered the deal.
The Cobb County city plans to combine the church campus with an adjacent former Presbyterian church property the city previously acquired as part of a densification project dubbed “Downtown the Downtown.”
The church properties are adjacent to the mixed-use village considered downtown Smyrna today, situated along Atlanta Road about three miles outside the Interstate 285 Perimeter. The city’s Village Green redevelopment is just beyond the church properties, with a second location of Suwanee’s popular StillFire Brewing in the works as part of the commercial component there.
Church properties that would be included in the “Downtown the Downtown” initiative. Google Maps
Plans call for saving and repurposing the church’s stone chapel for public use, such as community events and performances. City of Smyrna
Founded 138 years ago, Smyrna First Baptist Church plans to use the nearly $16-million windfall to develop a new 5.5-acre campus, which is in design now, within walking distance of its current one along Atlanta Road.
The closing is part of a sale-leaseback agreement between the church and city. Church officials plan to keep operating on the existing property for two years as construction plans for both the city and church are finalized.
The project is considered part of Smyrna’s placemaking B.O.L.D. Downtown Master Plan, but exactly what the church property may become has not yet been determined. A Request for Proposals was issued to developers in the spring.
One building that will remain standing, the church’s century-old stone chapel, is expected to be converted to public uses, such as live performances and community events.
The scope of Smyrna’s 9-acre redevelopment plans off Atlanta Road. City of Smyrna
Smyrna First Baptist Church’s campus today. Google Maps
A process involving “extensive citizen input” and “careful market analysis” will steer what redevelopment of the church properties looks like, city leaders previously said.
City officials expect construction to begin in 2027.
“After years of negotiation on behalf of Smyrna First, we reached a mutually beneficial solution that places both the church and the city on paths toward long-term success,” said Jeff Warwick of CCI Real Estate in an announcement today. “This creative deal unlocked resources that allow the church to design a modern ministry campus that can serve its congregation for the next 100 years.”
Find more site context in the gallery above.
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Approximation of Smyrna First Baptist Church’s 9 acres in relation to today’s mixed-use village, with Atlanta Road pictured at top right. Google Maps
The 1275 Church St. site in question. Google Maps
Smyrna First Baptist Church’s campus today. Google Maps
Plans call for saving and repurposing the church’s stone chapel for public use, such as community events and performances. City of Smyrna
The scope of Smyrna’s 9-acre redevelopment plans off Atlanta Road. City of Smyrna
Church properties that would be included in the “Downtown the Downtown” initiative. Google Maps
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In quest to build thriving downtown, Smyrna closes on church purchase
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 15:52
The trend of repurposing church properties for a range of new uses that’s kicked into overdrive around the City of Atlanta in recent years is bound for a large campus in Cobb County.
Smyrna First Baptist Church has closed on a deal to sell its 9-acre property to the City of Smyrna for $15.8 million, according to officials with CCI Real Estate, which brokered the deal.
The Cobb County city plans to combine the church campus with an adjacent former Presbyterian church property the city previously acquired as part of a densification project dubbed “Downtown the Downtown.”
The church properties are adjacent to the mixed-use village considered downtown Smyrna today, situated along Atlanta Road about three miles outside the Interstate 285 Perimeter. The city’s Village Green redevelopment is just beyond the church properties, with a second location of Suwanee’s popular StillFire Brewing in the works as part of the commercial component there.
Church properties that would be included in the “Downtown the Downtown” initiative. Google Maps
Plans call for saving and repurposing the church’s stone chapel for public use, such as community events and performances. City of Smyrna
Founded 138 years ago, Smyrna First Baptist Church plans to use the nearly $16-million windfall to develop a new 5.5-acre campus, which is in design now, within walking distance of its current one along Atlanta Road.
The closing is part of a sale-leaseback agreement between the church and city. Church officials plan to keep operating on the existing property for two years as construction plans for both the city and church are finalized.
The project is considered part of Smyrna’s placemaking B.O.L.D. Downtown Master Plan, but exactly what the church property may become has not yet been determined. A Request for Proposals was issued to developers in the spring.
One building that will remain standing, the church’s century-old stone chapel, is expected to be converted to public uses, such as live performances and community events.
The scope of Smyrna’s 9-acre redevelopment plans off Atlanta Road. City of Smyrna
Smyrna First Baptist Church’s campus today. Google Maps
A process involving “extensive citizen input” and “careful market analysis” will steer what redevelopment of the church properties looks like, city leaders previously said.
City officials expect construction to begin in 2027.
“After years of negotiation on behalf of Smyrna First, we reached a mutually beneficial solution that places both the church and the city on paths toward long-term success,” said Jeff Warwick of CCI Real Estate in an announcement today. “This creative deal unlocked resources that allow the church to design a modern ministry campus that can serve its congregation for the next 100 years.”
Find more site context in the gallery above.
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Approximation of Smyrna First Baptist Church’s 9 acres in relation to today’s mixed-use village, with Atlanta Road pictured at top right. Google Maps
The 1275 Church St. site in question. Google Maps
Smyrna First Baptist Church’s campus today. Google Maps
Plans call for saving and repurposing the church’s stone chapel for public use, such as community events and performances. City of Smyrna
The scope of Smyrna’s 9-acre redevelopment plans off Atlanta Road. City of Smyrna
Church properties that would be included in the “Downtown the Downtown” initiative. Google Maps
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Portman names new SVP of multifamily acquisitions and dispositions
Portman names new SVP of multifamily acquisitions and dispositions
A leading Atlanta-based real estate investment firm has hired a new leader to oversee multifamily acquisitions.
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A leading Atlanta-based real estate investment firm has hired a new leader to oversee multifamily acquisitions.
Portman names new SVP of multifamily acquisitions and dispositions
Portman names new SVP of multifamily acquisitions and dispositions
A leading Atlanta-based real estate investment firm has hired a new leader to oversee multifamily acquisitions.
A leading Atlanta-based real estate investment firm has hired a new leader to oversee multifamily acquisitions. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2022-04-02 21:43:57)
A leading Atlanta-based real estate investment firm has hired a new leader to oversee multifamily acquisitions.
$500 million ‘Project Nexus’ pitched for Southwest Atlanta
$500 million ‘Project Nexus’ pitched for Southwest Atlanta
Details are sparse on “Project Nexus,” a $500 million development pitched for Southwest Atlanta.
Details are sparse on “Project Nexus,” a $500 million development pitched for Southwest Atlanta. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2019-09-06 17:16:48)
Details are sparse on “Project Nexus,” a $500 million development pitched for Southwest Atlanta.
$500 million ‘Project Nexus’ pitched for Southwest Atlanta
$500 million ‘Project Nexus’ pitched for Southwest Atlanta
Details are sparse on “Project Nexus,” a $500 million development pitched for Southwest Atlanta.
Details are sparse on “Project Nexus,” a $500 million development pitched for Southwest Atlanta. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2022-04-02 21:43:57)
Details are sparse on “Project Nexus,” a $500 million development pitched for Southwest Atlanta.
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (2) Inman Park vs. (15) Decatur
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (2) Inman Park vs. (15) Decatur
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (2) Inman Park vs. (15) Decatur
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 14:30
As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
…
(2) Inman Park
Courtesy of Painted Hospitality
Inarguably one of Atlanta’s most charming neighborhoods, the city’s “first planned suburb” remains a beautiful, fascinating amalgam of Victorian homes, useful greenspaces, transit/Beltline accessibility, and well-planned commercial hubs along North Highland Avenue, Krog Street, and elsewhere. For more than 50 years, Inman Park has also hosted one of the city’s best neighborhood festivals—no small feat in festival-happy ATL.
This year’s most splashy addition was the adaptive-reuse Painted Park, an expanded dining and entertainment concept borne of the old Parish space along the Eastside Trail. Elsewhere, the expansion of a 1950s complex promises to add vibrancy to Inman Park’s main commercial crossroads. Despite its attributes, Inman Park hasn’t taken the crown in one of these criteria-free contests since the very first one, way back in 2011. Can a strong ’24 change that?
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(15) Decatur
Decatur’s much loved, admonished, and/or ridiculed planter boxes, as shown in greener days. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Yes, sherlocks, Decatur is technically its own city and not a neighborhood (rules permit ITP cities in this contest), but from Oakhurst Village to the underground MARTA station surrounded by local restaurants and bars, it sure feels like an intown neighborhood around here.
Decatur made development and urban-planning headlines throughout 2024—too many to list here. But a few highlights included the modernized Town Center Plan 2.0 overhaul moving forward, the addition of actual affordable standalone houses near downtown, a greenspace conversion to a village with attainable rents, the debut of Decatur Housing Authority’s spiffy new digs, and a mixed-use node that’s going vertical near a different MARTA station now. Even old Agnes Scott College made waves this year, wrapping a solar-heavy, thoughtful update of a true Decatur landmark. Not too shabby.
Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (2) Inman Park vs. (15) Decatur
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 14:30
As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
…
(2) Inman Park
Courtesy of Painted Hospitality
Inarguably one of Atlanta’s most charming neighborhoods, the city’s “first planned suburb” remains a beautiful, fascinating amalgam of Victorian homes, useful greenspaces, transit/Beltline accessibility, and well-planned commercial hubs along North Highland Avenue, Krog Street, and elsewhere. For more than 50 years, Inman Park has also hosted one of the city’s best neighborhood festivals—no small feat in festival-happy ATL.
This year’s most splashy addition was the adaptive-reuse Painted Park, an expanded dining and entertainment concept borne of the old Parish space along the Eastside Trail. Elsewhere, the expansion of a 1950s complex promises to add vibrancy to Inman Park’s main commercial crossroads. Despite its attributes, Inman Park hasn’t taken the crown in one of these criteria-free contests since the very first one, way back in 2011. Can a strong ’24 change that?
…
(15) Decatur
Decatur’s much loved, admonished, and/or ridiculed planter boxes, as shown in greener days. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Yes, sherlocks, Decatur is technically its own city and not a neighborhood (rules permit ITP cities in this contest), but from Oakhurst Village to the underground MARTA station surrounded by local restaurants and bars, it sure feels like an intown neighborhood around here.
Decatur made development and urban-planning headlines throughout 2024—too many to list here. But a few highlights included the modernized Town Center Plan 2.0 overhaul moving forward, the addition of actual affordable standalone houses near downtown, a greenspace conversion to a village with attainable rents, the debut of Decatur Housing Authority’s spiffy new digs, and a mixed-use node that’s going vertical near a different MARTA station now. Even old Agnes Scott College made waves this year, wrapping a solar-heavy, thoughtful update of a true Decatur landmark. Not too shabby.
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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, 1st round: (2) Inman Park vs. (15) Decatur
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 14:30
As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament is kicking off with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest. (Note: Seeding from 1 to 16 was determined by reader nominations this month—so no pitchforks, please.)
For each Round 1 contest, voting will be open for just 24 hours. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The eliminations begin now!
…
(2) Inman Park
Courtesy of Painted Hospitality
Inarguably one of Atlanta’s most charming neighborhoods, the city’s “first planned suburb” remains a beautiful, fascinating amalgam of Victorian homes, useful greenspaces, transit/Beltline accessibility, and well-planned commercial hubs along North Highland Avenue, Krog Street, and elsewhere. For more than 50 years, Inman Park has also hosted one of the city’s best neighborhood festivals—no small feat in festival-happy ATL.
This year’s most splashy addition was the adaptive-reuse Painted Park, an expanded dining and entertainment concept borne of the old Parish space along the Eastside Trail. Elsewhere, the expansion of a 1950s complex promises to add vibrancy to Inman Park’s main commercial crossroads. Despite its attributes, Inman Park hasn’t taken the crown in one of these criteria-free contests since the very first one, way back in 2011. Can a strong ’24 change that?
…
(15) Decatur
Decatur’s much loved, admonished, and/or ridiculed planter boxes, as shown in greener days. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Yes, sherlocks, Decatur is technically its own city and not a neighborhood (rules permit ITP cities in this contest), but from Oakhurst Village to the underground MARTA station surrounded by local restaurants and bars, it sure feels like an intown neighborhood around here.
Decatur made development and urban-planning headlines throughout 2024—too many to list here. But a few highlights included the modernized Town Center Plan 2.0 overhaul moving forward, the addition of actual affordable standalone houses near downtown, a greenspace conversion to a village with attainable rents, the debut of Decatur Housing Authority’s spiffy new digs, and a mixed-use node that’s going vertical near a different MARTA station now. Even old Agnes Scott College made waves this year, wrapping a solar-heavy, thoughtful update of a true Decatur landmark. Not too shabby.
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Investors: Atlanta’s ‘oldest mansion’ to become ‘most sought-after Airbnb’
Investors: Atlanta’s ‘oldest mansion’ to become ‘most sought-after Airbnb’
Investors: Atlanta’s ‘oldest mansion’ to become ‘most sought-after Airbnb’
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 12:58
On Atlanta’s signature street, plans are moving forward to transform one of the metro’s oldest standing structures into a unique short-term rental before legions of global soccer fans descend upon the city in a year and ½.
That’s according to Texas-based investment firm Vaycaychella, which announced this week it’s partnering with owners of the storied but blighted Rufus Rose House at 537 Peachtree St. to create the “most sought-after Airbnb” in Atlanta.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977, the so-called “Rose on Peachtree” is an example of a late Victorian Queen Anne-style home—and the only Victorian left standing in Atlanta’s core district where downtown meets Midtown. Built in 1901, the property is considered by the Atlanta Preservation Center to be one of the region’s oldest buildings.
Despite its high-profile location steps from Atlanta’s tallest building and marquee attractions such as the Fox Theatre, the Rufus Rose House has been vacant for more than two decades. Several plans to resuscitate it for various new uses have made splashes but never fully materialized.
Atlanta-based investment firm UC Asset purchased the property for $1.65 million in 2021, held a ribbon-cutting for its groundbreaking with former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, and has since spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to reinforce and repair its structure in hopes of creating an upscale office building. They coined the property “Atlanta’s oldest mansion.”
But Vaycaychella has more recently approached those Atlanta investors and convinced them the Rufus Rose House would be more suitable and profitable as a short-term rental. The Texas firm has been granted exclusive rights to manage its renovation and operate it as a boutique, multi-unit Airbnb once complete.
Stephanie Anderl, Vaycaychella’s interim CEO, tells Urbanize Atlanta the project requires $2 to $3 million and a special permit to begin construction. So far, $2.1 million has been raised, and Anderl said her company is seeking additional partnerships.
“We’re capable of completing the renovation within 18 months, if we are adequately capitalized and can secure the permit,” Anderl wrote to Urbanize via email. “We have done the most we can with a temporary permit. Namely, we have replaced the interior framework, so this historic property will stand.”
The 537 Peachtree St. property’s condition as of July this year. Google Maps
A sitting room and fireplace, as seen in recent years. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
Once repaired and reopened as short-term apartments, the Rufus Rose House will hold a market value of between $5 and $8 million, Vaycaychella estimates. The company points in a recent announcement to the property’s “stunning and aged beauty, both interior and exterior,” and proximity to downtown’s highway-capping Stitch park proposal. As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, “tourism to Atlanta is expected to explode,” the investors note.
Vaycaychella describes itself as a Fintech company that uses 21st century technologies—block-chain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs—to attract investment in short-term rental properties they operate.
According to its most recent owners, the Rufus Rose House spans 7,122 square feet. As one of Peachtree’s most prominent eyesores, it’s been a source of high hopes but few results in recent years.
Inman Park Properties bought the mansion in mid-2019 for its full asking price of $1 million and later announced renovation plans that would have included a restaurant, but that work never materialized.
A few years prior to Inman Park Properties’ involvement, plans emerged for converting the mansion into an arts space and entrepreneurial hub, but those ambitions also fizzled.
Property records indicate the landmark has sold for as little as $309,000 in 2011.
The Peachtree facade prior to the property’s last sale in early 2020. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
An intact sitting room bench. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
Built in 1901 for the founder of Four Roses Distillery, the five-bedroom, three-bathroom house was designed by Atlanta architect E.C. Seiz. It was designated as a Landmark Building by the City of Atlanta in 1989.
The APC’s offices were the home’s last occupant, but the organization moved out more than 20 years ago.
In the gallery above, have a closer look at the historic property’s “before” state—including floorplans.
Lead photo courtesy of Historic Atlanta.
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The Peachtree facade prior to the property’s last sale in early 2020. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The 537 Peachtree St. property’s condition as of July this year. Google Maps
The mansion and its Peachtree Street surroundings in 2021. Google Maps
A sitting room and fireplace, as seen in recent years. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
An intact sitting room bench. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
A bedroom fireplace. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
A detailed look at first-floor plans. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The second floor. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The property’s condition in February 2021. Google Maps
Investors: Atlanta’s ‘oldest mansion’ to become ‘most sought-after Airbnb’
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 12:58
On Atlanta’s signature street, plans are moving forward to transform one of the metro’s oldest standing structures into a unique short-term rental before legions of global soccer fans descend upon the city in a year and ½.
That’s according to Texas-based investment firm Vaycaychella, which announced this week it’s partnering with owners of the storied but blighted Rufus Rose House at 537 Peachtree St. to create the “most sought-after Airbnb” in Atlanta.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977, the so-called “Rose on Peachtree” is an example of a late Victorian Queen Anne-style home—and the only Victorian left standing in Atlanta’s core district where downtown meets Midtown. Built in 1901, the property is considered by the Atlanta Preservation Center to be one of the region’s oldest buildings.
Despite its high-profile location steps from Atlanta’s tallest building and marquee attractions such as the Fox Theatre, the Rufus Rose House has been vacant for more than two decades. Several plans to resuscitate it for various new uses have made splashes but never fully materialized.
Atlanta-based investment firm UC Asset purchased the property for $1.65 million in 2021, held a ribbon-cutting for its groundbreaking with former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, and has since spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to reinforce and repair its structure in hopes of creating an upscale office building. They coined the property “Atlanta’s oldest mansion.”
But Vaycaychella has more recently approached those Atlanta investors and convinced them the Rufus Rose House would be more suitable and profitable as a short-term rental. The Texas firm has been granted exclusive rights to manage its renovation and operate it as a boutique, multi-unit Airbnb once complete.
Stephanie Anderl, Vaycaychella’s interim CEO, tells Urbanize Atlanta the project requires $2 to $3 million and a special permit to begin construction. So far, $2.1 million has been raised, and Anderl said her company is seeking additional partnerships.
“We’re capable of completing the renovation within 18 months, if we are adequately capitalized and can secure the permit,” Anderl wrote to Urbanize via email. “We have done the most we can with a temporary permit. Namely, we have replaced the interior framework, so this historic property will stand.”
The 537 Peachtree St. property’s condition as of July this year. Google Maps
A sitting room and fireplace, as seen in recent years. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
Once repaired and reopened as short-term apartments, the Rufus Rose House will hold a market value of between $5 and $8 million, Vaycaychella estimates. The company points in a recent announcement to the property’s “stunning and aged beauty, both interior and exterior,” and proximity to downtown’s highway-capping Stitch park proposal. As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, “tourism to Atlanta is expected to explode,” the investors note.
Vaycaychella describes itself as a Fintech company that uses 21st century technologies—block-chain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs—to attract investment in short-term rental properties they operate.
According to its most recent owners, the Rufus Rose House spans 7,122 square feet. As one of Peachtree’s most prominent eyesores, it’s been a source of high hopes but few results in recent years.
Inman Park Properties bought the mansion in mid-2019 for its full asking price of $1 million and later announced renovation plans that would have included a restaurant, but that work never materialized.
A few years prior to Inman Park Properties’ involvement, plans emerged for converting the mansion into an arts space and entrepreneurial hub, but those ambitions also fizzled.
Property records indicate the landmark has sold for as little as $309,000 in 2011.
The Peachtree facade prior to the property’s last sale in early 2020. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
An intact sitting room bench. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
Built in 1901 for the founder of Four Roses Distillery, the five-bedroom, three-bathroom house was designed by Atlanta architect E.C. Seiz. It was designated as a Landmark Building by the City of Atlanta in 1989.
The APC’s offices were the home’s last occupant, but the organization moved out more than 20 years ago.
In the gallery above, have a closer look at the historic property’s “before” state—including floorplans.
Lead photo courtesy of Historic Atlanta.
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The mansion and its Peachtree Street surroundings in 2021. Google Maps
A sitting room and fireplace, as seen in recent years. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
An intact sitting room bench. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
A bedroom fireplace. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
A detailed look at first-floor plans. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The second floor. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The property’s condition in February 2021. Google Maps
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Investors: Atlanta’s ‘oldest mansion’ to become ‘most sought-after Airbnb’
Josh Green
Thu, 12/19/2024 – 12:58
On Atlanta’s signature street, plans are moving forward to transform one of the metro’s oldest standing structures into a unique short-term rental before legions of global soccer fans descend upon the city in a year and ½.
That’s according to Texas-based investment firm Vaycaychella, which announced this week it’s partnering with owners of the storied but blighted Rufus Rose House at 537 Peachtree St. to create the “most sought-after Airbnb” in Atlanta.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977, the so-called “Rose on Peachtree” is an example of a late Victorian Queen Anne-style home—and the only Victorian left standing in Atlanta’s core district where downtown meets Midtown. Built in 1901, the property is considered by the Atlanta Preservation Center to be one of the region’s oldest buildings.
Despite its high-profile location steps from Atlanta’s tallest building and marquee attractions such as the Fox Theatre, the Rufus Rose House has been vacant for more than two decades. Several plans to resuscitate it for various new uses have made splashes but never fully materialized.
Atlanta-based investment firm UC Asset purchased the property for $1.65 million in 2021, held a ribbon-cutting for its groundbreaking with former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, and has since spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to reinforce and repair its structure in hopes of creating an upscale office building. They coined the property “Atlanta’s oldest mansion.”
But Vaycaychella has more recently approached those Atlanta investors and convinced them the Rufus Rose House would be more suitable and profitable as a short-term rental. The Texas firm has been granted exclusive rights to manage its renovation and operate it as a boutique, multi-unit Airbnb once complete.
Stephanie Anderl, Vaycaychella’s interim CEO, tells Urbanize Atlanta the project requires $2 to $3 million and a special permit to begin construction. So far, $2.1 million has been raised, and Anderl said her company is seeking additional partnerships.
“We’re capable of completing the renovation within 18 months, if we are adequately capitalized and can secure the permit,” Anderl wrote to Urbanize via email. “We have done the most we can with a temporary permit. Namely, we have replaced the interior framework, so this historic property will stand.”
The 537 Peachtree St. property’s condition as of July this year. Google Maps
A sitting room and fireplace, as seen in recent years. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
Once repaired and reopened as short-term apartments, the Rufus Rose House will hold a market value of between $5 and $8 million, Vaycaychella estimates. The company points in a recent announcement to the property’s “stunning and aged beauty, both interior and exterior,” and proximity to downtown’s highway-capping Stitch park proposal. As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, “tourism to Atlanta is expected to explode,” the investors note.
Vaycaychella describes itself as a Fintech company that uses 21st century technologies—block-chain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs—to attract investment in short-term rental properties they operate.
According to its most recent owners, the Rufus Rose House spans 7,122 square feet. As one of Peachtree’s most prominent eyesores, it’s been a source of high hopes but few results in recent years.
Inman Park Properties bought the mansion in mid-2019 for its full asking price of $1 million and later announced renovation plans that would have included a restaurant, but that work never materialized.
A few years prior to Inman Park Properties’ involvement, plans emerged for converting the mansion into an arts space and entrepreneurial hub, but those ambitions also fizzled.
Property records indicate the landmark has sold for as little as $309,000 in 2011.
The Peachtree facade prior to the property’s last sale in early 2020. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
An intact sitting room bench. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
Built in 1901 for the founder of Four Roses Distillery, the five-bedroom, three-bathroom house was designed by Atlanta architect E.C. Seiz. It was designated as a Landmark Building by the City of Atlanta in 1989.
The APC’s offices were the home’s last occupant, but the organization moved out more than 20 years ago.
In the gallery above, have a closer look at the historic property’s “before” state—including floorplans.
Lead photo courtesy of Historic Atlanta.
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Rufus M. Rose House
Midtown
National Register of Historic Places
Inman Park Properties
Atlanta Preservation Center
Choate + Hertlein Architects
Historical Preservation
History
Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects
Kasim Reed
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The Peachtree facade prior to the property’s last sale in early 2020. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The 537 Peachtree St. property’s condition as of July this year. Google Maps
The mansion and its Peachtree Street surroundings in 2021. Google Maps
A sitting room and fireplace, as seen in recent years. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
An intact sitting room bench. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
A bedroom fireplace. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
A detailed look at first-floor plans. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The second floor. Via Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects/2020
The property’s condition in February 2021. Google Maps
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