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IKEA representatives tell us, tragically, there will be no meatballs here. 😭🤣

Second metro Atlanta IKEA (sort of) on tap to open this week Alpharetta Plan and Order point with Pick-up aims to increase IKEA access in northern suburbs

Meet... "The Mitchell."

Centennial Yards first new tower tops out, reveals name, images Meet... "The Mitchell"

Reader comment: "This project looks fantastic, which means $$$$$."

Near Beltline, hilltop 'The Upton' enters construction home stretch Nearly 400 units and amenities called "unmatched" join Chosewood Park residential groundswell

Reader comment: "On the whole... it's always a good day when a historic property averts demolition in , so cheers."

Images: Historic Tudor mansion's condo redo rounds into shape Vertical construction also begins at fanciful Downing Park project in Druid Hills

Check out the before/after images for a good idea what's coming here. 🧐

Chattahoochee River park's $16M upgrade is officially a go New Day Palisades project aims to create 22-acre, riverside “tranquil greenspace”

Reader comment: "I'm glad developers are still trying to make something out of that building."

Renovation, expansion cooking for landmark building near Beltline Plans in Capitol View call for 1920s Masons hall becoming Xmetrical-designed, mixed-use hub

📸 One of Atlanta's most cherished cultural institutions is getting more than 50 percent larger.

Downtown ATL museum expansion reaches construction milestone With wing-like designs, National Center for Civil and Human Rights project officially tops out

For in these waning days of summer, here's a look back at this truly groovy pad from the 1960s just begging for a pool.

For $600K, midcentury A-frame with rental in back is just bananas Groovy, 1960s Northcrest property with short-term cash cow (per sellers) has surprises around most corners

🧐 What we're reading this week:

Stitch vision; downtown tower; Atlanta Medical Center as mixed-use? Real estate, architecture, and urban planning news from around Atlanta this week

Take that, haters.

Forbes declares Atlanta the 'most educated city in America' Defying negative Southern stereotypes like it's our job!

Brookhaven repairs are part of the $1 billion Station Rehabilitation Program, MARTA says.

MARTA trains to skip Gold Line station for six full weeks Brookhaven repairs are part of $1 billion Station Rehabilitation Program

An interesting (and civil, mostly) debate in the comments here. 🧐

Following mayor comments, pro-Beltline transit chorus grows louder Light-rail advocates hopeful project can break ground in 2025, providing equitable mobility

Good news alert (for a lot of families in tough situations). 👇

Glassy tower named for Arthur Blank declared finished over Peachtree Amenity-rich residential project designed to assist families of Shepherd Center patients

Hmm. 🤔

A year later, project near East Atlanta Village is half-sold. What gives? Topped with rooftop bars, boutique townhome community Arlo Modern replaced a vacant lot

It's being called the largest freestanding LED screen in North America. 👀

Images: How 'iconic' LED tower near Atlanta interstate turned out Statement piece over Assembly Atlanta TV/film studio complex has arrived

Plans are still tentative, but this 20-acre project could clearly qualify as a game-changer in Southwest Atlanta. 🤯

Clearer vision, timeline emerge for Beltline-adjacent Murphy Crossing Plans are still tentative, but 20-acre project could qualify as game-changer in Southwest Atlanta

BREAKING:

Images: Vacant hotel tower sells for conversion to affordable housing Hundreds of apartments planned for former Ramada Plaza near stadium

After nearly 20 years in Atlanta, IKEA is taking its talents OTP.

Second metro Atlanta IKEA (sort of) on tap to open this week Alpharetta Plan and Order point with Pick-up aims to increase IKEA access in northern suburbs

Reader comment: "This is quite a change from what the neighborhood was just a few years ago."

On southside, next phase of infill housing finishes construction Park + Terrace project ready for closeup in quickly growing Chosewood Park

Oh, fancy.

Near downtown Roswell, super-exclusive project in pipeline Initial listing asks $2.4M at Maison at Hollyberry neighborhood

From the Georgia Dome's old footprint to Underground , it's been quite a year already. But which is best for the city? 🤔

Poll: Which major downtown ATL project is most exciting, beneficial? From the Georgia Dome's old footprint to Underground Atlanta, it's been quite a year already

It calls for 44 units to replace 1960s, garden-style apartments.

Boutique project shows signs of life on Atlanta's signature street Proposal calls for 44 units to replace 1960s apartments in Peachtree Hills

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In booming Blandtown, mixed-use project moves forward Novel-branded development calls for blending retail, apartments along Huff Road

Where prices start at $210K.

Photos: Step inside Decatur's affordable cottages project, now selling Prices start at $210K at Oak Cottage Court, a “landmark workforce housing community,” per city

In Atlanta? Gasp!

This Midtown retail strip is successfully leasing—with zero parking

Developer: "We’re not trying to charge a million dollars to be in the proverbial ’hood. Our product is a product for the legacy person in .”

Stone's throw from Beltline, row of Westside modern dwellings floated Sellers urge potential builders, buyers to “take advantage of the area's upward trajectory”

Reader comment: "I'm going to go against the grain here, and say that I actually like the update."

Images: In Midtown, century-old hotel's revival is complete Hotel Granada project aimed to modernize 1923 property while embracing Spanish Colonial charms

Where prices start at $1.7M right now.

Images: Deluxe condo stack erected during pandemic guns for sellout 40 West 12th building’s final listings dubbed the “Art Residences”

Plans call for opening in the next 12 months, we're told.

Retro makeover in pipeline at doorstep of Piedmont Park Coffeeshop targets former Skate Escape building for renovations next to Midtown greenspace

Remember when it was pretty much a ghost town over here? 😲

Here now, an aerial tour of West Midtown's changing skyline Checking in on Howell Mill Road corridor, nearby neighborhoods from high above