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From WABE Politics News:

Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out another presidential debate against Kamala Harris as her campaign announced a massive fundraising haul in the hours after the two candidates met on stage. Trump, the Republican […]

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From WABE Local News:

The Decatur School Board, at its Sept. 10 meeting, reallocated about $1.4 million to go toward safe and security measures instead of planning for two duplexes. “Now that the Board […]

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From WABE Politics News:

The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday tossed out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president — […]

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From WABE Politics News:

During his time as governor of Georgia and president of the United States, Jimmy Carter promoted music as a way to break down barriers. As he nears his 100th birthday, […]

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From WABE Local News:

Attorneys for the man whose son is accused of opening fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, argue in a new court filing that he needs to be separated […]

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From WABE Politics News:

A judge has dismissed three more counts in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. But in a separate ruling, the judge upheld the […]

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From WABE Arts and Culture News:

Atlanta playwright, screenwriter Topher Payne looked back on one of his earliest plays and decided to bring it back to the stage, rewritten and re-envisioned. The supernatural Southern comedy “The […]

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From the New York Times:

While the judge kept most of the case intact, it was a win for the defendants, who have been trying to chip away at the case.

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Arts Atlanta:

Last month, 13 additional books have been added to the list of books banned throughout the Cobb County school district. This brings the total to 20. :: On August 15, Cobb County Schools Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced 13 new books bans, bringing the district-wide total to 20 titles. Among the new bans are Sapphire’s novel Push,...

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From WABE Politics News:

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. State regulators are considering a plan that would allow Georgia Power to generate […]

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From WABE Politics News:

The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday tossed out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president — […]

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From WABE Politics News:

Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans complained Wednesday that the previous night’s ABC News presidential debate was unfair toward the GOP nominee. But the campaigns of Trump and the […]

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Images: Buckhead Village tower's vertical climb fully underway Josh Green Thu, 09/12/2024 - 16:53 The Crane Watch development tracker takes us this week to the streets of Buckhead (not that Streets of Buckhead), where vertical construction is making real progress along East Paces Ferry Road on a project that’s been more than half a decade in the making.  

After razing a low-rise commercial building and condo complex last year, Chicago-based CA Ventures is remaking a corner site in Buckhead Village for its next Atlanta high-rise at 340 East Paces Ferry Road.

Plans call for a 22-story building containing 483 luxury apartments, with amenities placed on the 10th floor and a valet-style drop-off area for residents below. The project has risen about 1/3 of its eventual height today.  

The site is immediately west of the Kimpton Sylvan hotel at the corner of East Paces Ferry Road and Grandview Avenue, about a block northeast of the Buckhead Village retail and dining district.

Where the 22-story building's retail is expected to meet East Paces Ferry. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

View along Grandview Avenue, with Peachtree Road at left. Submitted/YouTube

According to architectural plans submitted back in 2019, the building will top out at 225 feet, the maximum height allowed in the village.

CA Ventures initially brought blueprints before Buckhead design review committees in 2018 for an upscale complex at the northeast corner of East Paces Ferry Road and Grandview Avenue, before years of delays ensued.

In the meantime, the company completed two towers in Midtown, the 903 Peachtree luxury apartments and HERE Atlanta student housing building.

Also in the works is 17,000 square feet of retail space along East Paces Ferry Road, according to the project’s designers, Atlanta architecture firm Niles Bolton Associates. One unique component is more than 100 parking spaces for electric vehicles in the building, including some specially designed and reserved for Tesla models, per the architecture firm.

Broader view of the project's positioning at East Paces Ferry Road and Grandview Avenue, where two smaller buildings previously stood. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The tower's planned retail component along East Paces Ferry Road. Niles Bolton Associates

Directly across East Paces Ferry Road, another company based in greater Chicago, Harbor Bay Ventures, advanced plans last year for an eye-catching, 20-story mixed-use tower that would be partially constructed of mass timber.

As a site visit proved this week, that fenced-off property is still being used as surface parking, with no signs of active construction. That's also the case with other high-rise proposals in nearby blocks.

Find updated construction pics and more context for the 340 East Paces Ferry Road project in the gallery above.

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The corner in question in relation to Jamestown's Buckhead Village district and other landmarks. Google Maps

The CA Ventures project (at right) in relation to a parking lot where a 20-story tower with timber construction is planned. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Where ground-floor retail spaces and building entries will meet Grandview Avenue. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Vertical construction progress along East Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead Village this week. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The project's stance along East Paces Ferry Road today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Where the 22-story building's retail is expected to meet East Paces Ferry. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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Broader view of the project's positioning at East Paces Ferry Road and Grandview Avenue, where two smaller buildings previously stood. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The corner properties in question, as seen in January 2023 along East Paces Ferry Road, prior to demolition. Google Maps

The tower's planned retail component along East Paces Ferry Road. Niles Bolton Associates

View along Grandview Avenue, with Peachtree Road at left. Submitted/YouTube

How the building's expected to rise next to the Kimpton Sylvan hotel, at right. Submitted/YouTube

Subtitle Chicago developer's apartment, retail venture replaces low-rise commercial, condo buildings

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From the Saporta Report:

The mayor of College Park has filed a second lawsuit against the city over which she presides. The legal action of Mayor Bianca Motley Broom is in response to city council’s recent censure of her. The mayor’s first lawsuit is pending in federal court and stems from an ordinance passed by city council in January that […]

The post College Park mayor files second lawsuit against city appeared first on SaportaReport.

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From WABE Arts and Culture News:

Emory students are in for a new version of sociology — Taylor’s version. The university’s Oxford College launched a new course in its fall semester based on the career of […]

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From the Saporta Report:

Beltline Rail Now (BRN), an organization that advocates for expanded transit and specifically light rail on the Beltline, is calling for MARTA to seek maximum federal funding for More MARTA projects that hang in the balance.  “No project in More MARTA should be advanced without a minimum of 40 percent asked as the federal match, […]

The post Exclusive: Beltline Rail Now calls for MARTA to seek maximum federal funding to deliver More MARTA projects appeared first on SaportaReport.

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Study: Atlanta national leader in return-to-office growth. Really? Josh Green Thu, 09/12/2024 - 13:39 Does it seem like your neighbors and their neighbors and the cousins of all those neighbors now work from home at least part of the week? In Atlanta’s case, looks might be deceiving, according to a new analysis of top U.S. office markets.  

Office foot traffic has remained near post-pandemic highs in major markets during the final weeks of summer, and Atlanta is leading the charge in terms of year-over-year office visit growth among the largest cities in the country, according to location analytics company Placer.ai.

Since August 2023, visits to offices in Atlanta (with some suburban job centers included) have grown by 7.3 percent. If that number seems unimpressive, consider that nationwide the growth was just 1.8 percent over the same time period, according to the Placer.ai Office Index: August 2024 Recap.

Why so? Analysts noted that major Atlanta employers including UPS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have helped the city’s ranking by enforcing stricter in-office policies in 2024, four years after pandemic lockdowns and the WFH zeitgeist took hold.

Another factor, as analysts noted, is several large deals that led to a surge in office leasing activity in the early months of 2024; those leases totaled 2.4 million square feet in metro Atlanta—or 71 percent more than the first quarter of 2023.

Overall, Atlanta’s office visits in August were nearly 76 percent of what they were in August 2019—good for third place among 11 cities studied.

Only Miami and New York, respectively, have seen stronger return-to-office numbers.

Placer.ai Office Index: August 2024

Of course, the outlook isn’t entirely rosy.

Office visits nationwide remain down more than 31 percent over what they were five years ago, per Placer.ai data. According to Colliers, many office occupiers in Atlanta continue to give back space, leading to six consecutive quarters of negative net absorption in the market, with the overall vacancy rate ending the second quarter of 2024 at a new high of 20 percent.

Placer.ai analyzed major markets spread across the country—Miami, New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, Washington D.C., Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, and San Francisco—and included foot traffic data at roughly 1,000 office buildings. (Mixed-use buildings with both commercial and residential uses were excluded, for obvious reasons.)

Placer.ai Office Index: August 2024

In terms of who is heading back to offices, the data point to a dip in the number of households with children with RTO schedules, as flexibility remains at a premium for those groups.

Conversely, the share of one-person households and young professionals returning to offices has spiked. “Whether driven by a desire to embrace in-office career growth and mentorship opportunities,” notes the Placer.ai recap, “or by a craving for more social interaction, these employees are returning to the office in ever greater numbers.” 

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Subtitle Georgia’s capital led year-over-year analysis as office visit levels edge back toward 2019 numbers

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From the Saporta Report:

Southwest Atlanta elementary school earns distinction from Apple On Tuesday, Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy became the first public school in metro Atlanta and the seventh in Georgia to earn the Apple Distinguished School designation from the technology company.  Representatives from the software company and Atlanta Public Schools hosted a ceremony to recognize the academy and […]

The post Reporter’s Notebook: Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy honored by Apple, APS students named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, Azúcar Music Festival returns to South Fulton appeared first on SaportaReport.

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From WABE Local News:

The student accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting rode the school bus that morning with a semiautomatic assault rifle concealed in his backpack, investigators confirmed Thursday. Colt […]

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From WABE Arts and Culture News:

An emotionally conflicted wife. A charming outsider. A bitter outcast determined to get revenge. While the character types featured in the play “Anna in the Tropics” may sound familiar, the […]

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Arts Atlanta:

ART+DESIGN Nando’s is not just a chain of restaurants in southern Africa, the business also happens to own one of the largest collections of South African contemporary art in the world at over 27,000 works. Selections from the Nando’s collection will make a visit to the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta in an exhibition...

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From WABE Politics News:

Georgia’s state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies to foster student mental health, detect guns and encourage people to safely store guns after a school shooting […]

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From the Atlanta Daily World:

Over the past five decades, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have faced a troubling trend: the steady decline of Black male enrollment.  A recent report from the American Institute for Boys and Men reveals that the number of Black men attending HBCUs has dwindled significantly, dropping from 38% in 1976 to just 28% in … Continued

The post Black Male Enrollment At HBCUs Declines Over The Last 50 Years, Report Reveals appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.

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From the Atlanta Tribune:

LL COOL J rocked the stage at the 2024 VMAs, delivering all the iconic hits from his decades-long career. On Wednesday night, September 11, the legendary MC returned to the 2024 MTV VMAs with a stunning tribute performance that fans will never forget. The performance was dedicated to Def Jam record label, which is celebrating its […]

The post LL COOL J Turns Back Time With Career-Spanning Performance At VMAs: Watch appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.

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From the Atlanta Daily World:

Iconic rapper Lil’ Kim is set to headline the 33rd Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta Music Festival and 5k Run. This highly anticipated event, organized by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), will take place at Atlanta’s scenic Piedmont Park. As one of the world’s most recognized hip-hop artists, Lil’ Kim is bringing her star power to … Continued

The post Exclusive: Lil’ Kim Announced As Headliner Of 33rd Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta Concert appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.

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