Well-Known, Well-Made and Well-Liked: The Mill that Helped Build Atlanta
This fall, Atlanta sees the grand opening of Atlantic Station, a modern mixed-use district with shops, townhouses, office buildings and ample park space. Covering 130 acres, it’s as ambitious a development as any this country has seen. Yet for nearly a century, the land that makes up this modern neighborhood whose motto is “live, work, play,” was the site of a different kind of city landmark: Atlantic Steel. At its height in the 1950s, the mammoth mill put out 60 products and provided a living to some 2,000 people and their families, many of whom lived in the surrounding neighborhood. 
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Atlantic Station: A city within the city: The four men who made it happen
Staff
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Four men who were instrumental in developing Atlantic Station got together to talk about how the project came to be. Here are highlights of the discussion. 
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Best in Atlanta Real Estate
Atlantic Station shopping a retail rush for city
Retail Winner
It's the mixed-use development that changed the face of Midtown, created a frenzy with the opening of its stores last year and is now the model for live-work-play communities nationwide...Atlantic Station has been selected as the winner in the retail category for Atlanta Business Chronicle's Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards.
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'Peace' and 'Justice' on 'a Monumental Journey'
August 29, 2005
ATLANTA, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Two original classical sculptures, one entitled "Peace" and the other "Justice," will arrive in the U.S. from Scotland in Savannah, Georgia, in October prior to embarking on "A Monumental Journey" across the state. |
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Success Stories
Jim Jacoby & Brian Leary
A city is only as successful as the people who live in it. Lucky for us, Atlanta’s citizens are some of the most talented and dedicated. While it would be impossible to feature all of the city’s most successful people, we bring you five stories that are sure to impress. From real estate, architecture and entertainment to sports and skin care, these Atlantans have made an impact not only locally, but also around the globe. |
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Atlantic Station Continues to Take Shape and Exceed Expectations as Construction Passes Halfway Point
A city rising within a city, the 138-acre mixed-use Atlantic Station on a once-polluted steel mill site in Midtown Atlanta is exceeding many expectations, reports New York Times real estate writer Lisa Chamberlain, quoting Georgia Institute of Technology Associate Dean of Architecture Douglas C. Allen, who says, ''There's a serious attempt to create some form of urbanity out of a relic of another world.''
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Atlantic Station Live Work Play Development in Atlanta
September 12, 2005
Atlantic Station in Atlanta is set to become one of the city's premier live-work-play communities. A massive renovation has been undertaken on the former Atlantic Steel site, and what was once an industrial eyesore is now a completely transformed, "city within a city." |
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Building a City Within the City of Atlanta
ATLANTA — "Make no little plans" was the sentiment espoused by the celebrated architect and city planner Daniel H. Burnham at the turn of the last century, and it seems to be making a comeback at the turn of this one. From Denver to Dallas to downtown Los Angeles, multibillion-dollar large-scale mixed-used developments are taking shape. But Atlantic Station here is Exhibit A.
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Car is optional
UPS logistics engineer Brian Fish grew up in Roswell, but three years of living in New York City refined his vision of the type of home he wanted when he returned to Atlanta....That's why he and his wife, Bernadette, 34, a human resources manager, were among the first to sign on for a $419,500, three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath house at the perimeter of Atlantic Station...
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Atlantic Station updates Project XL; introduces transit plan
Atlantic Station Tuesday evening held its annual public Project XL update of environmental performance data and progress toward completing the brownfield redevelopment of the former Atlantic Steel site, including introduction of a transportation program to reduce auto trips and improve the environment.
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