The Atlanta Housing (AH) board of commissioners expects to finally choose a master developer next month for the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, over four years after the housing authority bought the iconic Old Fourth Ward site, which has sat vacant for eight years. AH officials are now interviewing a shortlist of five candidates to […]
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HUD’s student contest winners pitch 1,400 residences for Atlanta Civic Center site
Five University of Maryland graduate students have designed a housing-focused vision for the iconic and long-vacant Atlanta Civic Center site in Old Fourth Ward that could actually play a role in its redevelopment.
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Housing authority finally taps firms to redevelop Atlanta Civic Center site
At long last, the Atlanta Housing board of commissioners has tapped a team to redevelop Old Fourth Ward’s long-dormant Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center site.
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Atlanta Housing again delays decision on Civic Center’s master developer
Old Fourth Ward residents will have to wait a bit longer for the long-anticipated redevelopment of the iconic Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, which has been sitting vacant for eight years, to move forward.
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Housing authority soon to seek developers for Atlanta Civic Center revamp
The Atlanta Civic Center could finally be bound for resurrection.
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Developer’s decision to bail on Atlanta Civic Center revamp “great surprise” to housing authority
Tishman Speyer, the New York-based development firm recently tapped alongside local construction company H.J. Russell & Co. to overhaul Old Fourth Ward’s long-dormant Atlanta Civic Center site, is withdrawing from the project, Atlanta Housing (AH) CEO Eugene Jones announced on Tuesday.
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What the city’s housing authority wants from the Atlanta Civic Center
At long last, Atlanta’s housing authority is on the hunt for developers that could revive the Atlanta Civic Center.
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Housing authority board soon to tap Atlanta Civic Center developer
The resurrection of the long-dormant Atlanta Civic Center might finally be on the horizon, as the deadline for developers to submit overhaul proposals rapidly approaches.
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Tishman Speyer’s surprise withdrawal from Civic Center project jeopardizes H.J. Russell’s role in site’s rebirth
New York-based developer Tishman Speyer’s unexpected withdrawal from the Atlanta Civic Center’s redevelopment was “devastating” for its joint-venture partner, H.J. Russell & Co., said the Atlanta construction company’s chief operating officer, Yasmine Murray, on Friday.
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How much affordable housing will Atlanta Civic Center’s $1 billion overhaul produce?
Details are scarce so far, but the projected $1 billion revamp of the historic Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center site owned by Atlanta Housing (AH) has already stirred concerns over how much affordable housing it will actually add to the high-priced Old Fourth Ward.
