Well Street to replace shuttered movie rental store in Poncey-Highland. Atlantans will still be able to check things in and out of the space formerly occupied by Blockbuster Movie on Ponce de Leon Avenue. This time it will be with people instead of movie rentals. Well Street Urgent Care submitted an application for a building [...]
Blockbuster on Ponce to reopen as urgent care facility
by caleb j. spivak on May 3, 2012 in real estate
Abandoned 12th Street Piedmont Park apartments get new developer
by caleb j. spivak on April 27, 2012 in real estate
“Park and 12th luxury rentals” coming soon. The abandoned property bordering Piedmont Park, at 1045 Piedmont Avenue, won’t sit vacant for much longer. Hailey Realty Company, Inc. sold the property to an undisclosed developer in April. “There will be an announcement shortly,” Reid Hailey, CEO at Hailey Realty said in an email to What Now [...]
Phipps Plaza’s AMC Theatre set for $1.2 Million renovation
by caleb j. spivak on April 25, 2012 in real estate
Buckhead movie theatre submits application for a building permit to undergo major remodel. The AMC Theatre, located on the third level of Phipps Plaza near the recently opened Legoland, is planning for a much needed facelift. Kevin Pavilonis, the theatre’s general manager, submitted an application to City of Atlanta Tuesday for a building permit to [...]
Ritz Carlton Buckhead to undergo $4 million renovation
by caleb j. spivak on April 7, 2012 in real estate
Luxury hotel submits building permit application to renovate its common areas. The Ritz Carlton Buckhead Hotel is planning some minor, yet costly, interior renovations. The luxury hotel, at 3434 Peachtree Road in Buckhead, submitted an application with City of Atlanta to receive a building permit for commercial alterations to the space. Under the direction of [...]
Hey gurl, hey! Outwrite Bookstore to reopen as a gay bar
by caleb j. spivak on March 10, 2012 in real estate, restaurants
Gilbert’s Mediterranean Cafe & Bar plans expansion into bookstore’s space. Midtown’s Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse, which closed its doors on February 15 after 18 years in business, won’t sit dark for long. Gilbert’s Mediterranean Cafe & Bar located next door, will expand into the bookstore’s space, Keith Osborne, general manager at the restaurant, told What [...]
Tin Lizzy’s, Fresh To Order, La Tagliatella and Jazmin Spa to open at Emory Point
by caleb j. spivak on March 4, 2012 in real estate, restaurants, retail
Other signed tenants at the mixed-use development include Marlow’s Tavern, Which Wich and more. Cousins Properties Inc. has secured more tenants for its Emory Point development. The company recently announced it has signed three more restaurants and a spa for the $100 million apartment and retail project across from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [...]
Space housing Richard Blais’ HD1 restaurant up for sale
by caleb j. spivak on February 27, 2012 in real estate
North Highland Avenue building priced at $1.25 Million. The recently renovated 2,500-square-foot building that houses Richard Blais’ HD1 restaurant is up for sale, Eater Atlanta first reported. The property, at 664 North Highland Avenue, used to be home to San Fransisco Coffee, which relocated a few doors down. Blais’ hot dogs will still be available [...]
‘Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition’ to replace ‘Dialog in the Dark’ at Atlantic Station
by caleb j. spivak on February 22, 2012 in real estate
Atlanta selected as one of eight cities to host exhibit during 100 year commemoration. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition is opening a Midtown exhibit on April 6, according to a press release Wednesday. The new exhibition will replace Dialog in the Dark, at 265 18th Street, inside the Atlantic Station Premier Exhibition Center. Dialog in the [...]
Emporio Armani, Kiehl’s, Coach, and others file permits to open at Hartsfield-Jackson airport’s new terminal
by caleb j. spivak on February 19, 2012 in real estate, restaurants, retail
Tommy Hillfiger, Thomas Pink, Mont Blanc and more also opening at Atlanta Airport’s international terminal. Winners of the first executed airport concessions contract for the new international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have begun the permitting process. HMS Host and Duty Free, the airport food-service companies responsible for bringing restaurant and retail options to travelers, [...]
Ponce City Market to demolish parking deck in February
by caleb j. spivak on February 15, 2012 in real estate
First visible sign of change to iconic Atlanta building slated to begin three months ahead of schedule. Jamestown Properties, a real estate investment firm headquartered in Atlanta, and its subsidiary, Green Street Properties, today announced in a press release that removal of the parking deck at Ponce City Market will commence shortly now that permitting [...]
Developer of Buckhead Atlanta (formerly Streets of Buckhead) spending $15 million to begin construction
by caleb j. spivak on February 9, 2012 in real estate
Mixed-use project files permits for ‘land development.’ San Diego-based OliverMcMillan Inc., the developers of Buckhead Atlanta (formerly called Streets of Buckhead), is moving forward with construction for the mixed-use development on land it has owned since June, 2011 (the site has set vacant for several years). McMillian filed two permits with City of Atlanta Thursday [...]

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