Atlanta’s Second Tallest Skyscraper To Join Midtown Skyline

First phase of 98 Fourteenth Street unveiled in new renderings.

74-story tower unveiled in new renderings.

98 Fourteenth Street, a master planned development, is finally preparing to get off the ground with its first phase after years of planning.

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Olympia Heights Management along with Perkins + Will presented the 920-foot, 74-story tower at a July 12 Midtown Development Review Committee meeting.

The tower’s height would be second only to Bank of America Tower.

Since its last round at the development review committee, the property plans have undergone several changes.

Originally, 98 Fourteenth Street was planned to consist of three towers but has since been reduced to two, allowing for more open space on the ground level, which a representative says would total to around 150,000 SF.

The second building is now planned to include the hotel component.

The 74-story initial phase tower would consist of 382 luxury condos on top of 180 extended stay suites with 11 levels of enclosed parking (previously planned to be located beneath-ground).

Residential amenities are planned to include a full-floor “sky lounge” with floor-to-ceiling glass with sweeping skyline views, conference and media rooms, a heated, infinity-edge pool, state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio, designated children’s play area, bike storage, a private dining room, and a high-end kitchen and bar “catering to epicurean enthusiasts.”

Originally, the property was to consist of about 90,000 SF of retail, which has since grown to 135,000 SF.

Developers expect to break ground this fall.

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All images by Perkins + Will, scanned by Julia Sirb for WNA.

What do you think of the design? Tell us below…

Julia Sirb

Julia Sirb

Julia studied Urban Planning and Economic Development at GSU's School of Policy Studies. She is interested in the way a city's built environment, policy decisions, and economy work together to shape its culture. When not typing, she's writing calligraphy or looking for the next great shot through the lens of her medium format film camera.
Julia Sirb

Julia Sirb

Julia studied Urban Planning and Economic Development at GSU's School of Policy Studies. She is interested in the way a city's built environment, policy decisions, and economy work together to shape its culture. When not typing, she's writing calligraphy or looking for the next great shot through the lens of her medium format film camera.

31 Responses

    1. Eleven stories of above-ground parking. Well, now there is a novel idea for Atlanta, and it will do so much to add that certain and elusive human scale to the first visible floors.

      That blows what is otherwise a sleek and interesting tower. Too bad Atlanta just can’t break out of its fascination with urban heat islands.

  1. It looks pretty sleek though perhaps a little on the boxy side. The renderings of the interior look great! I just am excited about a new skyscraper after so few in recent decades! Hope this comes to fruition!

  2. Atlanta is definitely picking up if an investment of this size is coming in to midtown. Welcome to the neighborhood, we look forward to having you here!

  3. I’m glad the updated design gives more space to the surrounding towers. And the ground level renderings look great. I’m curious exactly where the 11 floors of parking will be placed above ground and how it will be hidden.

  4. Atlantans can not really complain about a new prominent glass beacon among the towering post modern hat display.
    But the site has always been odd with its sloped mid-block street frontage and may not really be enhanced by another isolated tower.
    The scale of 50 story towers along this blvd continues the problems we have faced already in post war cities. So, should we consider lower street front mid-rise wings that step up to a setback tower? And have we moved forward from the 1180 peach (Tweezer) retro-mod look in the past 10 years? IDK, but maybe the recession did nothing for design evolution in this regard. But WOW this thing will impress from the I-75 bend heading south into midtown!

  5. I love the thought of Atlanta growing and building and I am so excited about the future of this city. I must say I wish this building, in these renderings was a bit more dynamic…it’s too boxy. A single world trade tower? I think the addition of curves and some more angles would carry with it much more meaning…

  6. I live across the street and will lose my natural light. Our building has underground parking and is faced with granite, and cost $300 Million 25 years ago. My hope is that these buildings will not completely block all the light or add to a currently busy traffic pattern on 14th Street.

      1. I *stopped* riding MARTA after seeing a couple of “business transactions” on the way to work several years ago.

        My employer will NOT let us telecommute

        30 miles is a long bike ride in the morning

        I won’t have my son go to school in APS, and housing is too expensive in Midtown

  7. This looks great, but I wonder what plans the City of Atlanta has made to accommodate the additional traffic that this project and others in midtown. Are they planning to widen the narrow and already congested 14th Street? MARTA only works if your job and other life activities are along their limited service area. Forget inviting friends and the traffic they’ll bring from other parts of metro Atlanta for visits to midtown…Not crazy about this idea.

    1. Widening roads is ill advised on a stretch of road like this because it subconsciously encourages higher speed travel, which is dangerous in a crowded area like this, especially with inclusion of high pedestrian traffic. Adding lanes has been proven to induce traffic demand, so that’s obviously out. Got any more bright ideas that revolve around cars?

  8. I am confused? Is it one tower or will there be 2? If Two then it will look like the WTC right?

    From the article..

    Originally, 98 Fourteenth Street was planned to consist of three towers but has since been reduced to two, allowing for more open space on the ground level, which a representative says would total to around 150,000 SF.

    The second building is now planned to include the hotel component.

    The 74-story initial phase tower would consist of 382 luxury condos on top of 180 extended stay suites with 11 levels of enclosed parking (previously planned to be located beneath-ground).

    1. With the current mega tower explosion throughout the world I am curious to why the builder would stop short of 100 ft or so of surpassing the tallest tower in the city. I would like to see a mega tower in Atl. at some point or we can continue to mimic Vancouver’s skyline. Atlanta is most relevant and I would like to see more city pride, and that call for breaking the norms of ” safe”.

  9. Build it Atlanta need a lot of taller skyscrapers anyway to make the old Atlanta skyline look different keep building skyscrapers taller☺☺☺ way to go Atlanta

  10. Atlanta skyscrapers are to small build the skyscrapers taller Atlanta. Atlanta build our city skyscrapers taller from 40 and 70 floor’s a lot all in downtown and midtown Atlanta

  11. When will Atlanta live up to it’s global city status and start constructing super towers like the ones you see in Dubai and some of thoes Asian countries. I mean you hear about Atlanta’s greatness every time you turn on the tv, but it’s skyline don’t reflect a great city.

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