JimRooker13

Good point about a whole area becoming more vibrant as a result of the right addition. Hopefully Palomar will do that for West Peachtree around Ga Tech & 5th and 10th street. It sure should help the former Acapulco Grille & Cantina location that had been planned for a national coffee house before economy went sour. ( www.WestPeachtree.com is the site for that building ) . Word has it Palomar officially opens May 13. Can anyone kindly comment on that - and/or if the 10th and Williams dual hotel brands are expected to break ground any time soon?

Update on Mandarin Oriental - 1/1/09 http ://www.realestatechannel.com/us-market...dences-289.php Update on Academy of Medicine: - Ga Tech announcement of "restoration" and "proudly owned" control of the "Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech" as posted on the AOM home page below: http://academyofmedicine.com Always looking for more good Midtown/West Peachtree news.

Not to worry. Point taken nonetheless.

New nightclub on Spring street - www.primalatlanta.com I believe its the former WetBar location The "Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech" now undergoing "restoration" for April 2009 events www.academyofmedicine.com Cool scooters and accessories open for business now at corner of West Peachtree & 7th (next to drop off Cleaners) -www.gogoecomoto.com Can't wait for Spring! Anyone know more about planned parking deck and more at former Margaret Mitchell property contiguous to Midtown Marta and behind current Margaret Mitchell House on Peachtree St ?

Does anyone know if any meaningful updates or other news was made at Wednesday's Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting at the FOX?

I could be wrong, but I believe the 12-15 story condo (actually townhouses) in the Academy of Medicine parking lot is old news (around 2nd qtr of this year) now scrapped as it was PRIOR to Ga Tech actually taking over the building and more recently purchasing the parking lot (closer to 3rd quarter of this year). It's all 100% Ga Tech now. Can anyone confirm current GT AOM status & near term plans? FYI - Check out new website for across the street Palomar Hotel - www.hotelpalomar-atlantamidtown.com

If anyone has ever doubted the influence of Georgia Tech in Midtown, take a look at their web posted list of buildings - and plans - below: http://www.irp.gatech.edu/space/facallbyname.cfm http://www.space.gatech.edu/masterplan.htm Does anyone know how Georgia Tech / GT Foundation plan to incorporate the national registry "Academy of Medicine" building on West Peachtree - and their 3/4 acre parking lot behind it on 7th St & Cypress Street facing ECCO? For Classrooms, special events only, Admin offices...??? Likely Timetable ??? Tech 45-42... in Athens... in the rain... no less.

Top of building signage for Hotel Palomar was added (today?) facing south. Looks terrific !! Hotel and signage, in fact. 300 rooms, too. Maybe someone can post current photos. Construction workers said next week signage may be placed on the front vertical facing at West Peachtree entrance opposite Ga Tech's Academy of Medicine building. Also, a scooter store opened at that same West Peachtree and 7th Street corner, next to the drop off Cleaners and alterations that sharen that same L shaped blue facade corner building. Check out www.gogoecomoto.com High mileage Scooters should do pretty good business there - so close to GA Tech - especially when weather warms up a bit. And a new high end barber shop opened on West Peachtree at 10th across from Residence Inn. Street traffic from Palomar sure will do a lot for that whole 5th - 10th Street West Peachtree area.

My uninformed mistake. Won't happen again.

It will be built on a lot at 1138 Peachtree Street near Selig Enterprises Inc. and Daniel Corp.'s $2 billion 12th & Midtown mixed-use project.

Sure seems to be same location!

Skyscraper blogger posts this as the new 54 story Mandarin to be announced Thursday morning. WOW !

Blogger R Emerson elsewhere posted this spectacular piece below - WOW !! Could this be the reported Midtown Mile news - albeit a few stones' throw away from MM???? =========== City By Design... While out and about today, I stopped in Outwrite in Midtown and found a new book on Atlanta. It's called City By Design - an architectural perspective of atlanta. While it contains numerous buildings many of which are not highrises such as a McDonald's near Perimeter Mall to the World of Coke and others, it also covers some of the new planned projects for Atlanta. The reason I mention this is because there are several pages devoted to a Midtown project for 14th Street. Someone had posted some time back a couple of shots of a proposed and unique highrise for 14th and Spring Street. According to the book it is by [FVS Architects, Inc and is being called Sky Garden. According to the book "it's more than a hotel, more than a condo tower, more than a shopping destination, Sky Garden is a landmark that is greater than the sum of its parts. Located on a commanding corner site at the interesction of 14th Street and Spring Street, Sky Garden offers the perfect place for midtown Atlanta to carve its signature on the skyline." It goes on to say that "Conceived as a live-in, living sculpture, Sky Garden is a work of art displayed on a pedestal. Taking advantage of its own 360 degree sweeping views, the asymmetrical, mixed-use tower offers a different facade for each cardinal point." "The stepping forms of the tower, recalling at once cascades of shimmering waterfalls and a series of soaring cliffs, provide visual interest and break down the mass of the structure, as they bring it closer to a pedestrian scale. At the heart of the tower lies the buildings namesake, a multi-story covered space carved out of the structure and open diametrically opposed sides of the circular tower." "Signature boutiques, first-class restaurants, a distinguished entrance foyer to the condominiums, and a dramatic atrium hotel lobby are all located at street level, taking full advantage of the sloped site. This lively aggregate of functions and spaces constitutes the base for the hotel, condominium tower, an elegant structure soaring 50 stories into the sky." I guess when I saw the post some time ago, I didn't realize that this was actually the design for that corner and not just a concept rendering. With the numerous renderings at different angles etc, if this makes it out of the ground once the market returns, I believe this will make a dramatic landmark building for Atlanta. Also included was the Aquarius Tower and the under construction Buckhead Place Apartments. Let's hope this and others will still be built in Atlanta some day. ---- As later added, you can check out the rendering on the website http://www.pfvsarch.com/ under the mixed-use as the 14th street tower. And thanks to Martinman, as well. Can anyone shed further light on this project? Martinman??

Anyone have an idea what this is going to be? Sounds like super big Midtown news to be revealed next week !! http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread...32&page=435 C'mon, let's hear ideas, people...

A posting on the skyscraper bulletin board shared news that Midtown Alliance has NEW development related postings on their site. Very exciting stuff to come!!! Note all the many 2010 construction start dates. http://www.midtownalliance.org/Documents/U...ments_10_08.pdf http://www.midtownalliance.org/Documents/EX_SUM.pdf

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/uploads/emoticons/default_scared.gif' alt=':scared:'> UPDATE - ITS ON CHANNEL 16 ON COMCAST - TONIGHT !!!

FYI - A reminder that Epsiode Two of the show,

SPEAKING OF NEW MIDTOWN RETAIL / WEST PEACHTREE & 7th COOL RETAIL.... A Scooter Store Eco Moto (planet friendly) will be opening it's doors next week at the corner building - 887 West Peachtree Street. That's the North East Corner of 7th and West Peachtree across from Academy of Medicine building on 7th and across from new Hotel Palomar at West Peachtree. Just a short walk ( or Scooter jaunt) from GA Tech at 5th & West Peachtree. To announce the arrival, Silk Restaurant (at 8th and Peachtree) is hosting a reception on Thursday, November 13th. They will be giving away a free scooter. Cool logo, too. If you're lucky, you'll be driving home on a new scooter. If you don't win the scooter, the new owner, Mike Sherry - a very nice guy - tells us he can offer a great deal. Imagine 70 miles per gallon ! Event open to the public. Visit website for more info www.GoGoEcoMoto.com

This info - and contact - should help answer this and much more http://www.tpghomes.net/inthenews/pressrel...essrelease.aspx The Public TV Saturday evening series is a 5 week series next airing Nov 1, I believe.

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT / TONIGHT AT 6:30PM TV SHOW ON WPBA ON THE RESTORATION OF THIS. I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A 5 WEEK SERIES SO SET YOUR TIVOS - CHANNEL 15 OR 16 ON COMCAST CABLE

+++++++++++ A bit of excitement around The Biltmore today and for a while longer. ABC Family network is producing a movie for 2009 airing. The vans marked "Courtney" and "Jennifer" are said to be movie characters not the TV stars one might think. Nonetheless, Midtown going a bit Hollywood is not a bad thing. West Peachtree & 7th Street Hotel Palomar sure is looking good !!!

There's a good looking rendering of these dual branded Hilton hotels at 10th and Williams at the link below. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread...32&page=425 Pretty good thread over there, too. Anyone hear any new news on 7-acre Spring and 8th parcels represented by Cushman and Wakefield or about exciting Ga Tech plans for Academy of Medicine at West Peachtree and 7th?

The 7th street at Peachtree - (is that Hines property across the street from Starbucks?) - or at 6th and Peachtree parking lot across from CVS, those two parcels seem to be very well placed and generally under the radar as you hear/read about superb development locations. 7th street with Viewpoint, Spire, ECCO, Palomar and GA Tech taking over Academy of Medicine could be particularly interesting over the next few years. Anyone hear about: 1) preliminary Tech plans for Academy of Medicine or 2) either the 7th & Ptree or 3) 6th at Peachtree parcels?

News likemthat is always good, but... Aren't there a lot of better (for Atlanta) places for that luxury hotel than inside an existing office building a tad outside the primary corridor? How about Dewberry on Peachtree property? Across from High Museum? 14th street where Symphony was to be built? Cousins property on West Peachtree & 8th? Kim King Associates property on Spring St across from Palomar with great expressway visibility? Jamestown West Peachtree @ 10th? FOX Plaza on Peachtree? ...and the beat goes on. We're lucky to live in such a great city!! Good luck to everybody!

With respect to nearby restaurants, at West Peachtree & 7th street there's the former "Acapulco Grille and Cantina" restaurant, previous location for "Thad and Joe's". Before deck and patio were added, back in the 90's, this same 889 West Peachtree location was the site of " A Taste of New Orleans" restaurant. Superb restaunrant for many years before owner operated left Atlanta. Check www.westpeachtree.com if anyone wants a 4,000 sq ft free standing building for food service. Great location and part of the next door building right at that corner is also for rent; office space or retail Sure be nice to have that place cleaned up - especially with large deck and outside patio. And just 2 blocks from GT Acuity Plaza - and directly across the street from 300 room Hotel Palomar!!