The new complex includes three hotels, 2500 homes, retail stores, entertainment centers, and 6.5 million square feet of office space.
"This stark landscape is the foundation for Atlantic Station, an inner-city real estate endeavor in a place synonymous with suburban sprawl. Its developers contemplate 6.5 million square feet of office space, 1.4 million square feet of retail stores and entertainment centers, three hotels offering 1,000 rooms, and 2,500 homes.The project, embracing New Urbanist principles of walkable space where shopping and working and living are possible without driving replaces a 99-year-old steel mill that for its last quarter-century was winding down operations."
Thanks to Congress on New Urbanism
FULL STORY: From an Old Mill Site to a New Urban Complex in Atlanta
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Research: Sprawl Linked to Poverty
Low-income families living in high-sprawl neighborhoods are limited in their access to education, jobs, and other amenities, often trapping them in a cycle of poverty.
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2024: The Year in Zoning
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NACTO Releases Updated Urban Bikeway Guide
The third edition of the nationally recognized road design guide includes detailed design advice for roads that prioritize safety and accessibility for all users.
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Noise as a Public Health Hazard
New ways of measuring the effects of sound on human health are helping communities fight back against noise pollution.
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'Place Shock' and the Ecology of Fear
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‘Safe Land Use:’ A Key to Road Safety
How approaching transportation planning through a public health lens can reduce traffic deaths.
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