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Central Atlanta Progress
Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
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CONTEXT
CENTENNIAL
GWCC - C
OLYMPIC PARK
GWCC - B
GWCC - A
CNN
CENTER
GEORGIA DOME
INTERNATIONAL
PLAZA PHILIPS ARENA
DOME/CNN/GWCC
MARTA STATION
STUDY AREA
S
(Approx. 94 Ac)
FIVE POINTS
MARTA STATION
RUSSELL
FEDERAL BLDG
GSU MARTA
STATION
STATE
ATLANTA CAPITOL
C O
CITY HALL
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GOALS
DOME/CNN/GWCC
MARTA STATION
FIVE POINTS
MARTA STATION
GA STATE MARTA
STATION
GOALS
Create an implementable plan that
~ Envisions an iconic destination
~ Stitches the city together through public
space, transit and daily life
~ Fosters public and private investment
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CNN CENTER 1. Multimodal passenger terminal built
INTERNATIONAL
PHILIPS ARENA
with terminal entrance at viaduct level
PLAZA
and transit connections below
2. Railroad Gulch – subdivided by new
DOME/CNN/GWCC
level
streets at viaduct level– creating
AJC
MARTA STATION
3 STATE BAR
development sites
4
BUILDING 3. New retail, entertainment, hotel uses
2 expand activity of GWCC / GA Dome /
6 Philips Arena
4 New office space takes advantage of
4.
enhanced regional transit connection
HUD
1
5. New and improved access to MARTA rail
stations
5
6. New triangular park space can be
FIVE POINTS
MARTA STATION
closed to vehicular traffic to host special
events and festivals
RUSSELL FEDERAL
BLDG
KEY MAP
Typical retail storefronts at viaduct level Atlantic Station – example of new streets to create future
development sites
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1. Transformed Five Points station structure with new
platform access and programmed plaza
2. Reconnect and extend streets around new plaza to
2 allow vehicular traffic
4
2 PEACHTREE ST
3. Underground Atlanta retail and entertainment
1 TOWER
preserved below street level and expanded
through new mixed-use development above
FIVE POINTS
PLAZA 4. Concourse connections (below street level)
between multimodal terminal and Five Points
MARTA station
3
KEY MAP
Examples of rail station access points and open space plazas on
structures above transit
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1. Program southern expansion of Georgia
1 P th i fG i
4
State University campus master plan and
leverage existing investment to energize
mixed use retail and entertainment
pp
opportunities
2. Transform Steve Polk Plaza as an
5 investment catalyst
3. New Hotel / Conference Center and State
of Georgia Welcome and History Center
4
1
4 Create new and enhanced access to
4.
2 reinvigorated Underground Atlanta
5. Create new location for Georgia State
OLD ‘WORLD
OF COKE’ SITE
University student housing, retail and
3
entertainment district
GSU MARTA
STATION
STATE CAPITOL
KEY MAP
Example of a new hotel and conference Vibrant mixed-use retail and entertainment streets
center
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INTERNATIONAL
PHILIPS ARENA
CNN CENTER
STREET LEVEL
PLAZA
MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL
DOME/CNN/GWCC RETAIL
MARTA STATION
HOSPITALITY
OFFICE
TRANSIT
PARKING
PARK / OPEN
STUDENT HOUSING
ACADEMIC
Underground Atlanta
Retail and Entertainment
Active Below Grade
Revitalized FIVE POINTS
MARTA Station /
Concourse Below
Enhanced Entrance to
Underground Atlanta
OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY:
Student Open GEORGIA STATE
Residential Hotel Housing Units Space
UNIVERSITY MARTA
Office (SF) Retail (SF) STATION
Units Rooms
(4 beds / unit) (Acres)
4,137,000 820,000 1,353 2,032 583 12
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CONCOURSE LEVEL
Vehicles can access multiple
p g y g g
parking locations by bridging
over railroad
Office building core
PARKING
PARKING
MMPT and MARTA
concourses connect
underneath Forsyth St
PARKING
BUS CONCOURSE PARKING
MMPT Pick-Up /Drop-
Off at Concourse Level Underground Atlanta retail
and entertainment active
below street level
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GROUND LEVEL
PARKING
Office building core
PARKING
AMTRAK
PLATFORM
MARTA E-W line drops REGIONAL
below regional train lines TRAIN
PARKING PLATFORMS MARTA E-W
PLATFORMS
(Existing)
GDOT proposed railway
car storage area
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CNN CENTER
IMPLEMENTATION
PHILIPS ARENA
INTERNATIONAL
PLAZA
DOME/CNN/GWCC
MARTA STATION DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY
EVELOPMENT
PPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT MMPT OPPORTUNITY
OP
DE
OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY MARTA HQ
HURT PARK
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY
RUSSELL FEDERAL
CITY OF ATLANTA/
BLDG DEVELOPMENT
UNDERGROUND
OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT
RESIDENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITY
GA STATE
GA STATE
UNIV
UNIV
CITY OF
ATLANTA/ GA STATE
UNDERGROUND UNIV
AIR RIGHTS
OPPORTUNITIES
STATE OF
GEORGIA / GA GA STATE
STATE UNIV. UNIV
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
STATE OF
GEORGIA / GA GSU MARTA
STATE UNIV. STATION
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
STATE CAPITOL
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BEFORE: View looking west from top of Sloppy Floyd Building (Courtland Street)
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AFTER: View looking west from top of Sloppy Floyd Building (Courtland Street)
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BEFORE: View looking north west from Centennial Olympic Park Drive at Philips Drive
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AFTER: View looking north west from Centennial Olympic Park Drive at Philips Drive and New Wall Street
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BEFORE: View looking west from Peachtree Street at Wall Street
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AFTER: View looking west from Peachtree Street at Wall Street
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BEFORE: View looking west from Steve Polk Plaza and Central Avenue
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AFTER: View looking west from Steve Polk Plaza and Central Avenue
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BEFORE: View looking west from Gulch under Spring Street. Forsyth Street ahead.
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AFTER: View looking west from Gulch under Spring Street. Forsyth Street ahead.
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BEFORE: View looking north west from Spring Street and M.L. King Jr. Drive
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AFTER: View looking north west from Spring Street and M.L. King Jr. Drive