commercial projects

The Midtown Mile’s real estate revival

Atlanta Intown reports: Five years ago, the Midtown Mile was set to be Atlanta’s answer to Chicago’s Magnificent Mile and New York’s Madison Avenue. The stretch of Peachtree Street from 15th Street to North Avenue was going to be a tree-line boulevard filled with luxury apartments, hotels, restaurants, one million square feet of retail space…

Midtown Green House

In an era of small remodels and “affordable” sustainable homes, the Midtown Green House stands apart for its ambition. Sawhorse President Matt Hoots calls architect Joel Kelly’s design midcentury modern; I find it more contemporary. Whatever the label, it’s a striking structure with high ceilings, lots of glass and a corner lot. The owners, Savas Koutsantonis…

Green Street LEEDs into New York

Green Street Properties is familiar to many Atlantans as the sustainable development company that was founded by Charles Brewer and that created New Urbanist neighborhood Glenwood Park as its first project. But Brewer turned the company over to partners Katharine Kelley, Walter Brown and Amy Swick in 2006, and they in turn sold it in…

3Qs with Brian Leary of Atlanta Beltline Inc.

Another mover and shaker answers three big questions. This time it’s Brian Leary, CEO and president of Atlanta Beltline Inc., who also happens to be the visionary behind Atlantic Station. Leary describes how much private development already has gone up near the Beltline, the dense nature of that development and — most interesting to me…

Modular green homes for just $160,000?

Green Building Curmudgeon Carl Seville put up a photo gallery on Facebook of a New World Home modular house being pieced together yesterday in Atlanta’s Reynoldstown neighborhood. In the image below, you can see how the roof and trusses arrive collapsed and are flipped up once the pieces are put into place. This was the…