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For Beatrice Regina Thomas, stability wasn’t just about having a roof over her head; it was about having a network, too. After losing her mother and being priced out of Liberty City, Thomas was sleeping in her truck when a chance encounter changed her life.

“I was tired. I cried myself to sleep,” she recalled. “I parked right there (outside Liberty Square), and then Nathaniel Joseph came knocking on my truck. He said, ‘You ain’t all right. Come on in here.’”

That knock from Joseph, community liaison manager for The Related Group, led Thomas to housing at the renovated Liberty Square. With it came opportunities and a support system she’d never had.

Yes, it’s hard out there right now. Financing can feel like an uphill battle for everything from ATL-filmed indie movies to condo sky-rises and skinny townhomes. An existential AI cloud looms. Inflation, it seems, keeps inflating.
But there’s a new year afoot. And metro Atlanta’s inherent, sunbelt optimism is strong. As always.

New details are emerging about the transformation of the former Atlanta Medical Center, a facility that served underserved communities for more than 100 years before closing in 2022. Officials say the site will become a multi-use development, including a pharmacy, grocery store, and other community-focused resources.

Construction is expected to begin in 2027, with 2026 set as a major planning milestone. Leaders say the redevelopment carries deep meaning, as the hospital was closely tied to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and generations of Atlanta families.

Gerald Pouncey’s first interaction with the Beltline was soaked in diesel and doubt.

The environmental and industrial attorney remembers inspecting land along northeast Atlanta’s abandoned railway in the early 2000s. A developer client of his believed the real estate would soon be valuable.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — From emergency rooms to rubble, the former Atlanta Medical Center is nearly demolished.
“Part of what the community said [was], ‘Get on with it now,’” said Eric Pinckney, president of program management for The Integral Group, the lead developer.
Crews started demolition in June. Pinckney said the majority of the campus will be cleared by the end of 2025. Two office buildings on the eastside of Boulevard will be demolished by April.
The demolition makes way for a new 22-acre live-work-play complex in the heart of the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood.

On a recent chilly Thursday, a pair of cranes swung girders over a place soon to become a bustling plaza at the doorstep of State Farm Arena.
Above, sunlight glinted off the façade of the new Hotel Phoenix, with a name evocative of myth but also reality in the center of Atlanta’s downtown. The $5 billion Centennial Yards project is rising within the 50-acre hole long known as the Gulch, an area once thought to be too complex to ever be developed.

Carrollton officials and local transportation executives came together to host a ribbon-cutting for the Eviva Trinity Mills Station project on Dec. 10, an apartment complex adjacent to a bustling hub for public transport in North Texas.

Eviva Trinity Mills Station is a luxury multifamily development that’s part of the 25-acre Trinity Mills Station transit-oriented development complex. The five-story, mixed-use building blends residential and retail spaces, with one and two-bedroom units for rent above retail and dining spaces. The building features more than 430 multi-family units and multiple live workspaces.

The first pieces of a planned $1.5 billion, 25-acre mixed-use development
in Carrollton are complete.
Atlanta-based developer The Integral Group and Irving-based Koa
Partners have partnered with the city of Carrollton and Dallas Area Rapid
Transit (DART) for the Trinity Mills Station development.
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The project is next to a DART rail station near the southeast corner of
Stemmons Freeway and Bush Turnpike on Trinity Mills Road. DART and
the city own the land for the project.

Three men walked into a meeting — a preservationist, a developer and the head of a demolition company.
The topic was the historic Georgia Baptist property, which is being redeveloped by the Integral Group.
We met in the offices of Barry Roberts, founder and an executive of Atlanta Demolition, which is clearing the site of the former hospital with the firm FERMA.

Miami-Dade County is finally seeing the fruits of its labors in affordable senior housing with the grand opening of Wellspring Apartments in Opa-Locka. Scheduled for September 25, the ribbon-cutting event marks a significant milestone in the county’s efforts to provide modern, community-oriented living spaces for its elderly population. A mix of government entities and private developers has collaborated to bring this project to life. The development is a boon for those 62 and over who are seeking an affordable living option, as it caters to individuals earning below 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI).