Not far from Centennial Yards, a vacant building will be gutted and converted into affordable housing and retail. To be called Folio House, the building was once the home of the Atlanta Constitution. The City of Atlanta owns the structure. Last year, Atlanta picked Gorman & Co. to lead the redevelopment. Gensler is the architect.
The 95,000-square-foot building will be converted into about 50 affordable housing units, reserved for households earning no more than 30% to 80% of the area median income. The ground floor is set for commercial space.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the project is the latest effort to beautify Downtown before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, when hundreds of thousands of visitors will descend on the city’s core. By the major soccer event, Gorman & Co. said it will gut the building and remove lead and asbestos. The exterior brick will be cleaned up and repaired, and the graffiti removed. Construction won’t begin until after the World Cup.
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