TVS reps instead provided a more accurate and current depiction of potential expansion work around the Performing Arts Center, as shown here:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Sal Lalani, TVS principal, expounded via email: \u201cThis rendering represents a moment in our iterative design exploration, studying the preservation of the existing Civic Center and potential historically sensitive strategies for a future expansion to accommodate Performing Arts Center practice space.\u201d<\/p>\n The initial phase of redevelopment will aim to create a \u201chigh-density, mixed-income anchor\u201d that balances \u201chousing needs with retail and cultural spaces\u201d where Old Fourth Ward meets downtown, per AIA Atlanta\u2019s description. In terms of funding, the project requires \u201cclose collaboration among rental assistance, low-income tax credits, soft funding, and grant monies to provide a layered financial and construction package.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Atlanta Housing is partnering on the Civic Center job with developers The Michaels Organization, Sophy Capital, and Republic Properties Corporation.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n \n TVS is heading cultural concept design and planning, while a larger master plan is being led by SOM and Goode Van Slyke Architecture firms.\u00a0<\/p>\n As of December, the site is finally seeing actual construction, following more than a decade of design alternations, scrapped plans, and dashed hopes, especially among nearby residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n The first new building will house 148 apartments for low-income seniors, expected to cost $60 million, per Atlanta Housing officials.\u00a0It\u2019s under construction on the northeast section of the Civic Center property, across the street from Renaissance Park, and will include a 1,642-square-foot retail caf\u00e9 space and parking deck.\u00a0<\/p>\n The one-bedroom rentals will each be roughly 600 square feet, per earlier filings.<\/p>\n \n \n Atlanta Housing, which acquired the Civic Center property in 2017, says the first apartments are scheduled to be available in the third quarter of 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n No timeline for development beyond the first building has been specified.\u00a0<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n Follow us on social media:\u00a0<\/p>\n Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\/and now:\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Old Fourth Ward news, discussion<\/a>\u00a0(Urbanize Atlanta)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNew rendering depicting preservation of the Performing Arts Center space and a possible modern-style expansion, with Piedmont Avenue at right. TVS <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nOverview of the long-vacant Atlanta Civic Center’s Performing Arts Center and its adjacent plaza, as shown several years ago. Atlanta Housing<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nInside the Performing Arts Center space at Atlanta Civic Center. Atlanta Housing<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nPhase one plans call for constructing this mix of senior housing and retail north of the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. Michaels Organization, Sophy Capital, Republic Family of Companies, via ADID <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe general breakdown of expected Civic Center uses, as seen looking southwest, into downtown Atlanta. Atlanta Housing<\/p>\n