Saturday, November 19, 2011

Space Highly Available

Here's some fantastic news regarding a currently vacant Downtown building. If all goes according to plan, 250 Piedmont will become the workplace of at least 500 state employees by next summer. Having not even known this building was unoccupied, despite noticing plenty of huge boxes visible through its windows, I'm thrilled that another existing building in this city is being revitalized.

Still, much more space exists to be filled, even in the most accessible parts of the city. In my neighborhood of south Downtown, signs for available office space are legion. The dark brick building at 140 Trinity Avenue, formerly home to Capitol Cleaners, is entirely vacant, as is Capital Centre Atlanta, a brand-new building of six stories at the corner of Mitchell and Pryor.

Atlanta has traditionally fostered a climate of new office construction at the expense of older structures. Some of the buildings that are demolished are replaced with either surface parking or, in the case of 615 Peachtree, a grassy, fenced-in lot, giving parts of the city an atmosphere of neglect. Occurrences like the filling of 250 Piedmont, however, give me some hope that an end may come to the reckless abandonment of existing buildings for new ones.

For those curious about available office space Downtown, the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District has compiled an incomplete but thorough list of buildings with space available.

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