47 story mixed use skyscraper in Buckhead

[URBAN GURU]

Atlanta based Regent Partners have announced plans for a 47 story,660 foot mixed use tower in the Buckhead neighborhood og Atlanta. 3488 Peachtree ,the latest Atlanta vertical mixed use project,will feature 480,000 sq ft of office;99 condominiums priced from $550,000 to $4,000,00;and a flagship restaurant from Atlanta's leader in luxury dining,Pano Karatassos. Construction is scheduled to begin thisfall with a 2007 completion date.The project is the latest in a recent surge of development around the intersection of Peactree Road and Piedmont that includes Terminus Tower, a 31 story office tower,Realm,a 30 story condo tower and the recently completed Hotel Intercontinental Buckhead.

[rantanamo]

Atlanta is kicking some butt. They are probably 5 years ahead in height and amount of condos/apts per building. I think Dalllas's projects are better examples of true and new urbanist developments though. I could be wrong, but this is just my observation from keeping up with their construction threads.

[tamtagon]

They are probably 5 years ahead in height and amount of condos/apts per building.

At least 5 years ahead. Atlanta "in the lead" of the sunbelt cities. By the end of the decade, Dallas (excluding Fort Worth) seems on track to match the city feel Atlanta has been building since the Olympics. The big quality of life projects underway in Dallas are above and beyond the basic service expectations; however, in Atlanta, the big quality of life projects must focus on repairing the basic service infrastructure - Atlanta is facing a $2-3 Billion dollar price tag to fix the sewers, and suburban highway accessibility has been on hold since the Olympics - almost a decade ago. With over one million fewer residents than DFW, the Atlanta metro area has worse pollution, and I'm unaware of a working plan to correct the situation.

No matter how beautiful it is in Atlanta, (it's 67 degrees right now, and the early summer flowering trees are just about to replace the late spring flowering shrubs and trees) the pollution, difficulty in getting around the area and lazy approach toward high art will slow down the city. I think that's a good think, too. Just like Houston was caught off-guard by a 40% increase in population 20ish years ago, Atlanta needs some time to catch up.

[tamtagon]

Construction is scheduled to begin thisfall with a 2007 completion date.The project is the latest in a recent surge of development around the intersection of Peactree Road and Piedmont ...

Thanks, guru!

This intersection - P'tree@Piedmont is really something!

In Dallas, it would kindof like a combination of NorthPark, LoMac and Knox. Eatzi's is close. A pretty even mix of highrise office and residential towers. 'Downtown Buckhead' already has a striking skyline, and this building will be the tallest (I think) and should boost the curb appeal. I think there's still a plan to run a trolley along P'tree from Buckhead to downtown, and [someone] is working on an extensive revamping of the P'tree street scape through Buckhead. Most of Buckhead is very unfriendly to pedestrians, exceptions being the entertainment district with all the night clubs, restaurants and galleries; but around Lennox and Phipps Malls (near this planned 660' building), it really sucks to walk across the street.

[URBAN GURU]

You are welcome. You are correct about the current pedestrian conditions and the steps being taken to ameliorate them.One factor that I omitted is that 3488 and the other proximate developments are one long block from the west entrance to the Buckhead MARTA station.That should have some bearing on future traffic/pedestrian conditions.
However,the recent additions to Phipps Plaza and the recently announced expansion of Lennox Square-50,00 sq ft expansion of Neiman's and an addition of a second floor to the NM wing- coupled with the 60,000 sq ft of upscale retail at TerminusTower could cancel out some of the traffic enhancements effects.

[drumguy8800]

I was just looking at some satellite images of Atlanta.. and Buckhead is way up the road from Downtown. Midtown looks to be about equidistant from maybe Mockingbird.. and then Buckhead looks almost like Park or even I-635 or something. In fact, comparing Dallas / Atlanta with Dallas's downtown at the same spot as Atlanta's and on same zoom and such.. the city tapers off very quickly at about where Forest Ln is.

[Mballar]

No matter how beautiful it is in Atlanta, (it's 67 degrees right now, and the early summer flowering trees are just about to replace the late spring flowering shrubs and trees) the pollution, difficulty in getting around the area and lazy approach toward high art will slow down the city.

Don't forget about MARTA's problems!

What Dallas is doing is far more impressive in my opinion. Dallas has to compete with intrastate rivals San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and even Fort Worth. Atlanta gets all of the attention (and thus all of the funds poured into it) in the state of Georgia.

[tamtagon]

Don't forget about MARTA's problems!


You're right, how did I forget about MARTA?!?! Years of substandard maintanence have brought a much more expensive price tag to operational costs for the next decade.

To be fair, though, the N-S route from the airport to the northern suburbs, with an E-W route crossing downtown (near the Football & Basketball stadiums) make most of Atlanta's primary destinations accessible by train. Cobb County holds almost 25% of the metro population, and refuses to participate in MARTA; I just dont get it, because congestion in that County is as bad as it gets, but the train is still perceived to be like Typhoid Mary and all full of terrible societial diseases.

MARTA is expanding central city accessibility. Roughly circular, new tracks will compliment the Airport-to-Buckhead route by reaching into the neighborhoods currently outside walking distance. So, while MARTA has some very expensive fixing-up to do, the system is getting better.

DART seems to be much better organized, and is connecting as many suburbs as possible to the central job centers. DART does seem to be late in correcting the Pacific St corridor to allow for longer trains to reduce overcrowding. DART is very effectively responding to the radial growth patters of the area, with the initial 'all trains lead to downtown' design.

[I45Tex]

its un-Dallas aesthetics excepted, this is the kind of thing it would be neat to see as we talk over on that other thread about High Five/Park Central/Galleria area future devpmts...

[URBAN GURU]

its un-Dallas aesthetics excepted, this is the kind of thing it would be neat to see as we talk over on that other thread about High Five/Park Central/Galleria area future devpmts...
Regent Plans 47-Story Tower in Buckhead

Atlanta-based Developer Reveals Details of “Vertical Mixed-Use” Building at Tower Place

Bolstered by the growing development momentum in Buckhead - and possibly motivated by rival Cousins Properties recent office tower groundbreaking - Regent Partners has finally revealed its plans for the next phase at Tower Place.

The Atlanta-based developer announced plans Tuesday for 3344 Peachtree, a mixed-use skyscraper slated to contain 480,000 square feet of office space and 99 luxury condominium units. The 47-story building (approximately 660 feet tall) will be situated in the company’s landmark Tower Place project on Peachtree Road, just south of One Capital City Plaza and across Peachtree from Atlanta Financial Center.

Regent officials said construction will begin in the fall with delivery of the building likely to be in mid-to-late 2007.

While no office tenants have been announced, Regent has secured the new 'must-have' for any trophy tower these days - a signature restaurant.

Buckhead Life Restaurant Group confirmed Tuesday that it will open a 14,000-square-foot restaurant (called Pano’s in Regent’s building rendering) at 3344 Peachtree.

"I think it has all the right elements to make a great restaurant," said Pano Karatassos of Buckhead Life. "I envision it becoming the new flagship for our company."

The pricey condos will be on the top 21 floors of the building, giving occupants some of the best views in Buckhead, according to architect Gil Garrison.

"One of the interesting things about the project is how it relates to the current skyline at one point … and then rises above," Garrison, principal at project architect Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart and Associates, said. "The residents of the project will live almost entirely above the current skyline of Buckhead."

"So it should be some of the most remarkable views that you can imagine in the city," Garrison added.

[URBAN GURU]

3344peachtree.com

This website provides more information on the project as an urban mixed use model.

[psukhu]

Atlanta is facing a $2-3 Billion dollar price tag to fix the sewers, and suburban highway accessibility has been on hold since the Olympics

To me, it seems easier to go between the city and the 'burbs via car in Dallas compared to Atlanta.

I guess Dallas has the advantage of having a DOT as large as TxDOT. (economies of scale of being in a much larger state?)

[Tnekster]

3344peachtree.com (http://3344peachtree.com/)

This website provides more information on the project as an urban mixed use model.

Cool tower.

[hamiltonpl]

That's a beautiful building. Tall too.

[slfunk]

Atlanta is kicking some butt. They are probably 5 years ahead in height and amount of condos/apts per building. I think Dalllas's projects are better examples of true and new urbanist developments though. I could be wrong, but this is just my observation from keeping up with their construction threads.


Don't get to moved by this. I was born there, still have some family there. One of the major complaints that is being touted around town is that Atlanta does not have the tenants to fill all these new developments and keep the current buildings filled. Can not remember the major corporation, but last winter they were completing an office tower outside downtown (not in Buck Head), but the building they were in was not more then 10 yrs old. They moved to this newer buildng, and the previous building had no leads on any future occupants. Atlanta's philosphy as it was explained to me is "Build it and they will come." My relatives complain that the city passes any development that comes through the doors, giving tax breaks, but the city has a dire need to revamp its sewage system, they lack heavily on transportation etc, and can not come up with the money. Hence why they all live in Dunwoody.

If you were looking for a true competor to Dallas I believe its Atlanta. Meaning their economy is almost a mirror image of Dallas. Instead of being a fashion trade center, it is a furniture trade center. Its been built on mostly financial institutions and aviation. Dallas may be more creative in the urban developments only because the metro has a larger population then Atlanta's metro.