The long-abandoned Atlanta Civic Center property in Old Fourth Ward is being eyed again for a mixed-use development.
Atlanta Housing officials want to show off their progress to World Cup visitors in Summer 2026, according to Urbanize Atlanta.
Republic, Michael’s Organization, and Sophy Capital will develop the approximately 17-acre Civic Center site.
The project would include 1,300 units of mixed-income housing, a museum, an arts-oriented Atlanta Public School charter school, creative office space; retail shopping and a grocery store, and a 60,000 square foot public plaza with spaces for local, minority-owned small businesses.
Phase I consists of 150 stand-alone units and 10,000 square feet of retail.
At this time, a little over 10% of the housing units are being planned for seniors. The project is estimated at $750 million.
According to Urbanize Atlanta, Atlanta Housing officials announced they’ve lined up low-income housing tax credits to partially cover the cost of the redevelopment, while additional funding is being sought from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Invest Atlanta.
The redevelopment of the shuttered Civic Center has been an ongoing concern for the city since Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration in 2017.
Numerous plans for the site, including transforming it into a movie studio, have fallen through over the years. The last redevelopment project tanked in 2022 after New York-based Tishman Speyer withdrew from its plan to build housing on the site.
Atlanta City Councilmember Amir Farokhi, who represents the Old Fourth Ward, and Atlanta Housing had no comment on the current redevelopment project.
Collin Kelley contributed to this report.
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