Atlanta loves to be No. 1, whether it's home to the World Series champs, The Braves or being the world's busiest airport. Some titles are just too good to let go of! The Airports Council International (ACI) World recently announced the top 10 busiest airports worldwide and once again named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) as No. 1. In 2024,[...]
Director of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Debbie Frank with Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) joins the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast to chat about new projects and developments, the transit company’s biggest challenges and more. Responsible for TOD planning and implementation around stations, Frank assists in the development of mixed-use communities for MARTA users. During Frank's six-and-a-half years with the organization, MARTA[...]
For over 50 years, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has been a reliable transportation option for Atlantans and tourists across the city and its outlying suburbs. Founded in 1971, MARTA was created in response to a growing need for public transportation in the city of Atlanta. To decrease inner-city congestion, the Metropolitan Atlanta Transit Study Commission suggested a five-county bus[...]
There is a new real estate publication in Atlanta, and we are thrilled! A hearty welcome to the Atlanta real estate scene to Urbanize Atlanta! With Josh Green on board as Editor, this online publication is sure to be a success. Urbanize Atlanta is "where anyone passionate about Atlanta's urban planning, architecture, transportation and commercial real estate plays." Filling the void created[...]
One of the country’s most ambitious greenspace initiatives, a highway-capping project (Buckhead’s HUB404) in the park-starved commercial core of Buckhead, has been sidetracked by the global pandemic. At least for now. Backed by a mix of public and private dollars, progress on new sections of the Atlanta BeltLine, as with PATH Foundation projects throughout the metro, has hardly skipped a beat[...]
Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) utilize self-imposed taxes from local commercial businesses to improve and enhance local communities. Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen joins this week’s All About Real Estate segment of Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio to discuss local redevelopment and streetscape projects with co-hosts Carol Morgan and Todd Schnick. Gwinnett Place CID is a self-taxing district where the[...]
Housing and transportation costs are often the two largest expenditures for Atlanta residents. Unfortunately, for those who need affordable housing, it is often located outside of the urban core, driving up transportation costs and negating the savings on housing. On today’s special All About Real Estate episode, Darion Dunn, Managing Partner of Atlantica Properties joins us to discuss how transportation[...]
Those countless orange road cones, barrels and towering construction cranes often seen straddling Interstate 85 on both sides of the Pleasant Hill Road interchange, may be a little annoying for drivers but they’re positive signs of community improvement. On today’s All About Real Estate episode, Executive Director of the Gwinnett Place CID, Joe Allen discusses the goal of developing Gwinnett’s[...]
EducatedDriver.org published a report recently revealing that the average American will spend roughly 408 days of their life commuting. That’s a lot of time to spend stuck in traffic, going to and from work! And if that isn't bad enough, they drilled down to figure out the cost of commuting per city for the average person working a full time job. For[...]
How many times have you used a MARTA bus or train to get to a Braves or Falcons game or maybe to make it to the airport without having to pay for parking? Each day, some 400,000-plus passengers use the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to move around the city. However, for residents living in the city's northern suburbs,[...]