After receiving a number of complaints from Atlantic Station residents and guests about the noise and disruptions caused by motorcycles, a policy is now in place that prohibits motorcyclists from riding through and parking in the main retail district in Atlantic Station. However, we welcome motorcyclists to park in Target, IKEA or on-street parking spaces throughout Atlantic Station outside of the main retail district. Much of this parking is well within walking distance of all Atlantic Station stores, restaraunts and entertainment options. This policy applies to motorcycles only and does not apply to mopeds or scooters with engines smaller than 150 cc...
H&M to open Atlantic Station store June 13
...Hennes & Mauritz, also known as H&M, will open its first intown store, at Atlantic Station on June 13.
The Swedish retailer of inexpensive, trendy clothing made its metro Atlanta debut last week at Alpharetta's North Point Mall...
The Atlantic Station location, the largest so far, will also be the most comprehensive in terms of merchandise. Shoppers will find clothing and accessory lines for men, women and children...
100 Days and Counting:
3rd AVP Atlanta Open Makes Return Visit to “17th Street Beach”
The best professional beach volleyball players will return to Atlanta May 29 – June 1 for the AVP Atlanta Open, the eighth event of the 2008 Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Crocs Tour... Once again, host Atlantic Station will turn into a huge beach party featuring 2,000 tons of sand and four days of sun, fun and fierce competition. More than 25,000 spectators have attended the first two years of the AVP Atlanta Open, with both weekend sessions selling out...
Outer Limits Sprawling Atlanta seeks new routes to the future
...The city's best known green building project is Atlantic Station, a mixed-use complex rising on the site of a former steel mill that's been widely hailed as a successful merging of development and economic interests. When fully built out in the next decade, this city-within-a city will include six million square feet of LEED-certified office space; 5,000 high-rise, loft-style units, townhouses, and single-family residential homes; nearly two million square feet of retail; and 1,000 hotel rooms...
Eco-daycare centre introduces toddlers to 'green'
ATLANTA — There are plenty of signs that FIO 360 isn't the typical daycare centre, but perhaps most telling are the blue slippers visitors wear to keep out chemicals they might track in on their shoes.
Then there's the custom-made organic mattresses free of formaldehyde and other chemicals, imported organic wool rugs, organic wooden toys and hormone-free meals made by an in-house chef with - you guessed it - organic foods....
The American Boot Camp Company becomes the Official Boot Camp in Atlantic Station
Atlanta’s leading Results-Based Outdoor Fitness Boot Camp Debuts Free Workouts in Central Park. With six locations across metro Atlanta, The American Boot Camp Company will begin offering free outdoor workouts on Saturday mornings in Central Park of Atlantic Station. The American Boot Camp Company is one of Atlanta’s leading results-based fitness programs, offering two or four-week outdoor training programs, group fitness classes and dynamic interval training, nutrition counseling and a wide range of indoor classes...
Arc de Dixie
Modernists are appalled, but neoclassic architecture is staging a comeback. Latest evidence: an ersatz Arc de Triomphe in Georgia.
Standing atop his 82-foot, classically inspired triumphal arch, Rodney Mims Cook Jr. surveys its neighbors--an Ikea, a Target (nyse: TGT - news - people ), a four-lane highway and many, many condos. Cook's arch, called Millennium Gate, sits where an Atlanta steel mill used to. When it opens in May it will be the biggest classical monument erected in the U.S. since 1943, when the Jefferson Memorial opened on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
Atlantic Station snags Buckhead spa
Anyone seeking an escape from the hustle and bustle of the city will appreciate the appearance of Nani Salon & Spa in Atlantic Station. The Aveda concept salon has relocated from its Buckhead digs to a second-floor perch on 19th Street.
Nani offers everything from facials and massages to hair and nail services, including packages such as the three-hour Mamas to Be treatment for expectant mothers ($190) and the Bali Getaway for Two, a $610 treatment for couples that includes massage, facial, body polish and lunch...
Metro Atlanta ranks 14th among 30 walkable cities
By one new measure of walkability, metro Atlanta is middle of the road. Or, depending on where you are, middle of the sidewalk.
The region ranked 14th among the 30 largest American metropolitan areas in a survey of walkable urban places released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution. The think tank based in Washington, D.C. put it's home city at the top of the list, followed by Boston, San Francisco, Denver and Portland...
Atlantic Station wants you to go carless
Atlantic Station opened what they say is the nation's first "commuter cafe," designed as a clearinghouse for transportation alternatives aimed at the approximately 11,000 people who live and work within the mixed-use development.
"Atlanta is a city where we're conditioned to drive," said Brian Leary, vice president of AIG Global Investment Real Estate, which developed Atlantic Station. "We want a community where you're conditioned to walk."...
MOMMY + ME LIVE, WORK, PLAY...and PUSH!
Atlantic Station is pleased to announce a new weekly program - the Station Stroll - for in-town moms, dads, and caregivers. Every Wednesday (starting November 7th), moms and their children in strollers are invited to meet at Central Park for a one-mile walk thru Atlantic Station. Starbucks coffee and socializing begin at 9:30 am and the stroll begins at 10:00 am...
BB&T to consolidate at Atlantic Station tower
Atlantic Station's third, and tallest, office tower will break ground next week, and will be anchored by the local and state corporate bank offices for BB&T Corp., according to an announcement by the bank on Thursday.
The new 25-story tower will be at 271 17th Street, adjacent to Atlantic Station's most recent high-rise project at 201 17th Street, which is scheduled to open this month.
