Atlanta Beltline, Inc. announced its first steps forward as the new master planner and co-developer of the fraught Murphy Crossing development adjacent to the Westside Trail and near the Oakland City and West End MARTA stations. At a June 2 public meeting, Beltline leaders announced its project timeline for the next year. From now until […]
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New infill MARTA stations to complement BeltLine rail
A new MARTA station at Murphy Crossing in southwest Atlanta will make BeltLine rail even more vital to our city’s future mobility.
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Murphy Crossing plan heads to public meeting with affordability and transit questions
By John Ruch The redevelopment concept for Southwest Atlanta’s huge Murphy Crossing site is heading into an Oct. 6 community meeting without previewing such basics as a site plan and budget and amid concerns about housing affordability and transit connections. The community also has much to learn about the lead developer, Arizona-based Culdesac, Inc., which […]
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BeltLine’s Murphy Crossing gets a new developer with mixed-use plan
A new developer has been chosen to remake Murphy Crossing, a 20-acre site on the Atlanta BeltLine’s Westside Trail, into an enormous mixed-use center.
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BeltLine working on Murphy Crossing developer to-do list, again
Transit orientation? Jobs? Green buildings? Yes.
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Reporter’s Notebook: YWCA’s antiracist conversation and more
Plus, how North Georgia’s Goodwill is the best one, and more.
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Equitable development: Master plan at Hulsey Yard a successful example for Murphy Crossing, elsewhere in Atlanta
By Guest Columnist BRANDON SUTTON, a member of the Hulsey Yard Study Committee
2020 will no doubt be remembered as a time of unprecedented disruption to the lives and businesses of countless people throughout the country, including right here in Atlanta. In a macro sense, the world has changed dramatically. In a micro sense, the lives and daily choices of people everywhere are in a state of suspended animation.
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WRS’ Scott Smith urges Invest Atlanta, ABI to reconsider Murphy Crossing deal
T. Scott Smith, CEO of WRS Realty, said in a telephone interview Friday morning that Invest Atlanta and Atlanta BeltLine Inc. need to revive Place Properties’ proposed Murphy Crossing development.
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WRS not part of Murphy Crossing development team for months
South Carolina developer WRS Realty had not been part of the Murphy Crossing development team since Christmas.
Cecil Phillips, the CEO of Place Properties, said Thursday that T. Scott Smith, CEO of WRS, had stepped back from the project last December.
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Atlanta BeltLine and Invest Atlanta cancel $200 million plan for Murphy Crossing
It’s back to square one for Murphy Crossing.
The Atlanta BeltLine Inc. has terminated a memo of understanding that it had with the development team that had proposed investing $200 million to transform a 20-acre site on the southern part of the BeltLine.
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Murphy Crossing neighbors demand transparency during sale of Beltline-adjacent property
What could become of Murphy Crossing, the 20-acre Southwest Atlanta property neighboring the Beltline’s Westside Trail, is anyone’s guess. But neighbors of the potential redevelopment site—residents of Oakland City, Adair Park, and Capitol View—want to ensure whatever happens there gels with the surrounding culture and doesn’t spur mass displacement.
