AJC keeping pace with metro Atlanta’s changing skyline

You can see it happening all over. Giant cranes dot the skyline from south of Atlanta to the northern suburbs as thousands of construction workers help reshape our communities.

Atlanta is experiencing a building boon as we construct new stadiums, expand the airport and raise new office towers.

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For example, at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, crews there have started work on a $6 billion expansion and makeover that will update the domestic terminal and concourses, introduce new features like a hotel and eventually add another concourse and runway to the world’s busiest airport.

In Cobb County, the Atlanta Braves are building a new $672 million stadium – SunTrust Park – and a mixed-use development called The Battery as new developments are also going up around Cumberland Mall.

In Atlanta, the Atlanta Falcons are building Mercedes-Benz Stadium for about $1.5 billion. Both the Braves and Falcons stadiums involved millions of taxpayer dollars.

There are also tech companies building office towers in the heart of the city and Georgia State University readies to build a campus on the Turner Field property.

‘The only thing that changes is how we deliver it’

As the AJC nears the end of its print chapter, some of the reporters, editors and photographers who make the AJC reflect on their “big break" moments.

Georgia authority says ransomware attack thwarted, real estate portal online

The Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, which operates a database for the state’s real estate index, said it detected the intrusion Nov. 21.

Breakdown: Three days in May

Season 11 of the AJC’s Breakdown true crime podcast starts soon. It begins with a Georgia couple, a newborn—and a discovery that triggers a living nightmare.

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