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MARTA considering high-rise towers above Arts Center station

Picture shows the Arts Center MARTA Station parking lot. The lot may be part of the plans to develop land at the station. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM AJC File Photo)
Picture shows the Arts Center MARTA Station parking lot. The lot may be part of the plans to develop land at the station. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM AJC File Photo)
By Arielle Kass
Aug 4, 2016

The MARTA board of directors approved negotiations Thursday to develop land around the Arts Center station in Midtown.

The project would be developed by Atlanta-based Cousins Properties and Integral Group.

Last May, MARTA said the Arts Center project would involve construction on a 6.2-acre site that is currently part bus station, part train station, part parking space and part undeveloped land.

MARTA has plans to build transit-oriented developments at many of its stations. Work on a project that will include 224 residential units, a performing arts center and a park began at the Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA station last week.

To read more about the proposal, which includes four high-rise towers on top of the Arts Center station, click here.

About the Author

Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.

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