With the clock ticking, Mayor Kasim Reed said Monday he was confident he and a South Carolina company looking to take Underground Atlanta off the city’s hands could strike a deal.

Reed earlier this month told officials with WRS Real Estate Investments they had until the end of January to agree to a deal to buy the struggling downtown attraction or he would seek a different buyer.

In Monday’s exclusive interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Reed said the ultimatum worked.

“That was effective,” he said. “Everybody is working real hard. Everybody is in the final stages of the process. I’m trying to remain forceful without being unreasonable.”

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)