GSU Campus Plan
Georgia State's Expansion Plans including Its Vision for the former Turner Field.
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This is a stub page. This page describes Georgia State's Campus Plan and the stories around its acquisition of the property formerly known as Turner Field. The State Board of Regents and City of Atlanta have used the University System to also serve economic development interests. The 1996 Olympic Village athlete housing were turned into GSU and then GA Tech dorms. The development of GSU is of critical importance to the Atlanta City Plan. If you are knowledgeable about this topic and would be willing to assist us in developing this page, please send a note to ben.eason at creativeloafing.com. More content to come. More content to come.
Summerhill Issues: How will GSU and Carter Develop Turner Field? Article
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GSU: Bell Building can't be classrooms or labs but we're exploring adaptive reuse Article
Georgia State University officials say it's too expensive to turn Downtown's Bell Building into labs and classrooms but they're exploring other ways to reuse the building, not demolishing it.
Last August, GSU announced plans to demolish a historic four-story building the school owns on Auburn Avenue. School officials wanted to knock down the Bell Building, the one-time home of the Southern...
| more...GSU and developers, rec authority strike $30 million deal over Turner Field Article
Surprise! Georgia State, Carter picked to redevelop Turner Field and massive, lifeless parking lot Article
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As everyone expected, Georgia State University and Atlanta-based developers Carter and Oakwood Development have been selected to become the new owners of Turner Field and the surrounding parking lots.
The joint venture plans to spend $300 million turning Turner Field into a college football stadium and the adjacent sea of asphalt into student housing, retail, and some greenspace....
| more...GSU: Renovating Bell Building could cost at least $18 million, require cleaning up pigeon poop Article
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?Downtown residents and preservationists are pushing Georgia State University to bring Auburn Avenue's historic Bell Building back to life, not demolish it to make way for a temporary parking lot. But school officials claim such a project is cost prohibitive. Meanwhile, City Hall officials are also expressing concerns about Georgia State's proposal.
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First Slice 8/19/2015: Georgia State prez weighs Turner Field options Article
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Georgia State University President Mark Becker, who's interested in building on Turner Field when the Atlanta Braves leave, says retrofitting Turner Field might be cheaper than building a new stadium. And could The Ted see a second life as a retail center a la Ponce City Market?
After some reluctance, Atlanta's Zoning Review Board has denied approval for a $55 million office...
| more...GSU wants to demolish historic Bell Building; tentative plan calls for temporary parking lot Article
image-1Auburn Avenue's historic Bell Building, once home of the Southern Bell Telephone exchange, could soon be wiped off the map.
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? Last November, the Woodruff Foundation gifted Georgia State University $22.8 million to liven up some of the school's Woodruff Park facilities. Most of the cash will be used to transform the former SunTrust building on Edgewood Avenue and...
GSU receives $22.8 million donation for media production center near Woodruff Park Article
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Georgia State University has received a $22.8 million gift to open a new media production center near Woodruff Park.
The philanthropic gift from the Robert Woodruff Foundation is the largest in the school's history and will fund renovations of the former SunTrust Bank building at Edgewood Avenue and Park Place. Once finished, the three-story structure will become...
| more...Georgia State wants Turner Field for new football stadium Article
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- Georgia State's campus could soon extend to Turner Field neighborhoods
Georgia State University has apparently decided that it will dominate much, if not all, of this week's news cycle. The AJC reports the state school has partnered with private developers and wants to buy Turner Field - plus the sea of parking lots that surround the baseball stadium:
Georgia...
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First Slice 6/8/12: GSU, Kwanza Hall set sights on Sweet Auburn Article
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1. In a strange twist, this week New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unleashed two proposals bound to turn some heads: a cap on the size of soft drinks restaurants and other venders can sell, and the virtual decriminalization of possessing small amounts of pot. That’s right, if both proposals go through street carts handing out super-sized sodas more than 16 ounces could face twice the...
GSU to purchase Atlanta Life, Integral Group headquarters in downtown? Article
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- GSU would most likely house Honors College in insurance company's Auburn Avenue headquarters
Georgia State University's diabolical plan to own every single square inch of downtown Atlanta continues. Maria Saporta reports (sub. req'd.) that the university will ask the state Board of Regents next week for permission to purchase the Auburn Avenue headquarters of Atlanta Life...
| more...GSU won't be Equitable building's new owner Article
The one-time commuter college turned major downtown property owner won't be adding the iconic Equitable building, which went into foreclosure two years ago, to its real-estate porfolio. Reports the AJC:
The Equitable building in downtown Atlanta has a new landlord. Coconut Grove, Fl.-based America's Capital Partners paid $19 million for the building, and plans to spend at least that much...
| more...GSU selects site near Woodruff Park for law and business schools, continues quiet invasion of downtown Article
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Folks praying to the gods for more foot traffic for downtown Atlanta are in luck. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle (sub. req'd.), Georgia State University wants to build two future buildings that will house its business and law schools on a site near Woodruff Park:
Georgia State recently purchased about 2.4 acres at John Wesley Dobbs and Park Place, on the north side of...
| more...GSU buys land for football field Article
The dominoes continue to fall along the Memorial Drive corridor. Just yesterday, Georgia State University threw down about $6.6 million for a 3.8-acre lot at 188 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., to be used as a practice field for the school's planned football team.
The land, which backs up to the MARTA line and sits next to that unsightly Corey smokestack, was formerly the home of The...
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