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Back on Track Campanile revamp gets thumbs-up; Midtown Exchange moves forward
A rendering of the new renovations planned for the Campanile building. The façade of the Campanile building in Midtown has boarded up for several years after a stalled revamp. By Collin Kelley
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he stalled renovation of a Midtown tower appears to be back on track after the City of Atlanta filed an “abandoned project” complaint against the developer. The Campanile building at the intersection of Peachtree and 14th streets – across from newly renovated Colony Square – has had its lower front facade boarded up for several years after planned renovations were put on hold back in 2020. Now, Dewberry Capital has presented plans to the Midtown Development Review Committee (DRC) to reignite renovations, but on a much larger scale. At the May meeting, Dewberry presented an updated plan that would add approximately 304,00 square feet of retail and office space to the 1980’s-era building. Six new floors are proposed at the top of the tower including roof terraces at levels 23 and 27. Eight new levels of retail and office space are proposed around the base of the office tower.
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A rendering of Midtown Exchange. The existing skin of the building will be replaced with new stone and glass curtain wall cladding at all floors. The old plaza at the corner of Peachtree and 14th will be replaced with a larger hardscaped open space, new landscaping and integrated steps cascading down to 14th Street. The DRC was supportive of the project
and requested more detailed information about the streetlight plans and plaza design.
Midtown Exchange update The DRC also reexamined Selig’s massive Midtown Exchange project
consisting of a 37-story residential tower with 465 apartments, a 26-story office building, 24,500 square feet of groundfloor retail space, and a central courtyard accessed from Peachtree Walk. The property – bounded by 12th Street, Peachtree Walk, and 13th Street – is currently home to a collection of old homes and buildings transformed into restaurants and businesses. It’s the last vestige of Midtown’s residential origins in the vicinity. Selig made several modifications since its original April presentation including making changes to frontages along 12th and 13th streets for uniformity and modifying the frontage on Peachtree Walk to include a deeper tenant space for future retail or café use accessed directly from the sidewalk. The Midtown Alliance and Selig are collaborating to integrate the design of the project as the transformation of Peachtree Walk into Midtown Art Walk – a pedestrian street full of art, restaurants, and shops stretching from 10th to 15th streets. The DRC was supportive of the progress, encouraged continued coordination on the Art Walk, and provided additional feedback centered on the elevations to be addressed by Selig. At l a n t a I n t o w n Pa p e r. c o m
