Adaptive Renovation

Stockyards project in West Midtown announces new tenants

Stockyards, the Federal Capital Partners/Westbridge Partners joint-venture adaptive renovation of three historic warehouses in West Midtown, is under construction with an expected opening in the first quarter of 2017.

The project has just announced new tenants, bringing Stockyards to more than 65 percent pre-leased.

The tenants include Atlanta-based creative agency Fitzgerald & CO; sports, events and shopping brand experience agency Momentum Worldwide; and communications and engagement firm Weber Shandwick. All three are members of McCann Worldgroup and will move in with over 200 people sharing more than 43,000 square feet.

Mannington Commercial, a producer of commercial carpet, carpet tile, hardwood and rubber flooring, will open a showroom at Stockyards. The Indigo Road, based in Charleston, S.C., plans to open a restaurant on the site, too.

These new businesses will join The Painted Duck, a sister location to Buckhead’s The Painted Pin, featuring bowling, shuffleboard, horseshoe, food and drinks.

Stockyards will occupy three acres on the corner of 10th Street and Brady Avenue. The tract is one of the last remaining pieces of Atlanta’s historic industrial core. Located on the rail lines, the area served as the central clearinghouse for livestock through the 1800s and into the 1900s, and includes two historic meatpacking buildings constructed in the early 1900s.

Vintage Walgreens opens Downtown

An official grand opening and ribbon cutting for the new Walgreens pharmacy inside the restored Olympia Building in Downtown was held Friday, Sept. 16. Completed in 1936, the building at Five Points is probably best known for having the giant, circular Coca-Cola sign on its roof. The exterior of the building and signage for Walgreens has a vintage look and feel in keeping with its history.