Centennial Yards

“This is what we needed in our downtown, we needed a center of energy,” Centennial Yards CEO Brian McGowan told 11Alive about the transformative project.

Luca Varuni is the head chef and owner of Varuni Napoli, which boasts an authentic menu featuring Margherita pizza, Maradona pizza, Reginella calzone and more.

Atlanta’s Centennial Yards just got a futuristic upgrade. In June, Cosm officially opened its sprawling, three-level entertainment venue, perfectly timed for the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Virgin Hotels is expanding its US portfolio with the launch of Virgin Hotels Atlanta, a new lifestyle hotel scheduled to open in 2027 within Atlanta’s Centennial Yards development.

Cosm aims to attract foot traffic on a daily basis to Centennial Yards, the $5 billion project rising out of the Gulch.

The Welcome to ATL Experience, which is made possible by Showcase Atlanta and presented by DoorDash, announced its official open call for businesses looking to vend during the FIFA World Cup 2026. The Experience will activate three downtown sites—locations in and around Steele Bridge at Centennial Yards, The CTR (the former CNN Center) and South Downtown—chosen for foot […]

The Irish Exit is opening in Centennial Yards this week with special event for opening day. An Irish-American bar and restaurant from The Dead Rabbit Group is set to open this week in Downtown Atlanta, bringing Irish-inspired menu and a concept that celebrates connections between Irish and Atlanta culture.

Centennial Yards is adding a high-end steakhouse to its retail lineup.

Buckhead Life Restaurant Group has shaped Atlanta’s dining identity for decades. When founder I. Pano Karatassos launched the company in 1979, he set a new standard for hospitality in the city. The opening of Chops Lobster Bar in 1989 cemented that legacy, establishing a steakhouse that many Atlantans still consider a benchmark of fine dining. In the years […]

Chops Lobster Bar, the longtime Atlanta steakhouse from Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, will open a second location in downtown Atlanta’s Centennial Yards development later this year. Chops Lobster Bar’s 13,000-square-foot downtown outpost at 85 Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW will offer a menu of seafood delivered fresh daily and USDA Prime aged beef, according to […]

Atlanta soul food institution the Busy Bee Cafe has announced it will open its third location, in downtown Atlanta’s Centennial Yards development. The Busy Bee Cafe will open at The Mitchell residential tower at 125 Ted Turner Drive SW with a quick-service format and a bar program, according to a news release.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Busy Bee is coming to Centennial Yards. On New Year’s Day, developer CIM Group announced the iconic Atlanta restaurant signed a lease for a new 2,985-square-foot location at The Mitchell residential tower, which is part of the $5 billion mixed-use Centennial Yards development in Downtown Atlanta. It will be the […]

The Busy Bee, which has been open in Atlanta since 1947, will be opening a new location in The Mitchell at Centennial Yards in 2027, according to a recent social media announcement. “We’re extremely proud to welcome The Busy Bee, a legacy restaurant that represents the very best of Atlanta’s history, and hospitality,” Brian McGowen, president of Centennial […]

ATLANTA — Historic Atlanta restaurant The Busy Bee signed a lease to open a new location at Centennial Yards. CIM Group, which owns Centennial Yards, announced the restaurant signed a lease at the Mitchell residential tower and will open a nearly 3,000 square foot location. Centennial Yards is currently in the midst of a mixed-use […]

The historic restaurant plans to open its third location at the base of a new luxury apartment tower in Downtown.

For generations of Atlantans, The Busy Bee has been more than a restaurant. It’s been a gathering place, a cultural landmark, and a living archive of the city’s Westside history. Now, the storied soul food institution is expanding, signing a lease for a new 2,985-square-foot location at The Mitchell, a residential tower within the massive Centennial Yards […]

A new experience is coming to Atlanta‘s Centennial Yards from the group that brought award-winning The Dead Rabbit to New York City. The Irish Exit, a mix of classic Irish pub culture and a modern aesthetic, will open it’s second location in Atlanta’s entertainment district as part of the $5 billion, 50-acre redevelopment project. The CIM Group announced a lease […]

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Irish Exit, a popular bar in New York, will open its second location in Atlanta’s Centennial Yards project, developers announced on Wednesday. The modern Irish bar signed a lease for a 4,735-square-foot space in the development’s Entertainment District, including indoor and outdoor areas to eat, drink and socialize. […]

Another tenant has signed a lease to open in Centennial Yards, the $5 billion mixed-use development transforming Downtown Atlanta. Why it matters: The Irish Exit‘s expansion to Atlanta will be its first location outside of New York City since opening in 2023.

Atlanta will be the Irish Exit’s second location and its first outside New York.

The Irish Exit, a New York City-based concept from The Dead Rabbit Group, will open a new location at Centennial Yards in Atlanta.

THIS FRIDAY — BLACK FRIDAY — JOIN THE PEOPLE’S STATION V-103 FOR THE BIGGEST BLACK FRIDAY TAILGATE PARTY IN GEORGIA! The fun kicks off at 12 noon and rolls all the way until kickoff at our new tailgate location:125 Ted Turner Drive SW, Atlanta — at Centennial Yards on the Carrie Steele Bridge, formerly the Nelson Street Bridge, right next […]

The newest graduates of the Westside Works Construction Ready program are armed with the tools to reshape the landscape of their own community.

A new hotel with two on-site restaurants announced its imminent opening downtown, a longtime supplier of local restaurants died and more of this week’s happenings from the metro Atlanta restaurant scene.

THREE RANDOM THINGS 1️⃣ The Win Column officially has a secondary, non-U.S.A. rooting interest for next summer’s World Cup, y’all: Curacao. The island that gave the Braves future Hall of Famer Andruw Jones, Ozzie Albies and several other stars just became the smallest country to ever qualify for the world’s biggest soccer tourney. 2️⃣ Reporter […]

Hotel Phoenix is set to open on Dec. 1 at Centennial Yards in Atlanta, marking a new era of hospitality in the city.

Hotel Phoenix, the first hotel under the newly developed Centennial Yards, will open its doors on December 1st, 2025, making it the first hotel to open in Downtown Atlanta. This is part of the more than 5 billion dollars development called Centennial Yards. This development takes underutilized 50 acres of land and builds it into […]

The hotel was one of the first two towers constructed as part of the $5 billion redevelopment of the Gulch.

Not like it’s news to us… but Atlanta is officially one of the 100 best cities in the entire world, headed into the new year!

The Affordable Housing Impact Fund from CIM Group and Bryant Group Ventures has raised more than $250 million. Noted entrepreneur and nonprofit leader John Hope Bryant is partnering with the firm behind the redevelopment of downtown Atlanta’s Gulch on a new investment fund focused on affordable housing and community revitalization, the companies announced Monday.

ATLANTA – Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens inherited a wide range of infrastructure problems when he took office four years ago, from dilapidated streets to a crumbling water system that led to severe outages last year. And with the World Cup on the horizon, experts say the city needs to ramp up its capital project delivery […]

Downtown Atlanta is “the place where it happens.” Former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neal famously said “all politics is local” – and while that may not be true today, it still holds for development. Literally, of course, at ground level, all development is local – though sometimes it’s so big it affects an […]

Downtown Atlanta has seen a wave of new leases as it prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

There’s a lot going on downtown these days. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens stepped out onto a balcony at The Mitchell, one of the newest downtown apartment buildings, and took a look around at all that has taken place and continues to take place. Located across Centennial Olympic Park Drive from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, The Mitchell can be […]

In this Executive Insight, Centennial Yards President Brian McGowan joins SBJ Publisher Abe Madkour to discuss how Atlanta’s $5 billion Centennial Yards project is redefining urban sports development. Positioned adjacent to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the 50-acre mixed-use district aims to reenergize downtown Atlanta through a blend of residential, retail, hospitality and entertainment offerings. The pair discuss […]

ATLANTA — Downtown Atlanta is getting its first Shake Shack location at Centennial Yards. The new location is adjacent to Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena and is expected to open next year. Centennial Yards is a 470,000 square foot, $5 billion, 50-acre mixed-use development in the heart of downtown Atlanta. Other food and drink […]

Real estate projects with big-name architects attached are transforming cities and neighborhoods across North America—despite the obstacles Atlanta is preparing for its closeup by giving an underdeveloped 50-acre site known as the Gulch a makeover; Foster + Partners designed the master plan. Known as Centennial Yards, it got its first tower in 2022 from SOM, and […]

Now leasing: Downtown Atlanta’s newest luxury apartment tower A slice of Atlanta that was once home to cars and weekend football tailgates will soon house hundreds of residents. The first apartment tower to rise out of the Gulch as part of the $5 billion Centennial Yards project has begun pre-leasing, developer CIM Group said Monday. […]

Who Is Behind a $5 Billion Development in Atlanta? Yup, a Sports Team. After Tony Ressler left a meeting about a decade ago to complete his $730 million acquisition of the Atlanta Hawks, he saw a vast subterranean expanse near the CNN Center known as the Gulch. “What is that?” he asked the team’s chief executive, Steve […]

‘We’re ready:’ Atlanta welcomes fans for FIFA Club World Cup ATLANTA – Global soccer takes center stage in the city today as the FIFA Club World Cup begins its six-match run at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.  The timer has started for their planning, but also for the developers behind Centennial Yards. “We’re going to have all of our real […]

ATLANTA — The days of “The Gulch” seem to be numbered. For years, the 50-acre plot of land that sits between Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena was true to its name: a sunken space home to pavement and rail lines but little else. “This is a big day for us, but a lot more […]

Construction starts on planetarium-sized sports and entertainment venue downtown Cosm, a venue that is slated to be an anchor of Atlanta’s Centennial Yards, will potentially be ready by the World Cup. In the shadows of Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena, a new steel structure is rising, one that is expected to be an anchor […]

The development of a new immersive entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta has begun! Centennial Yards Company recently announced its long-term lease with Cosm. A leading immersive technology, media, and entertainment company, Cosm and Centennial Yards Company will work together to create a 70,000-square-foot, three-level immersive entertainment venue, including an 87-foot diameter 12K+ LED dome to deliver live […]

Concert promoter has committed to lease a 5,300-seat entertainment venue at Centennial Yards Live-music industry giant Live Nation Entertainment has agreed to join a planned stadium district in downtown Atlanta, the latest bet that the demand for live events is enough to power an entire real-estate sector. Live Nation committed to lease a 5,300-seat entertainment venue at Centennial […]

This is a preview of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards, recognizing the top commercial real estate projects and deals in 2024.  Tailgaters who once downed beers and hamburgers in empty parking lots before Atlanta Falcons games will soon have the option of cozier, perhaps more entertaining confines. Construction has started on […]

A shift by CIM Group’s Brian McGowan to add more hospitality to the Centennial Yards project in Atlanta just got a 19-story visual exclamation mark as the developer topped out the Hotel Phoenix at the $5 billion development. McGowan, who serves as president of CIM’s Centennial Yards Co., joined scores of construction workers recently to top out the hotel […]

Global firm teams up with brewery, nonprofit group for charity event in Atlanta CIM Group recently collected hundreds of toys for scores of children in need in Atlanta, where the global real estate firm is developing a $5 billion mixed-use development. CIM, the development and investment firm based in Los Angeles, teamed up with Wild […]

In a world overflowing with fake downtowns, the real thing can be refreshing. Unless, of course, it’s got a big hole in its heart. That’s how former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young once described the area known as the Gulch, an underdeveloped patch of tangled infrastructure surrounded by parking, overpasses and attractions such as State Farm […]