Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A new residential tower at Centennial Yards, the mini-city being built within downtown Atlanta’s Gulch, will not feature any apartments set aside at rents affordable to lower income residents — and the developer will instead pay a fee to the city of nearly $8.5 million. Centennial Yards Company, a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based developer CIM Group, opted to pay Atlanta an “in-lieu fee” rather than reserve any apartments at rents below market rate at its 19-story, 304-unit tower called the Mitchell. The high-rise, which is expected to open next year, is the first new tower erected as part of the $5 billion redevelopment of the Gulch, a 50-acre expanse of parking lots and rail lines between the Five Points MARTA Station and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. More: https://lnkd.in/eyabcVPJ

Want to own a bit of television and movie history? Tens of thousands of props and related TV and film production equipment are being sold in a five-day sale starting Wednesday, Oct. 30. Among the notable props: a life-size Orca whale, a replica New York City subway car, five life-size armor outfits and a slew of African masks. There are multiple dugout canoes; French bistro tables; car lifts; green screens; a foosball table, chandeliers; a fake, lightweight boulder; a vintage Howard Miller grandfather clock; upright pianos; and a high-quality horse saddle. There are also plenty of clothing, furniture and light fixtures to choose from. More: https://lnkd.in/eV7XjwYd

NETHERWORLD Haunted House, a fixture of Atlanta’s spooky season, is much more than a haunted house. It’s a full production. For 34 nights this Halloween season, Ben Armstrong, co-creator of Netherworld haunted houses in Stone Mountain, will be the ringmaster, nightly directing roughly 100 actors in elaborate costumes, 18 makeup artists, a team of costumers, special effects experts, lighting technicians and even a coffin-ride. The AJC takes you inside Netherworld, which runs through Nov. 3. Happy Halloween 👻 https://lnkd.in/eXyVWuU4

Atlanta’s 2024 Michelin Guide was announced on Monday night, with 57 restaurants recognized in several different categories at a ceremony held at the Georgia World Congress Center. The AJC has the skinny on the nine restaurants that were awarded one Michelin star each, and others recognized during the ceremony. Here's what to know and check out each restaurant below: https://lnkd.in/ebvfErbF

Agents with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture raided the Ohio home of The Millennia Companies® chief executive Frank Sinito, whose company owns the notorious Forest Cove Section 8 apartment complex in Atlanta. It’s not clear exactly what agents were looking for at Sinito’s estate in the Lake County village of Waite Hill, about 25 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio. But ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland observed about a dozen cars at Sinito’s home and saw agents carrying out boxes. The Millennia Companies’ lawyer, Marisa T. Darden of Cleveland law firm Benesch Law, confirmed the raid. She said the company was cooperating with investigators. The firm declined to comment on the nature or status of the government probe. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e_xCWzTF

The iconic dome-shaped entertainment venue called Sphere in Las Vegas has been headlined by U2, Phish, The Eagles – and soon, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian. Bastian will hold a keynote talk at Sphere during the CES Tech show in January — the carrier’s latest move to make a big splash at the annual convention focused on consumer technology and innovation. The Jan. 7 talk will focus on the airline’s “vision for the future of travel,” according to Delta. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eWbnSfNK

Metro Atlanta remains a magnet for corporate innovation centers. 🏢 One of the world’s largest insurance firms announced it is consolidating its Atlanta area offices into a new innovation center and hiring hundreds of additional employees. American International Group, known as AIG, is relocating its existing Alpharetta and Buckhead operations to 2002 Summit Blvd. NE in Brookhaven overlooking I-285, where the Fortune 100 company will also establish its first innovation center. The 180,000-square-foot lease signing is one the largest of 2024 so far in metro Atlanta and roughly triples the company’s office footprint in the Atlanta area. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eFhkiYuP

A project that will help define a city center for Johns Creek is getting a luxury hotel. A 175-guest room boutique hotel is coming to Medley, a more than 40-acre mixed-use development in Johns Creek that will replace an aging office campus. Medley is a first-of-its-kind project for Johns Creek influenced by Avalon in neighboring Alpharetta. Read more about the development: https://lnkd.in/e6vSe2QT

Some people go all out for Halloween. Ash Parker is one of those folks. A top executive at an Atlanta commercial real estate firm, Richard Bowers & Co., Parker’s job is the suit-and-tie type, but on Halloween, he swaps the professional attire for a masterful disguise. While Halloween costumes might be expected in other jobs, like an elementary school teacher dressed up as a minion, for example, it’s not common to see a real estate broker walking down Peachtree Street dressed as Forrest Gump in his running era. Read more 🎃: https://lnkd.in/esQy-2t4

When a hurricane looms, it's crucial to get forecasts as early and precisely as possible. Lockheed Martin in Marietta has been tapped to build a more advanced version of “hurricane hunter” aircraft that can improve research for forecasts to help save lives. The NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is ordering two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will be specially-equipped as hurricane hunters to fly straight into storms with specialized instruments to gather data. “The research from hurricane hunter aircraft “gives us the ability to understand how these storms form, how they develop, and the impact that they have on communities,” said U.S. Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves, who toured the Lockheed Martin plant in Marietta after the contract award. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eenBTytH