A new glass and steel office tower is beginning to peek over the tangle of ramps where Northside Drive meets Interstate 75. On the 12-acre site at 1715 Northside Drive NW in Loring Heights, crews have already stacked the parking podium and several base floors, and cranes now cut into the skyline above rush hour traffic.
What’s Going Up And Who Will Move In
The project is planned as a roughly 15 story, 250,000 square foot office building that will consolidate two of Georgia’s largest pension agencies along with the state’s Division of Investment Services, according to CRE MarketBeat. Office levels will sit on top of a multi level parking podium, with workspace beginning on the seventh floor. Developer TPA Group and general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie are leading the build on Northside Drive, per Connect CRE.
“Together we will occupy six of the office floors,” Employees’ Retirement System executive director Jim Potvin wrote in an email, noting that the state intends to take six floors and lease the remaining three to outside tenants, as Urbanize Atlanta reported. Potvin also said the design calls for seven parking levels, one below grade and the rest above, with the office portion rising above the garage.
From Strip Club To State Campus
The land for the tower was pulled together over time. The pension funds paid about $15 million for the former Diamond Club property, then added a neighboring 3.2 acre tract to reach roughly 12 acres overall, Bisnow reported. Brasfield & Gorrie has moved from demolition and site clearing into early construction work, and industry outlets say the lot is being readied for the vertical construction that will reshape this stretch of Northside Drive.
Timeline And What’s Next
Photos published Monday show cranes in place and more than a half dozen floors of the parking podium already visible from the interstate, a clear milestone for the project. Urbanize Atlanta highlighted the crane shots and, citing Brasfield & Gorrie, reports a projected completion in March 2028, while earlier industry coverage had expected vertical work to begin in March 2026. CRE MarketBeat and other trade outlets have pointed out how prominent the structure will be to drivers heading between Midtown and Buckhead as it rises.
The new headquarters site sits close to the Two Northside 75 complex where the pension agencies are currently based, bringing staff together on a single campus and setting the stage for a shift in commuting patterns for state employees, according to the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia’s office information. The Employees' Retirement System of Georgia lists Two Northside 75 as its current Atlanta address.
