The Atlanta City Council approved a zoning change requiring push-button door activators at primary street-facing entrances of new commercial and public buildings to improve accessibility. Advocates say it’s a simple fix with big day-to-day impact.

Cardinal Infrastructure bought Sugar Hill’s A.L. Grading Contractors for $245.5M and amended its term loan to $200M as it expands into the Atlanta market.

Goldman Sachs paid $90.8 million for a Buckhead apartment tower near Buckhead Village, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Senate Bill 476 would cap Georgia's state affordable housing credit at 50% for projects filed in 2027 and repeal the program by 2031, prompting warnings from housing advocates.

Redfin data show nearly 69% of metro Atlanta homes closed below original asking prices in 2025, with average local discounts near 7.3%.

Developers say site work will start in the coming weeks at The Bowery, a nearly 300‑unit mixed‑use project in Old Fourth Ward. The build includes apartments, townhomes, retail and a 400‑space parking garage.

A Locust Grove homeowner says she signed a quitclaim deed after a loan to cover back taxes — the deed shows her house was recorded to a company for $0. Court papers and consumer‑law experts raise red flags.

Alpharetta approved a tax allocation district that could pave the way for a mixed‑use overhaul of North Point Mall — and a 17,000–18,000‑seat arena pitch. The move puts the city in direct competition with a Forsyth County development that’s chasing the same prize.

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners pulled a $2.05B CMBS loan on QTS data centers, refinancing debt and extracting roughly $419M as AI demand propels the sector.

Georgia House Democrats rolled out a multi-bill package aimed at expanding affordable single‑family housing, curbing investor purchases and strengthening tenant protections. Lawmakers said the measures mix tax credits, zoning fixes and new tenant remedies.

An 80-unit, five-story senior apartment community has opened in Decatur as part of the Decatur East transit-oriented plan, with most units set aside for low-income seniors.

APS is converting vacant school sites into mixed-income housing, with RFQs out for Peeples Street and plans to preserve Lakewood's historic building.

Under Frank Fernandez, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta funneled more than $235 million into affordable housing in 2025 — nearly doubling its 2020 pace.