Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ATLANTA -- Atlanta exists because of railroads. In 1837, the city was founded as the terminus of the Western & Atlantic Railroad ...

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms faces her biggest political test since she took office, with a City Council vote looming Monday on her proposal to provide up to $1.75 billion in public financing to ...

After a long-fought battle, Los Angeles-based CIM Group claimed victory for a $1.9B incentive package with the city of Atlanta to redevelop the Gulch into a towering mini-city, complete with the ...

The city of Atlanta has hired the stadium authority's de facto leader to help negotiate a multi-billion dollar deal to develop the Gulch, raising questions about whether he can fairly look out for the ...

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms pulled an expected vote on the Gulch deal from the agenda of a Wednesday special-called meeting of the City Council. Thursday, the council's president, Felicia Moore ...

The Gulch is notorious. The enormous, unsightly mass of parking spaces in downtown next to Philips Arena—with freight trains and MARTA rail running through it—contradicts its historical importance.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE- In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, a tract of land known to locals as "The Gulch" is shown in Atlanta. As Amazon.com ...

ATLANTA - The Atlanta City Council is expected to take up consideration Monday afternoon on a proposal giving nearly $2 billion in public financing to help redevelop the downtown real estate parcel ...

For decades, 40 acres of southern downtown Atlanta known as the Gulch remained an undeveloped plot, serving as a railroad yard, then a parking lot convenient for tailgaters attending nearby sports ...

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