Though it might not fully exist for a decade, downtown’s hypothetical, highway-capping Stitch project is already proving itself a magnet for development dollars.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports early discussions are underway for building a mixed-use Hilton hotel project on a long-vacant site next to the downtown Connector that could become a focal point of the Stitch, which backers predict will spur $3 billion in private investment.
In the works are a 260-key hotel and an apartment component that could include affordable units catering to healthcare workers at nearby Emory facilities, according to Natson Hotel Group, the McDonough-based firm putting the concept together, the newspaper reports.
The roughly 1-acre site in question next to a MARTA station and the downtown Connector. Google Maps
The roughly 1-acre site is located between Ted Turner Drive and West Peachtree Street, just west of the Civic Center MARTA station, in the shadow of the Twelve Centennial Park hotel and condos. The latter building is a 39-story high-rise finished in 2007; longtime Atlanta development wonks will recall that initial plans for the Twelve condos included a twin tower of equal height—but the Great Recession scuttled that portion of the project.
The footprint for the planned second tower has been vacant ever since.
Should the Stitch come together as planned, the hotel-apartment combo would overlook the section of the project called Hospital Square. That’s envisioned as an interactive playscape at MARTA’s doorstep framing St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.
Vision for Hospital Square. Central Atlanta Progress; thestitchatl.com
According to the ABC, Natson Hotel Group has yet to file formal plans for the project but hopes to break ground sometime in 2026 on the property, which an affiliate of the company already owns. The hotel would feature Hilton’s new lifestyle-focused Tempo brand and could be dual-branded with the company’s…
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