1010 Midtown Explained

Building Name:1010 Midtown
Alternate Names:1010 Peachtree
Location:1080 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates:33.7838°N -84.3839°W
Map Type:Midtown Atlanta#Atlanta#Georgia (U.S. state)#United States
Start Date:2006
Completion Date:November 2008
Roof:124m (407feet)
Unit Count:425
Floor Count:35
Elevator Count:6
Architect:Joy Trammell + Rubio
Developer:Selig Enterprises, Inc.
References:[1]

1010 Midtown is a 35-story, 124m (407feet) skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia with 425 condominiums atop 38000square feet of retail and dining space. The structure is part of the 12th & Midtown development, situated on approximately on the block between 11th and 12th streets in Midtown Atlanta, the front of which follows the curve of Peachtree Street. The 1010 Midtown building also features a park-in-the-sky, which will be one of the largest environmentally green rooftops in the city.[2]

Daniel Corporation, Selig Enterprises, the Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund (CJUF), and MetLife combined forces to make 1010 Midtown, a key piece in the Midtown Mile, a reality. The building was designed by the architecture firm Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio and built by Brasfield & Gorrie. Construction of this first phase of the 12th & Midtown development began in August 2006 and was completed in early 2009.

At the base of 1010 Midtown sit several restaurants, including Sugar Factory and Silverlake Ramen. It also houses a Bank of America branch and additional retail space fronting Peachtree Street.

Incident

On March 9, 2012, a man jumped to his death from the 35th floor of the building.[3]

Midtown Mile

The Midtown Mile, a block that is expected to cover some 3000000square feet when completed, will run along Peachtree Street and will be the newest location for high-end retail and dining activities in Atlanta. It will host a variety of flagship storefronts, restaurants, hotels and high-rises, of which, 1010 Midtown will be the first to be fully completed.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emporis building ID 272809 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024706/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/272809 . dead . March 7, 2016 . Emporis.
  2. Web site: High-rise Buildings of Atlanta . MyUrbanCity . 2011 . 11 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007000434/http://myurbancity.com/category/atlanta/condos/1010-midtown/ . 2011-10-07 . dead .
  3. News: Hunt Archbold . Man leaps to death in Midtown . Midtown Patch . March 10, 2012 . 19 March 2012.