A Personal Sanctuary Becomes the Center of Atlanta’s Resurgence with a Massive Grand Opening and a $200 Million City Deal on the Horizon
Thirty years ago, I walked into the soaring 14-story atrium of 190 Marietta Street as a young filmmaker chasing dreams through the streets of Atlanta. For decades, the CNN Center was a media fortress, a sanctuary for creatives, and a fixture for my own family.
Now, the building has shed its corporate skin to become The CTR—and its official public grand opening is lighting up downtown just in time for the global spotlight.
But while crowds gather for the massive new CTR Food Works marketplace and interactive cultural hubs, a massive public twist is brewing behind closed doors at City Hall. The city is actively weighing a landmark $200 million acquisition that could completely reshape the destiny of the complex, turning empty office towers into creative production studios and vital affordable housing.
The place where so many of our stories began is finally becoming the heart of Atlanta’s own reimagining.
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