Fast forward to 2016, when the gears started turning again. MetLife hired JLL as the development master minds-sounding a bit like superheroes, right? Suddenly, renderings were making the rounds in 2018. Arquitectonica, famous for their bold city designs, joined forces with Atlanta’s own Cooper Carry. That's a real architectural tag team-kind of like Batman and Robin, but with blueprints instead of batarangs.
By 2019, Invesco, a financial giant, announced they’d be calling this place home, staking their claim in half the office space. Not long after, that old office building finally faced its fate with the dramatic flair of a movie set explosion-cue the dust clouds and construction hats. A groundbreaking ceremony in December 2019 made it official: a new Midtown vision was underway.
Now, what you see is a striking collection of glass and steel-26 stories of office innovation, an 18-story residential tower with 355 apartments, and a chic 12-story hotel, all brushed up with 30,000 square feet of retail space. The towers finally rose in 2022, delivering fresh energy to Midtown. From long-shot dreams to sudden demolition, the streets here have traded their office ghosts for a living, shimmering city within the city. That’s quite a transformation-Midtown Union proves waiting patiently can pay off, especially if you build tall enough!
