Redevelopment of former Atlanta Medical Center set to begin soon

A birds eye view of the rendering of the redevelopment plan for the former Atlanta Medical Center. The area is highlighted in purple.
A rendering of the redevelopment plan for the former Atlanta Medical Center in Old Fourth Ward. (Wellstar Health System and The Integral Group)

Updated at 6:18 p.m.

The former Atlanta Medical Center site is taking another step toward redevelopment. Property owner Wellstar Health System announced Thursday that it has chosen a developer to lead the project — just two days after the City of Atlanta’s redevelopment moratorium ended.

Wellstar’s announcement comes almost two years after it closed Atlanta Medical Center, leaving Grady Memorial as the city’s only remaining Level 1 trauma hospital.