Atlanta In Final Negotiations For Civic Center Sale

Charles Edwards / WABE News

The city of Atlanta is entering final negotiations to sell the Atlanta Civic Center. 

On Thursday, the board of Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development agency, voted to authorize the agency to work out details of $30 million deal with a Texas developer. 
 
Weingarten Realty Investors has proposed to develop the Civic Center into a $298 million mixed-use development with 386 apartments, 20 townhomes, a grocery store and 250 condominiums, retail and office spaces.
 
In June 2014, the Atlanta City Council authorized the sale of the venue, after a city analysis found the center was a financial drain to the city.
 
The site was built in 1967 and has been primarily used as an arts and theater venue.