1010 Midtown is a 35-story,

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with 425 condominiums atop of retail and dining space. The structure is part of the

12th & Midtown 12th and Midtown is a four-block commercial real estate development project in Midtown Atlanta along Peachtree Street and Crescent Avenue between 11th and 13th Streets. The development currently contains three of the tallest buildings in Midtown ...

development, situated on approximately on the block between 11th and 12th streets in

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, the front of which follows the curve of

Peachtree Street Peachtree Street is one of several major streets running through the city of Atlanta. Beginning at Five Points (Atlanta), Five Points in downtown Atlanta, it runs North through Midtown Atlanta, Midtown; a few blocks after entering into Buckhead ...

. The 1010 Midtown building also features a park-in-the-sky, which will be one of the largest environmentally green rooftops in the city. 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 The Midtown Mile is a section of Peachtree Street NE in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, between North Avenue NE and 15th Street NE. Located across the Downtown Connector from Downtown Atlanta, the Midtown Mile is one of the major thoroughfares of cen ...

, a reality. The building was designed by the architecture firm Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio and built by

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. Construction of this first phase of the

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.

Midtown Mile

The Midtown Mile, a block that is expected to cover some 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.

References

External links

1010 Midtown official website

1010 Midtown official blog
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