The American Cancer Society Center is a large

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and

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, adjacent to

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. The building contains about , including a partially underground

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and loading area. The building, originally called the Inforum Technology Center or Inforum,Move downtown will raise nonprofit's profile
Atlanta Business Chronicle, March 2, 2007. Retrieved on October 18, 2007. was designed by the prominent Atlanta

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, who previously designed the

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buildings. ACS Center is connected via two indoor

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s to the ground abyss of the AmericasMart building 3, across

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to the east. In addition to housing the National Home Office and South Atlantic Division of the

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, the Center also provides office space for

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, InComm,

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, and US South Communications.

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connectivity is available throughout the structure.

Interior design

The lower levels (

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and

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) consist of

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and

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rooms, a few business offices, and a 450-seat, two-level theater. The ''Bridge'' level (with high ceiling), above Mezzanine, houses ''Park View Café'', a cafeteria-style breakfast and lunch restaurant, and Internap. The Bridge level was originally named ''Expo'', and consisted mostly of convention floor space, requiring a very high ceiling. Most of that space, including the inactive passenger bridge, is now leased by Internap, housing

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equipment and office space. Six floors of office space sit above Bridge, spanning only part of the building's north-to-south distance. Office floor 1 is also named

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. The building provides a set of

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between Ground, Mezzanine, Bridge, and Atrium and an additional two sets of escalators from the Atrium level to the office floor 6. Most of the latter exit onto floors with locked doors into office suites. Two sets of four passenger

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s connect all floors: one set travels from underground parking (levels A-D) up through Atrium, and the second from Atrium to office floor 6. The secondary elevators actually begin at the Bridge level, but since the change from ''Expo'' to office space, that level is now disabled in the secondary elevators and inaccessible except through a service door inside the Internap offices. Three service elevators span the entire building from

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s (at level with

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) through office level 6.

References

External links

Cousins Properties - ACS Center
official property management site * {{American Cancer Society John C. Portman Jr. buildings

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Buildings and structures in Atlanta