Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Amended consent order reached Tuesday in Fulton Superior Court; citizens' Motion to Intervene in the litigation denied by judge.
The almost half-decade long fight for the Crum & Forster building brought together lawyers for the Georgia Tech Foundation (GTF), private citizens who believe the City of Atlanta is bypassing its own preservation regulations, as well as outside counsels for both the City and the City’s Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) to Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday. For much of the battle over the Midtown Landmark building, a series of actions and designations by agencies and the City had prevented the GTF from continuing with its plans to demolish all or parts of the Spring Street structure near Tech Square. That was not the case Tuesday, though. After hearing from lawyers from all four parties involved in the complex case, Fulton County …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Fulton County Superior Court Judge John J. Goger is "likely to rule from the bench on all pending motions as well as the final disposition of the case" involving the Midtown Landmark building.
Late Friday afternoon, the Atlanta Preservation Center (APC) posted an urgent message on its website regarding the twisting, turning battle over the fate of the Midtown Landmark Crum & Forster building. According to the APC, "what will likely be the final hearing" related to the building will take place in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013 at 9:30 am. From the APC: "This is the culmination of four years of APC’s efforts to preserve the Crum & Forster Building, the City of Atlanta’s Preservation Ordinance and the rights of Atlanta’s citizens. "APC believes all concerned citizens should be present to witness the actions of Fulton County Superior Court Judge (John) Goger, the City of Atlanta and the Georgia Tech Foundation…
Friday, November 2, 2012
Midtown structure spared again as City’s Board of Zoning Adjustment ignores consent order that could have led to the demolishing of the Landmark building.
Midtown’s Crum & Forster building survived another challenge Thursday afternoon as the City’s Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) voted unanimously (5-0) to reject a court order that could have allowed the Georgia Tech Foundation (GTF) to demolish the Landmark building located at 771 Spring Street. The BZA voted to uphold the Atlanta Zoning Ordinance and the Community Partners Review Process by voting to ignore the consent order remanding it to approve the deal struck by lawyers for the City of Atlanta and the GTF for the Special Administrative Permit on the Crum and Forster. In September, the City and the GTF reached a settlement of a lawsuit previously brought by the GTF against the City and the BZA that allowed the BZA to rule on the …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Reports say preservationists to sue the City of Atlanta in order to save the Midtown Landmark building.
The fate of Midtown's Landmark Crum & Forster building continues to twist and turn. On Monday, WABE reported that preservationists were readying to sue the City of Atlanta in order to save the building. The station indicated that a local attorney was to file notice of ante litem on behalf of a group who believe City officials are ignoring their own preservation regulations. Preservationists thought they had scored a significant victory in early August when the Atlanta Urban Design Commission (UDC) voted unanimously to reject an Economic Review Panel’s recommendation to side with the Georgia Tech Foundation Real Estate Holding Corporation’s (GTF) application to demolish the rear two-thirds of the building. But last month, the City and the …
Monday, October 1, 2012
City attorneys settle lawsuit previously brought by the Georgia Tech Foundation that could open the door for the Landmark building to meet the wrecking ball.
The future of the Midtown Landmark Crum & Forster building continues to rest in doubt. Preservationists thought they had scored a significant victory in early August when the Atlanta Urban Design Commission (UDC) voted unanimously to reject an Economic Review Panel’s recommendation to side with the Georgia Tech Foundation Real Estate Holding Corporation’s (GTF) application to demolish the rear two-thirds of the building. GTF would like to build a High Performing Computing Center, a potential 24-story, 680,000 square-foot public-private development on the block. As first reported by Atlanta Progressive News on Sunday, early last week City of Atlanta attorneys settled a lawsuit previously brought by the GTF against the City and the City’s …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Atlanta UDC votes unanimously against the Georgia Tech Foundation's request to demolish the rear two-thirds of the Midtown Landmark building in order to make way for a High Performing Computing Center.
Preservationists attended Wednesday’s Atlanta Urban Design Commission (URC) hearing concerning the fate of the Crum & Forster building looking to convince more than three-fourths of the commission not to accept the recent findings of an Economic Review Panel that agreed with the Georgia Tech Foundation’s application to demolish the rear two-thirds of the Midtown Landmark building. They did better than that as all seven members of the UDC ultimately voted to reject the panel’s recommendation and Tech’s application in yet another victory for Crum & Forster supporters over the course of the last four years. It is considered relatively rare for the UDC to deny the findings of an Economic Review Panel. It took about 75 minutes of debate, and …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
There is a scheduled Wednesday Atlanta Urban Design Commission hearing about the Midtown Landmark building
The August Neighborhood Planning Unit-E meeting is set for Tuesday, Aug. 7 at Peachtree Christian Church in Midtown. NPU-E serves Midtown, Ansley Park, Atlantic Station, Home Park, Georgia Tech and West Midtown. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and the public is invited to attend. The volunteer board of elected community leaders make recommendations to the city on voting issues including zoning and permit applications. The agenda, which is at the bottom of this article, will include discussions on new restaurants and upcoming festivals, such as September’s Music Midtown and October’s Atlanta Pride Festival. There’s also likely to be some banter about Wednesday’s Atlanta Urban Design Commission (UDC) meeting in which there is again a hearing…
Monday, June 25, 2012
Unless preservationists can convince three-fourths of the Atlanta UDC that the panel's findings are wrong, two-thirds of Landmark Midtown building will most likely be demolished.
With a possible hearing concerning the fate of Midtown’s Landmark Crum & Forster building just days away, the Georgia Tech Foundation appears to have scored a significant victory in the battle over the historic structure located at 771 Spring Street. On Wednesday afternoon, the Atlanta Urban Design Commission (UDC) is scheduled to again hear from representatives from both the foundation and preservationists as to why the back two-thirds of the building should or should not be removed in order to make way for a High Performing Computing Center, a potential 24-story, 680,000 square-foot public-private development on the block. Almost two months ago, Georgia Tech representatives explained to the UDC that it was not economically feasible to …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Wednesday's hearing concerning the fate of the Landmark building in Midtown has been pushed back two weeks
The battle over Midtown’s Crum & Forster building wages on and will do so for at least another two weeks. A hearing before the Atlanta Urban Design Commission concerning the fate of the Landmark building scheduled for Wednesday afternoon has been deferred to June 27. It will come almost seven weeks after the Georgia Tech Foundation presented to the Urban Design Commission its contention that it was not economically feasible to restore the entire Landmark building located at 771 Spring Street. Georgia Tech would like to instead remove the rear portion of the building, preserving the façade, in order to build a High Performing Computing Center, a potential 24-story, 680,000 square foot public-private development on the block. …
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