ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Adrianne Todman toured a 41-story office building set to be converted into residential units.
The building, located at 2 Peachtree St., was a state office building but will soon become home to hundreds of residents with federal assistance.
Dickens led Todman through the 60-year-old building, sharing the city’s vision for its future.
The city purchased the building last year intending to convert it into affordable housing using state, federal, and private funds.
“It’s going very well, and this is really going to our goal of 20,000 units of affordable housing by 2030. There’s going to be 625 units in this building. This is one million square feet that once was an office building and is now going to be a residential mix,” Dickens said.
Although the project is advancing, Dickens acknowledged it would not be an easy undertaking, highlighting that contracts have been signed and most of the financing secured.