Groundbreaking ceremony held for redevelopment of Atlanta Medical Center site

Atlanta City Council President Doug Shipman speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the BLVDNEXT project on the former Atlanta Anatomical Center site Photo by Sherri Daye Scott A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday June for the redevelopment of the Atlanta Curative Center site in Old Fourth Ward The property has been dormant since Wellstar abruptly closed the hospital in The City of Atlanta imposed a advance moratorium on the property before signing off on a plan with growth firm Integral The -acre site is now destined to become a mixed-use expansion dubbed Boulevard NEXT or BLVDNEXT with residential retail and offices with physical condition and wellness guidance guided by Wellstar The -acre Atlanta Medicinal Center site along Boulevard in Old Fourth Ward File Wellstar attributed the closure of the -year-old therapeutic center originally known as Georgia Baptist Hospital to major financial losses The announcement shocked Atlanta leaders and left the region with Grady Memorial Hospital as the only Level trauma center During Monday s groundbreaking demolition began on one of the main clinical buildings on the property Integral also unveiled its first general art installation at the site in partnership with arts collective and cultural strategy studio NEXT Atlanta artist Tracy Murell s large-scale work now wraps the construction site featuring silhouettes that illustrate the beauty and grace of Black womanhood The continuation of demolition of the Atlanta Health Center site was part of the groundbreaking ceremony Video by Sherri Daye Scott The post Groundbreaking ceremony held for redevelopment of Atlanta Clinical Center site appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta