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Beltline buys controversial Buckhead nightclub for key segment
By Dyana Bag by
The Atlanta Beltline has purchased
a shuttered Buckhead nightclub where
it plans to build a key segment of the
Northwest Trail.
On Nov. 7, Mayor Andre Dickens and
Atlanta Beltline Inc. President and CEO
Clyde Higgs announced the acquisition of
the Elleven45 Lounge at 2110 Peachtree
Road NW. The Beltline acquired the
roughly one-acre site for $11 million.
The controversial nightclub was the
scene of a fatal shooting in the early
morning hours of May 12. Two people
were killed and two wounded. One arrest
was made in the shooting. The city of
Atlanta shut the nightclub down months
later after a Fulton Superior Court judge
ruled the venue a public nuisance.
The nightclub property was needed to
complete Segment 2 of the Northwest Trail
located near Piedmont Atlanta Hospital,
the largest employer in the Beltline
Planning Area.
This segment is a 0.7-mile stretch being
built outside the railroad corridor starting
at the southwest corner of Bobby Jones
Golf Course, running east along Colonial
Homes Circle, and then passing under
Peachtree Road. A construction date for
Segment 2 is not yet known.
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neighborhoods across Atlanta, and it’s
one of the nation’s most transformative
infrastructure projects, supporting
economic, social and recreational needs for
our residents and visitors,” said Dickens in
a news release.
“This acquisition and expansion will
help us continue to make Atlanta the best
place in the nation to raise a family and to
start a business.”
Added Clyde Higgs, President and
CEO of Atlanta Beltline Inc.: “This
property purchase brings the Beltline
closer to realizing its vision of a fully
connected, accessible and vibrant
infrastructure, further enhancing the
economic, recreational, and environmental
benefits for Atlanta’s residents and visitors.”
The purchase of the former Elleven45
Lounge announcement was made at the
same time as officials said construction
of Segment 1 of the Northwest Trail has
started.
This 0.8 segment will start at Peachtree
Park Drive at the entrance to Peachtree
Park apartments, cross over Peachtree
Creek via a suspension bridge, and then
end at the Kinsey Court cul-de-sac.
Once completed, the Northwest Trail
will extend 4.3 miles from Blandtown to
the Lindbergh/Morosgo neighborhoods,
linking neighborhoods and landmarks
such as Ardmore Park, Collier Hills,
Lindbergh City Center and Underwood
Hills.
The trail also goes along Tanyard
Creek, the Atlanta Memorial Trail and
Bobby Jones Golf Course and connects to
the Northeast Trail at the Armour-Ottley
commercial district and the Lindbergh
Center MARTA station.
The entire 22-mile Beltline trail loop is
on track to be completed by 2030. Earlier
this year, the mayor and the Beltline
announced that by spring 2026, 16.3 miles
of continuous trail will be completed, in
time for Atlanta to host the FIFA World
Cup games, in addition to 1.6 miles of
spur trails.
On Nov. 12, a ribbon-cutting was held
for a 0.9-mile segment of the Northeast
Trail, including improvements to the
busy 10th Street and Monroe Drive
intersection.
First phase of construction
begins on Lenox Boardwalk
By Dyana Bagby
Major changes
are underway on
Lenox Road near
the MARTA station,
marking the beginning
of a comprehensive
redevelopment from
East Paces Ferry to
Piedmont Road.
The initiative stems
from a community
planning effort in 2017
aimed at making Lenox
Road one of Atlanta’s
most distinctive
Parking
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