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News Articles: Turner Field

If completed, a 2011 deal between the Atlanta Housing Authority and Integral Group could amount to a king-sized subsidy towards the construction of high-end, market-rate homes, and harm the city's efforts to create more affordable housing.

Atlanta Land Deal Angers People Who Want Affordable Housing

A controversial deal to require Atlanta's low-income housing authority to sell prime parcels of vacant land to a developer would hand them over at a ...

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  • WILLOUGHBY MARIANO,
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Georgia State University plans to transform the 68-acre site of Turner Field into a college baseball and football stadium complex surrounded by private dorms, retail stores, restaurants and office space.

Turner Field Neighbors Divided Over Community Benefits Agreement

As Georgia State University and its development partners move forward on redeveloping downtown Atlanta’s Turner Field, neighbors of the former Atlanta...

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Georgia State University and partnering developers bought Turner Field last year.

City Council OKs Trust Fund For Turner Field Neighborhoods

The Atlanta City Council has approved legislation that would allocate money from the sale of city-owned properties around Turner Field to surrounding...

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  • Associated Press
Signs that were posted by protesters in front of Turner Field.

'Tent City' Protesters Camp Out At Turner Field

Georgia State University has been working to expand its campus, and the redevelopment of Turner Field is the university’s latest effort to do so. Some...

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  • Najae Lamar
The Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition demonstrates on Saturday, April 1, 2017. The group worries the future development of Turner Field will lead to gentrification in surrounding neighborhoods.

Atlanta Residents Raise Concerns About Turner Field Development

The new home of the Atlanta Braves opened Friday. Fans headed out of the city to SunTrust Park while the team’s former home sat empty. Turner Field was...

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Georgia State has made a deal with the City of Atlanta to purchase Turner Field and the surrounding 67 acre site for $30 million.

Georgia State Reaches Deal To Purchase Turner Field

Georgia State University is one step closer to owning Turner Field. The school has signed purchase and sale agreements with the City of Atlanta and...

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The front plaza of Turner Field. Nobody knows what will happen with the stadium once the Atlanta Braves leave in 2016.

Speaking Up About Turner Field's Future

On a recent Monday night, it was standing room only at the Martin Street Church of God in Summerhill. Neighborhood residents had come to the church,...

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The Braves play their last home opener at Turner Field on April 4.

Braves Swing Into Last Season At Turner Field

The Atlanta Braves will host their final home opener in Atlanta when they play the Washington Nationals on Monday. Next year, the Braves move to a new...

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