The Gulch (Atlanta)

The Gulch is an area of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, which is unbuilt but envisioned as the site of major development.

Railroad tracks separate the northern and southern sections of Downtown, paralleling Alabama Street.

[4] In July 2012, redevelopment plans for The Gulch moved ahead when President Barack Obama announced the final selection of the Atlanta Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) as one of a small group of projects from across the country to participate in the Dashboard initiative,[5] putting the permitting process for the Terminal on the fast track, cutting the timeline by as much as one year.

[citation needed] In June 2017, then-Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed disclosed plans for a possible $1 billion mixed-use project for The Gulch, headed up by Atlanta Hawks' owner Tony Ressler and Atlanta Falcons' owner Arthur Blank.

[11] In November 2018, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed the Gulch development proposal into law.

Location of The Gulch in Downtown Atlanta
Looking east across The Gulch from Centennial Olympic Park Drive just north of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
A CSX Coal Train moves through the Gulch near the CNN Center