Editing Technology Square (Atlanta) (section)

== History ==
[[File:Atltechsquare2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Tech Square at night]]
Announced in 2000<ref>{{cite news|first=Jennifer|last=Hinkel|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2000-06-16/news/2|title=Clough holds press conference to reveal master plan details|work=[[The Technique]]|date=2000-06-16|access-date=2007-05-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135612/http://www.nique.net/issues/2000-06-16/news/2 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-09-29}}</ref> and opened in 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatech.edu/technology-square/grand-opening.php|title=Technology Square Grand Opening|access-date=2007-03-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070220162051/http://www.gatech.edu/technology-square/grand-opening.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-02-20}}</ref> the district designed by [[tvsdesign]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Georgia Institute of Technology - Technology Square|url=http://www.dpr.com/projects/georgia-institute-of-technology-technology-square|publisher=DPR Construction|access-date=2015-01-18}}</ref> was built over previously vacant surface parking lots and has contributed to an ongoing revitalization of the Midtown neighborhood. In October 2013, Georgia Tech and local businesses celebrated Tech Square's 10th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nique.net/life/2013/10/04/tech-square-celebrates-10th-anniversary/t | title=Tech Square celebrates 10th anniversary | work=[[The Technique]] | date=October 4, 2013 | access-date=October 7, 2013 | author=Sekar, Anu}}</ref>

In 2007, the [[Georgia Tech Foundation]] purchased the [[Crum & Forster Building]], located in Tech Square, and sought permits to demolish the building as part of a plan to expand Technology Square.<ref name="AJC">{{cite news | url=http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/07/09/crum_forster_georgia_tech.html | title=Feud at Georgia Tech over landmark building | work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] | date=July 10, 2008 | access-date=July 30, 2011 | author=Auchmutey, Jim | location=Atlanta, GA}}</ref> The building was designed in the 1920s by the architectural firm of [[Ivey and Crook]], whose founders Ernest Ivey and Lewis Crook helped establish the [[Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture|Architecture program at Georgia Tech]] in 1908.<ref name="AJC" /> Preservationists fought the demolition and in August 2009, the Atlanta City Council and Mayor [[Shirley Franklin]] granted the building protective status as a historic landmark.<ref name="Technique">{{cite news | url=http://www.nique.net/news/2011/02/25/fate-of-crum-forster-to-be-determined/ | title=Fate of Crum & Forster to be determined | work=[[The Technique]] | date=February 25, 2011 | access-date=July 30, 2011 | author=Kaplan, TJ | location=Atlanta, GA}}</ref> The Georgia Tech Foundation appealed this decision. It instead purchased an adjoining property where a [[SunTrust Banks]] branch was previously located. In September 2013, the Georgia Tech Foundation demolished two-thirds of the Crum & Forster Building, leaving only part of its facade, to clear space for the [[CODA (mixed-use development)|CODA Building]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-217358-the-historic-crum-forster-building-s-rear-portion-is | title=The historic Crum & Forster building's rear portion is gone | work=[[Creative Loafing]] | date=September 3, 2013 | access-date=October 7, 2013 | author=Wheatley, Thomas}}</ref>

Further expansion occurred in 2008, when Georgia Tech acquired the [[Academy of Medicine (Atlanta)|Academy of Medicine]], and in 2016 when Tech bought the [[Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments|Atlanta Biltmore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gtf.gatech.edu/acadmed.html|title=Atlanta Medical Heritage Transfers Ownership of Academy of Medicine|date=July 28, 2008|website=Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616132149/http://www.gtf.gatech.edu/acadmed.html|archive-date=June 16, 2010|access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.gatech.edu/2016/06/13/georgia-tech-acquires-historic-biltmore|title=Georgia Tech Acquires Historic Biltmore|date=June 13, 2016|website=www.news.gatech.edu|access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref> Both of these buildings are designated as [[List of historic buildings and districts designated by the City of Atlanta|landmark buildings]] by the city of Atlanta.

In 2015, construction began on the CODA Building, what was initially referred to as the High Performance Computing Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/business/economy/georgia-tech-leap-over-the-connector-paying-off/sTvwnheTQhfFVdbsCfUy8J/|title=Georgia Tech's leap over the Connector paying off|last=Trubey|first=J. Scott|date=September 11, 2015|website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|publisher=[[Cox Enterprises]]|language=en|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> The 21-story building is one of the largest buildings in Tech Square, with Georgia Tech serving as the anchor tenant of the building and leasing out additional offices to other companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.realestate.gatech.edu/coda|title=CODA {{!}} Office of Real Estate Development {{!}} Georgia Institute of Technology {{!}} Atlanta, GA|website=www.realestate.gatech.edu|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> Construction was completed on the CODA Building in 2019, with the building being used as office space for [[Georgia Tech Research Institute|GTRI]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keenan |first=Sean Richard |date=2018-09-07 |title=West Peachtree's latest tower, Coda, completes vertical construction |url=https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/9/7/17829502/west-peachtree-office-tower-coda-john-portman-vertical-construction |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Curbed Atlanta |language=en}}</ref> The food court of CODA hosts such restaurants as Aviva by Kameel, El Burro Pollo, Poke Burri, and Humble Mumble.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Collective Food Hall |url=https://thecollectivefoodhall.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411065415/https://thecollectivefoodhall.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=The Collective Food Hall |language=en-US}}</ref>