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'''Technology Square''', commonly called '''Tech Square''', is a multi-block neighborhood located in [[Midtown Atlanta|Midtown Atlanta, Georgia]], United States. Tech Square is bounded by 8th Street on the north, 3rd Street on the south, West Peachtree Street to the east, and Williams Street to the west. Tech Square includes several academic buildings affiliated with [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] and provides access to the campus via the Fifth Street Pedestrian Plaza Bridge, reconstructed in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aspirebridge.org/pdfs/magazine/issue_05/5th_street_win08.pdf | title=Fifth Street Pedestrian Plaza Bridge | work=ASPIRE | date=Winter 2008 | access-date=July 30, 2011 | author1=Aitken, Jim | author2=Clements, Mike | author3=Schmitz, Tim | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816015952/http://www.aspirebridge.org/pdfs/magazine/issue_05/5th_street_win08.pdf | archive-date=August 16, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nique.net/issues/2007-01-19/news/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021051850/http://nique.net/issues/2007-01-19/news/1|archive-date=2007-10-21|work=[[The Technique]]|title=Renovated Fifth Street Bridge opens|first=James|last=Stephenson|date=2007-01-19|access-date=2007-03-25}}</ref> It also contains restaurants, retail shops, condominiums, office buildings, and a hotel.

== 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> 

==Georgia Tech facilities==
[[Image:Atltechsquare1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Scheller College of Business]]]]
It is home to the [[Scheller College of Business]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Arjun|last=Subramanian|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2003-06-13/news/3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141003/http://www.nique.net/issues/2003-06-13/news/3|archive-date=2007-09-29|title=Management prepares for Tech Square move|work=[[The Technique]]|date=2003-06-13|access-date=2009-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/campusmap/bldngmodel.php?id=172&navview=0|title=Georgia Tech Map: College of Management and Barnes & Noble Bookstore|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|access-date=2007-03-25}}</ref> [[Barnes & Noble College Booksellers|Barnes & Noble]] @ Georgia Tech,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gatech.bkstore.com/|title=Barnes and Noble @ Georgia Tech|access-date=2007-03-25}}</ref> (the official school bookstore), the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatechhotel.com/index2.asp|title=Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center|access-date=2007-03-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308135740/http://www.gatechhotel.com/index2.asp|archive-date=2007-03-08}}</ref> as well as offices for a number of faculty and graduate students.
[[Image:North 5th Street Bridge Georgia Tech.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The north side of the 5th Street Bridge, connecting the rest of Georgia Tech's campus to the Square.]]

On November 24, 2006, the [[Scheller College of Business]] dedicated the state of the art, {{convert|2000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Ferris-Goldsmith Trading Floor. The trading floor opened in 2007 and includes fifty-four dual-display computers as well as electronic stock information on the walls, training all levels of management students to use financial analysis and electronic trading tools. Management faculty use the facility to research improved human performance in trading environments as well as the creation of new financial service models.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mgt.gatech.edu/news_room/news/2006/tradingfloor/index.html|title=College's New High-tech Trading Floor to Prepare Students for Financial Careers|publisher=Georgia Tech College of Management|access-date=2007-03-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070322103158/http://mgt.gatech.edu/news_room/news/2006/tradingfloor/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-03-22}}</ref> The trading floor houses Tech's new Quantitative and Computational Finance program.

===Research laboratories===
The [[GVU Center]], the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, the [[Advanced Technology Development Center]] (ATDC), [[VentureLab]], Flashpoint, and the [[Georgia Electronics Design Center]] research group (GEDC), as well as the DiMoS lab (conducts research in the areas of parallel and distributed algorithms for Geographic Information System (GIS), and distributed and mobile computing) are all housed around Tech Square. The buildings in Technology Square also host a variety of small businesses as well as business ventures spawned by Georgia Tech research.

Companies at Technology Square with Innovation Centers include,
[[Chick-fil-A]], [[Delta Air Lines]], [[Coca-Cola]], [[United Parcel Service|UPS]], [[AT&T Mobility]], [[Boeing]], [[NCR Corporation|NCR]], [[Panasonic]], [[Georgia Power]], [[Siemens]], [[The Home Depot]], [[Emerson Climate Technologies]], [[Anthem Inc.]], [[Stanley Black & Decker]], [[Thyssenkrupp Materials Services]], [[Worldpay Inc.]], [[UCB (company)|UCB]], and KeySight Technologies.

==Commercial shops==
Tech Square also contains several restaurants, including [[Moe's Southwest Grill]], Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, Gyro Brothers, [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]], [[Starbucks]], Ray's New York Pizza, and a [[Waffle House]]. Within Tech Square are also found non-food retail establishments, such as [[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=155|title=Georgia Tech Press Release of Technology Square Retail Partners|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|date=2003-06-24|access-date=2007-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatechhotel.com/AboutUs/retail100303.pdf|title=Georgia Tech Hotel Listing of Tech Square Shops|access-date=2007-03-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130085150/http://www.gatechhotel.com/AboutUs/retail100303.pdf|archive-date=2006-11-30}}</ref>

==CODA mixed-use development==
[[CODA (mixed-use development)|CODA]], a {{convert|770000|sqft|m2}} [[mixed-use development]], was completed in May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.gatech.edu/features/coda-opening-celebrates-innovation-industry-collaboration|title = News Center Features &#124; Georgia Institute of Technology}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Georgia Tech main campus#Technology Square|Georgia Tech main campus]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Technology Square}}
*[http://www.gatech.edu Georgia Institute of Technology]
*[http://www.tsrb.gatech.edu/ Technology Square Research Building]
*[http://www.techsquareatl.com/ Tech Square Atl]
*{{cite web |title=Techlanta: How Georgia Tech makes Atlanta a national leader in technology |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhi5hF9YDs8  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/rhi5hF9YDs8| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=YouTube | date=January 20, 2018 |publisher=[[Georgia Tech]]}}{{cbignore}}

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