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November 2, 2022

Starbucks Opens at City Walk in Downtown Atlanta

Ackerman Retail Completes 1,300 SF lease at location adjacent to Georgia State University.

ATLANTA, November 2, 2022 – Starbucks has opened a new Downtown Atlanta location at the City Walk retail development at 171 Auburn Avenue NE. The coffee giant’s newly opened cafe occupies a prime corner space at City Walk, located at the intersection of Auburn Avenue and Piedmont Avenue near Georgia State University and Grady Memorial Hospital.

Ackerman Retail’s Courtney Brumbelow and Haley Hartman completed the 1,300-square-foot lease on behalf of the landlord, Sweet Auburn City Walk Retail LLC.

Featuring a diverse lineup of street-level retailers and restaurants, City Walk is situated beneath the 161-unit Piedmont Pad apartments.

“This highly walkable location will be able to draw customers from a large student population, as well as the workers from nearby downtown businesses and government offices,” said Courtney Brumbelow, Executive Vice President for Ackerman Retail. “City Walk has attracted an eclectic mix of retailers and restaurants, and the current street-level availabilities include a variety of reconfigured space options starting at about 1,000 square feet.”

Restaurant, retail and office spaces are available, with the opportunity to combine suites for greater square footage. The tenant lineup at City Walk includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Sweet Stack Creamery, Pizza Hut, Crabman 305, the Peach Cobbler Factory, In And Out Lash, For Keeps Bookstore and Nail’d It Nail Salon.

About Ackerman & Co.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Ackerman & Co. is a privately held, full-service commercial real estate firm focused on providing quality investment, brokerage, management and development services in the Southeast. The company, founded in 1967, retains an expert team of 100 real estate professionals. To date, Ackerman & Co. has developed and acquired more than 37 million square feet of office, medical, industrial, retail and mixed-use space, has more than 4 million square feet under management and maintains an investment portfolio valued at $1 billion.

Ackerman Retail, a division of Ackerman & Co., offers a best-in-class services platform, delivering solid results for local and multi-market clients across the Southeast. To date, Ackerman Retail has completed more than 10 million square feet of transactions valued at $1.7 billion.

For more information, visit www.ackermanco.com