In the last two decades, over 140 new buildings have been built in just one square mile of Midtown Atlanta. But just one acre of public greenspace has been added to accompany this building boom. A community nonprofit, Midtown Alliance, has plans to change that.
Midtown Alliance shared a vision this week to build a new 4-acre park on an empty land parcel between Peachtree and West Peachtree Streets, on 14th Street. The land for the park was purchased for an undisclosed amount in March 2025.
The property is owned by the Midtown Improvement District and overseen by the Midtown Alliance. The park’s working title is “Midtown Green,” a name that’s subject to change.
Field Operations was selected for the project in November 2025, and has since developed the landscape concept.
The design, in its current iteration, features a large pavilion designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners that would anchor the park and facilitate outdoor performances. The pavilion’s “soaring arches and curves” take cues from Alexander Calder sculptures and magnolia blossoms.
The site changes in grade by 70 feet, presenting a challenge for the design team. The landscape architects saw this as an opportunity to create “terraces, overlooks, and a sequence of arrival moments.”
Renderings shared by Midtown Alliance show circuitous paths that snake through the greenspace, connecting elevated walkways with ovoid lawns and spacious plant beds. An elevated crossing will serve as a terminus to Atlanta’s Art Walk—a pedestrian corridor that connects the Midtown MARTA station and Arts Center MARTA station.
The overall design was informed by meetings with over 6,000 Atlantans, Midtown Alliance said.
In addition to the central pavilion, a restaurant, cafe, community building with public restrooms, and a series of “flexible gathering spaces” will program the pocket of greenspace. Visuals depict the sweeping lawn activated by yoga sessions, play features for children, and evening performances.
With an estimated 44,500 workers, residents, students, and visitors within a 7-minute walk radius from the site, the park will surely see some foot traffic.
Alongside Field Operations and Thomas Phifer and Partners, the development team also includes the cultural historian Karcheik Sims-Alvarado; engineering firm Gresham Smith; experience strategist DVDL; HR&A, as programming and revenue consultant; Dharam; the acoustics research company Threshold, and Fluidity Design is the water feature consultant.
This summer, a multi-year capital campaign will begin to fund the project.
