Renovation of an educational facility in Atlanta, Georgia. Working plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/georgia-state-downtown-renovations-world-cup-2026 South Downtown and Centennial Yards aren't the only sections of downtown aiming to roll out a multi-million-dollar, redevelopment welcome mat for FIFA World Cup visitors in less than 600 days. Georgia State University relays in a thorough report this week that $107 million in campus upgrades are set to be designed, constructed, and open to the public in roughly a year and 1/2. Project heads are calling the initiative among the most transformative a Georgia university has ever undertaken. The bulk of upgrades spanning eastern blocks of downtown will be funded by an $80 million Woodruff Foundation grant announced Tuesday--the largest in GSU's 111-year history and the most generous gift the foundation has ever given to a university in Georgia. Collectively it's being called The Building Pathways for Success Initiative, and it seeks to build upon momentum started with the GSU Blue Line project, in hopes of creating a true college town feel downtown. A campus Greenway space in the works near Hurt Park. Georgia State University GSU is contributing $27 million of its own funding to bring the changes to fruition before millions of visitors start arriving downtown ahead of World Cup matches in June and July 2026. Plans were approved this week by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents' Committee on Real Estate and Facilities. The bulk of redevelopment will occur around Hurt Park and Woodruff Park, both important downtown respites of greenspace set amidst a concrete jungle of GSU administrative and classroom buildings. Plans call for remaking sections of GSU property around the parks into centralized social hubs that bring students together and "create safe, inviting, and comfortable spaces for the community," according to a GSU announcement. At Woodruff Park, on the opposite side of Peachtree Street, changes call for moving an Atlanta Streetcar platform to better align with a park entrance, new sidewalks, and plaza and facade improvements at the 25 Park Place building. A block of Park Place, between Edgewood and Auburn avenues, will be closed to all vehicles except the streetcar, per GSU. Plans at the cusp of Woodruff Park call for closing a block of Park Place to vehicle traffic, allowing only the Atlanta Streetcar. Georgia State University More significant changes are in the pipeline around Hurt Park, which wrapped an extensive renovation two years ago. GSU's plans call for removing three-story Sparks Hall so that Hurt Park next door can link with the campus' existing Greenway. That would be achieved by making Gilmer Street a pedestrian-only zone and adding an elevated plaza, walkways, and green buffers where Sparks Hall currently stands. That area would be known as an expanded "Panther Quad." Overview of planned changes near Hurt Park and the 100 Edgewood building, at right. Georgia State University Other changes around Hurt Park call for adding a glassy, more contemporary facade to the Arts and Humanities Building. Food trucks would congregate near its base along the pedestrianized Gilmer Street. Across Edgewood Avenue, just north of Hurt Park, big changes are also in store for the 100 Edgewood high-rise building. According to GSU officials, the 1960s, 18-story structure will see a dining area and gathering space at its base, while the first four floors will be remade into classrooms, "confirming [100 Edgewood's] presence as a cornerstone of the new campus core." ____________________ Georgia State University (GSU), a representative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, is soliciting statements of qualifications from firms interested in providing Design-Build services for the project known as Piedmont North Building (A) Elevators #3 and #4 Upgrades, This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeks to identify potential providers of the above-mentioned services. Some firms that respond to this RFQ, who are determined by GSU to be especially qualified, may be deemed eligible and may be invited to interview and offer proposals for these services. -Upgrading system controllers and interior cab of elevators. The scope of work for the project will include the following upgrades to elevator operating systems and interiors but shall not be limited to: 1: Replace elevator controllers with Galaxy or MCE controllers 2: Replace door operators 3: Upgrade elevator interior cab wall panels, ceiling and flooring. 4: Call station notifications upgrades 5: Lift Net Controller 6: Video Camera - Raft System 7: Mini-Split AC System The project site is located at Atlanta Campus: Piedmont North Residential Housing 175 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta, GA 30303 ROJECT BUDGET - The Stated Cost Limitation (SCL) for the project will be $600,000.00 GSU reserves the right to reject any or all statements of qualifications or proposals, and to waive technicalities and informalities at its discretion. The Design-Build services are anticipated to commence by April 1, 2024. Project completion is due by October 30, 2024. . Deadline for written questions/requests for clarification 2/01/2024 2 pm - Questions about any aspect of the RFQ, or the project, shall be submitted in writing via e-mail to: GSU Construction Project Manager: Mr. Derrick A. Patrick Sr. Facilities Design & Construction Services (dpatrick7@gsu.edu) There will be a mandatory pre-interview site visit/conference as described below - Location: 175 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta, GA 30303 Date/Time: March 11, 2024 Please limit attendees to two representatives. GSU Selection Committee completes evaluation of submittals, posts results, and issues notification to finalist firms 3/01/2024 ---- GSU conducts Site visit / Conference for Finalist firms. ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY 3/11/2024 10 am Selection Committee interviews finalist firms. (Fee envelope to be submitted by all interviewee firms in sealed envelope) 3/13/2024 TBD Selection Committee completes interview evaluation and notifies firm chosen. 3/19/2024