GLG Grand, Mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Atlanta, United States
GLG Grand is a 53-story, 186-meter skyscraper at 14th Street in Midtown Atlanta, completed in 1992. Its Art Deco-inspired design ends in a pyramid-shaped crown. The lower third holds the 244-room Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, with offices and condominiums above. Architects Rabun Hogan Ota Rasche designed it, and Beers Construction of Atlanta built it.
Completed in 1992, the project marked a turning point when Atlanta first combined hotel, office, and residential space within a single tower. This approach influenced how the city would develop buildings in the years ahead.
The Four Seasons Hotel in the lower floors shapes how people experience and use this part of Midtown, with guests and visitors moving through its spaces daily. This hotel presence has established the neighborhood as a destination for upscale accommodations and services.
The tower stands on 14th Street, several blocks north of the Midtown core, not on the site of the proposed GLG Park Plaza. The lower floors hold the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, with 244 rooms; the upper floors are condominiums whose residents have full access to hotel services. The building is zoned to Atlanta Public Schools: Morningside Elementary, Inman Middle and Henry W. Grady High School.
The GLG Grand took its name from the initials of Swedish developer G. Lars Gullstedt (1935–2015), but it was not part of his GLG Park Plaza scheme: that multi-block proposal covered parcels several blocks south, while this tower rose separately on 14th Street. Opened in 1992 into a depressed market, its condominiums and offices sat largely vacant, and Gullstedt's Swedish bankruptcy cost him all his Atlanta holdings.
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