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Construction barrels ahead for Moxy hotel on Marietta Street Josh Green Mon, 09/30/2024 - 08:05 Construction is barreling ahead on a Marietta Street project that will continue a wave of new and proposed lodging options across downtown Atlanta, from near the Gold Dome to the former Gulch and the heart of the tourism district.

Developers have demolished a low-rise building at 329 Marietta St. and begun infrastructure work to set the stage for intown’s second Moxy by Marriott hotel, according to project contractors Winter Construction.

The 183-room lodge will rise next to Hyatt Place hotel, a location walkable to Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium, Georgia World Congress Center, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, among other attractions.

The hotel’s development team of Nexera Capital and Emerge Hospitality Group has previously said they hope to build the project as soon as possible, with downtown set to host FIFA World Cup matches in summer 2026. (Note the soccer mural on the lone available rendering.)

Recent construction progress at the Marietta Street site. Winter Construction

Building permits indicate the hotel will stand 10 stories—a reduction of three stories from earlier plans with different designs, especially for base levels and the roof. The room count, however, remains the same.

An updated Elevate Architecture Studio rendering shows plans for multi-story, lighted signage wrapping a corner of the building over entries have also been subtracted.

Designs do call for a rooftop lounge, a bar at street level, a speakeasy, and several other gathering spaces around the property.

Current designs for the 239 Marietta St. project. Moxy by Marriott; designs, Elevate Architecture Studio

Previous building on the 329 Marietta St. property, with downtown’s Hyatt Place shown to the left and behind. Google Maps

Marriott opened its other Atlanta Moxy hotel—a dual-branded fusion of Moxy and its European-inspired AC Hotel brand—on 14th Street in Midtown just before for another epic event: Atlanta’s 2019 Super Bowl.

The hotel giant bills the Moxy concept as more “playful, affordable, and stylish” than more upscale brands under its flag. More than 125 locations operate around the world.

The Moxy concept will join numerous hospitality ventures recently delivered or in the works near downtown’s signature park.

The 22-story Margaritaville resort condo building by Wyndham Destinations, also fronting Centennial Olympic Park Drive, opened in 2022 with 200 suites and two floors of retail near SkyView Atlanta. The Signia by Hilton project delivered almost 1,000 hotel rooms earlier this year, marking Atlanta’s tallest new hotel in four decades. And Centennial Yards expects to finish its 229-room Anthem hotel next year, with another 230-room lodge under construction as part of that project’s entertainment and sports district.

Elsewhere in South Downtown, adaptive-reuse The Origin Hotel Atlanta, a Wyndham Hotels and Resorts property, is scheduled to open this fall.

Meanwhile, near the northeast edge of Centennial Olympic Park, a proposed Residence Inn by Marriott would rise 14 stories. And earlier this month, plans came to light for a 260-room hotel that would include the Motto by Hilton brand at 524 West Peachtree St., where the 1920s Rosser Building was demolished six years ago.

How the .35-acre plot is slotted along Marietta Street—shown prior to demolition and infrastructure work. The site sold for $4 million in summer 2022, per property records. Fulton County Government/Board of Assessors

Earlier designs for the Moxy-branded downtown hotel, with parking levels more transparent and a bolder roofline. Moxy by Marriott; designs, Elevate Architecture Studio

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