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Crane Watch: 60-story Rockefeller tower stands out all over Atlanta Josh Green Mon, 10/06/2025 - 08:15

Earlier this year, as Atlanta’s chilly months started to fade, the city’s tallest new building in more than three decades was but a nub on the ever-changing Midtown skyline.

Six months later—following a summer of rapid ascension—Rockefeller Group’s 60-story 1072 West Peachtree stands out prominently from English Avenue to Blandtown, Virginia-Highland to Centennial Olympic Park, and myriad points between.

As photo updates throughout 2025 have shown, the slender, mixed-use colossus has climbed more than 30 stories since late March. By our count today, roughly two stories remain to be built, before the building is crowned with glass panels and fins.

How 1072 West Peachtree has stacked up, as viewed looking north from Centennial Olympic Park today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Clear view of the mixed-use skyscraper’s stance in Midtown from 17th Street. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Rockefeller reps recently told Urbanize Atlanta the 1072 West Peachtree project remains on pace to top out in the fourth quarter of this year—and to start delivering before Atlanta’s 2026 FIFA World Cup matches kick off in June. It will be both the tallest residential and mixed-use building in Atlanta. No taller skyrise has been built in the city since 1992.

1072 West Peachtree will ultimately stand 749 feet, making it Atlanta’s fifth tallest high-rise, supplanting Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel for the No. 5 spot.

The Rockefeller tower—as designed by Atlanta-based architecture firm TVS, in collaboration with Brock Hudgins Architects—will count more than 350 upscale apartments total, Rockefeller officials have said.

Some of those units will have the highest residential views ever built in Atlanta.

The project’s towering yellow crane and top floors are blanketed by clouds on a drizzly day. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The view from Midtown Promenade shopping center today, beyond Midtown High School. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Below the apartments, 224,000 square feet of Class A office space will occupy floors 11 to 18. Spanning a full acre, the tower’s 10th-floor amenity deck will include collaborative and lounge seating areas and a lawn for games, events, and other gatherings.

Rockefeller’s plans for the street-level retail component include multiple options for dining throughout the day. Those spaces will see coffee, casual grab-and-go, and sit-down restaurant additions to the block, per developers.

Atlanta’s tallest new building in a generation officially broke ground in July 2023. Have a look at where it stands today—from vantage points all around the city in recent days—in the gallery above.

1072 West Peachtree as seen through Atlantic Station fencing. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Rockefeller Group tower’s prominent place on the skyline, as seen over the Connector expressway. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Vertical construction on the 60-story Midtown building has reached these levels today, according to a comparison of site photos from numerous angles and available renderings.Courtesy of Rockefeller Group

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