| Switchyards Building | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 151 Ted Turner Drive,Atlanta,Georgia,United States |
| Coordinates | 33°45′31″N84°23′24″W / 33.75861°N 84.39000°W /33.75861; -84.39000 |
| Completed | 1928 |
TheSwitchyards Building is a historic building inAtlanta,Georgia,United States. Located inDowntown Atlanta, the building was constructed in 1928 and currently houses a members-onlycoworking space.
The building was constructed in 1928 during a boom in construction in the area following the completion of the Spring Streetviaduct in 1923. Among the initial tenants in the building were atire company and twoprinting companies. In 1944, the Lanier brothers moved two of their businesses into the building, adictation machine company andOxford Industries. While initially a manufacturer ofmilitary uniforms, the brothers converted Oxford into a general clothing company that, as of 2014, was one of the largestpublicly traded companies based inGeorgia.[1]
In the early 1970s, the building served as offices for the United Services Organization, and the Atlanta Legal Aid Society moved into the building in 1979, though in 2013, they announced they were relocating.[1]
In June 2014,Scoutmob cofounder Michael Tavani announced that he would be repurposing the building for use as abusiness incubator.[2][3] The building was chosen over sites includingPonce City Market and theFlatiron Building, with Tavani claiming that $2 million would be invested in renovations.[3] Tavani was joined by fellow Scoutmob cofounder Dave Payne the following year.[4] The incubator, acoworking space calledSwitchyards Downtown Club, was opened in August 2016, in an opening ceremony attended by over 100 entrepreneurs and civic leaders, includingAtlanta MayorKasim Reed.[5]
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