Demolition to Start on Shuttered Atlanta Medical Center

The wrecking ball is coming for the Atlanta Medical Center. The Integral Group hired a contractor to tear down the Atlanta Medical Center. Integral and Wellstar Health System, the building owners, are planning to replace the shuttered hospital with a mixed-use community that includes housing, retail, and health facilities. Ferma Corp. is leading the demolition team. The job is expected to take most of 2025. The development team will present its detailed plans once the space has been flattened.

The city worked with engineering firm Kimley-Horn to determine the highest and best use for the property. Their conceptual plan called for more than 2 million square feet of housing, along with several hundred thousand square feet of retail and other commercial uses.

Wellstar closed Atlanta Medical Center in November 2022. Wellstar leaders said the hospital system was forced to close because falling revenue and increasing costs put its finances at risk.