Atlanta hotel developers are working double time to ensure they get their projects done before the 2026 FIFA World Cup matches, which are just 15 months away. A Moxy by Marriott is nearing a construction milestone after finishing prepping the lot just six months ago. Urbanize Atlanta reports that as of this week, the 329 Marietta St. Moxy project has about two more stories to rise before topping out. When completed, the hotel will be 10 stories tall. 

Nexera Capital and Emerge Hospitality Group are part of the hotel’s development team, which is being built by Winter Construction. The 183-room hotel will stand next to Hyatt Place Atlanta hotel in a location easily walkable to Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium, Georgia World Congress Center, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, among other attractions.

Designs call for a rooftop lounge, a bar at street level, a speakeasy, and several other gathering spaces around the property. It’s the towns second Moxy by Marriott.

With Atlanta planned as a site for FIFA World Cup action in 2026, Atlanta is front and center in the soccer universe. The local Atlanta Major League Soccer team, Atlanta United, has unveiled plans to expand its training facility, highlighted by a two-story, 20,000-square foot development that will include numerous additions and improvements for player health and well-being, a state-of-the-art content production studio, and dedicated space for their academy and front office associates.

The $23 million investment will commence this summer and push total investment in the Marietta campus above $85 million. Connecting to the existing east wing of the facility, full project completion is expected by the summer of 2025, in time to host World Cup participants.

The expansion will nearly double Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground’s footprint to 50,000 square feet, in addition to more than 500,000 square feet of playing surface, inclusive of six full-length fields and two warmup areas.