Bank with the largest market share in Atlanta changes for the first time since 2005

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 5:53P Grace Donnelly

Newly released data from the FDIC show how recent mergers and acquisitions have affected the banking industry in Atlanta.

Sept. 18 Atlanta/Sandy Springs COVID-19 report: 159 more diagnoses; 14-day trend declines

Sandy Springs Reporter 9/18 11:29A John Ruch

The cities of Atlanta and Sandy Springs together saw 159 new COVID-19 diagnoses between Sept. 15 and Sept. 18 update reports from the Fulton County Board of Health. The number of cases increased in all of the main local ZIP codes. The 14-day...

American Cancer Society in Georgia promotes Mayela Allen to executive director

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 11:00A Eric Mandel

The local American Cancer Society branch has a new leader.

H.J. Russell & Co.’s success story shows importance of ongoing investment in Atlanta’s communities...

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 9:12A goBeyondProfit

Nearly seven decades of success for one of Atlanta’s most respected companies offers wisdom for other business leaders: make early, ongoing investments to empower the community and the vitality of other businesses. Back in 1952, when Herman J....

Statewide jobless rate fell 2 percentage points in August to 5.6%

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 9:11A Jessica Saunders

Georgia's unemployment rate dropped 2 percentage points in August to 5.6%, below the national average for the past month of 8.4%, the Georgia Department of Labor reported. Also in August, initial unemployment claims were down by 50% since July to...

Fallen trees, wires cause road closures across north Atlanta cities

Dunwoody Reporter 9/18 7:45A Erin Schilling

Local cities saw road closures from flooding or fallen trees and wires Sept. 16 and 17 as Hurricane Sally made landfall at the Alabama-Florida border. No injuries were reported in Brookhaven, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. According to the National...

Home building giant Lennar plans 63 townhomes in Clarkston

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 7:45A David Allison

The 12-acre property is just off East Ponce de Leon Avenue two miles west of Stone Mountain.

Bang Energy to invest $145 million in Lithia Springs facility

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 5:20A Eric Mandel

Sports beverage company Bang Energy picked Lithia Springs as the site of its first Southeastern manufacturing and distribution facility. The Weston, Fla.-based manufacturer will invest $145 million to build a 644,000-square-foot facility at 7705...

Executive Profile: Ladybird's Michael Lennox expects 'full reset' of restaurant industry

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 3:00A Chris Fuhrmeister

When the Atlanta Beltline's Eastside trail opened nearly a decade ago, Michael Lennox, an attorney, saw a new opportunity: opening a restaurant on a unique piece of land.

South African restaurant opens soon at new Andrews Square location

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 3:00A Chris Fuhrmeister

Yebo Beach Haus moved from one Buckhead address to another.

Atlanta PE firm Navigation Capital launches into SPACs

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 2:31A Grace Donnelly

Recently, through SPAC Opportunity Partners LLC, the Navigation group has raised $22 million of a planned $100 million

State selling 653-acre farm in northwest Georgia

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 1:07A David Allison

The University of Georgia bought the property in 1996 and initially used it as a research farm.

Sports Biz: Atlanta Falcons open season without fans; UGA athletics expecting $55 million shortfall

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 1:00A Eric Jackson

Here's the top sports business news in Atlanta.

Morehouse med school gets booster shot; New CEO at St. Vincent de Paul; Arts grants

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/18 12:00A H.M. Cauley

Top stories from the area's philanthropic community.

Viewpoint: Jack Portman was Atlanta’s own modern day explorer

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/17 11:45P A.J. Robinson

"Perhaps we can now look back on Jack’s work over the past 40 years with an appropriate amount of respect and appreciation for how and what he accomplished," writes A.J. Robinson of Central Atlanta Progress.