The next chapter for a vacant downtown building that decades ago was home to The Atlanta Constitution newspaper is finally beginning.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and other city officials celebrated on Thursday the groundbreaking of a project to revitalize 143 Alabama St. SW near the Five Points MARTA station. When all the work is done, the site will be home to about 200 affordable housing units, as well as a commercial space prioritizing local entrepreneurs, the developer said.

“Today is a great day for us here in Atlanta as we take our next step towards a bold, new, reimagined downtown Atlanta,” Dickens said during his remarks.

The five-story building was built in 1947 and was the home of the Constitution until it merged with The Atlanta Journal in 1953. The site has sat vacant and

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