[
  {
    "id": "wsb-developer-interview",
    "title": "Vacant, iconic Atlanta hotel tower to become high-rise apartment building with podcast studios",
    "publisher": "WSB-TV — Tom Regan",
    "url": "https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/vacant-iconic-atlanta-hotel-tower-become-high-rise-apartment-building-with-podcast-studios/LAU5V5NV5JBR7GGA5GBLLN63PA/",
    "date": "2026-10-16",
    "summary": "Direct developer interview on residential scope, proposed amenities and timing.",
    "note": "First published October 15; updated October 16, verified in article metadata. Tower count is not reconciled with September coverage. Proposed features, not completed work."
  },
  {
    "id": "ajc-redevelopment",
    "title": "Recognize this eyesore near Spaghetti Junction? It’s being redeveloped.",
    "publisher": "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Zachary Hansen",
    "url": "https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/09/blighted-former-presidential-hotel-to-become-apartments-near-atlanta/",
    "date": "2026-09-28",
    "summary": "County-announcement reporting of the redevelopment, history, site condition and archive photographs.",
    "note": "Original county release and permit document were not independently obtained. Image permissions remain uncleared; county composite includes a rendering."
  },
  {
    "id": "anf-permit-scope",
    "title": "DeKalb County issues permit allowing site work at former Presidential Hotel to begin",
    "publisher": "Atlanta News First — Justin Berger",
    "url": "https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/09/29/dekalb-county-issues-permit-allowing-site-work-former-presidential-hotel-begin/",
    "date": "2026-09-28",
    "summary": "Explains permitted site work and includes a neighboring business owner’s account.",
    "note": "Displayed publication date is September 28 despite September 29 in URL. Building permit was still required at that time; later status unverified."
  },
  {
    "id": "fox-county-announcement",
    "title": "Landmark vacant building near Spaghetti Junction to get $53M makeover",
    "publisher": "FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team",
    "url": "https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/landmark-vacant-building-near-spaghetti-junction-get-53m-makeover",
    "date": "2026-09-28",
    "summary": "County-release-based account of site address, development budget and September residential program.",
    "note": "Reported redevelopment spending is not acquisition price or confirmed financing. No per-unit calculation made from unresolved scope."
  },
  {
    "id": "dekalb-address",
    "title": "Property Appraisal: parcel 18 294 09 073",
    "publisher": "DeKalb County Property Appraisal",
    "url": "https://propertyappraisal.dekalbcountyga.gov/Datalets/Datalet.aspx?UseSearch=no&pin=18+294+09+073",
    "date": null,
    "summary": "Official record confirms 4001 Presidential Parkway, Unit A, and unincorporated tax district.",
    "note": "Read October 17, 2026. Maintenance notice coexists with visible content. One parcel does not establish the entire development boundary; no sale basis inferred."
  },
  {
    "id": "aramar-portfolio",
    "title": "Portfolio",
    "publisher": "Aramar Investments",
    "url": "https://aramarinvestments.com/portfolio/",
    "date": null,
    "summary": "Developer lists hotel-to-residential conversions including 2950 Reedy Creek Boulevard in Orlando.",
    "note": "Undated primary company page, read October 17, 2026. Not an independent performance audit or Presidential-specific project page."
  },
  {
    "id": "ajc-2016-utilities",
    "title": "DeKalb taking owners of rundown Spaghetti Junction tower to court",
    "publisher": "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Joshua Sharpe",
    "url": "https://www.ajc.com/news/local/dekalb-taking-owners-rundown-spaghetti-junction-tower-court/uSlG8Ih8waCU6q4xUYVERI/",
    "date": "2016-09-26",
    "summary": "Contemporaneous reporting on the utility-payment dispute, residents leaving and code-enforcement allegations.",
    "note": "Historical allegations do not establish final case outcomes. Historical floor count differs from current coverage and is not used."
  },
  {
    "id": "atlanta-magazine-2023",
    "title": "Ask Atlanta: What’s the status of the refurb of Spaghetti Junction’s abandoned Presidential Hotel?",
    "publisher": "Atlanta Magazine — Josh Green",
    "url": "https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/ask-atlanta-whats-the-status-of-the-refurb-of-spaghetti-junctions-abandoned-presidential-hotel/",
    "date": "2023-08-23",
    "summary": "Investigates the prior AWAVI proposal, condo-interest assembly, permit inactivity and site constraints.",
    "note": "Figures refer to an earlier developer and proposal. Former official’s observations are not a current engineering study. Also reports Zombieland: Double Tap location use."
  }
]