Economy
Midtown Atlanta is a commercial district in its own right, containing 22,000,000 square feet (2,000,000 m2) of office space, with 8,200,000 square feet (760,000 m2) of office space added to the area since 1997, with up to 3,800,000 square feet (350,000 m2) more planned. Furthermore, Midtown is home to many corporate headquarters, such as Equifax, EarthLink, Invesco, and The Coca-Cola Company, as well as other corporations with a sizeable presence such as Norfolk Southern, Wachovia, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and AT&T Inc., as a result of its purchase of BellSouth. Google's Atlanta area office is in Midtown. Hotels in Midtown include the Four Seasons, the W, Hotel Palomar, now Renaissance, and the Loews.
Major law firms such as King & Spalding and Kilpatrick & Stockton are also located in this district. Arcapita's Atlanta offices are in the district. Jason's Deli's eastern regional office is in Midtown.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, once located Downtown at 104 Marietta Street NW prior to 2001, is now located in Midtown at 1000 Peachtree Street NE.
Midtown is also home to a share of Atlanta's diplomatic missions. The Consulate-General of Canada is located in 100 Colony Square Building, as is the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency. The Consulate-General of Switzerland in Atlanta is located in the Two Midtown Plaza building. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, representing the Republic of China, is located in the Atlantic Center Plaza. The Consulate-General of Israel to the Southeast is also located in Midtown.
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