Our team used the word encore itself and its inherent symmetry to create a bookend design, by flipping the second "E" around, to support everything in the middle: the middle of the logo, the middle of an idea, the middle of a company’s progress.Ĭooper Carry's Interior Design Studio was tasked with designing the space to support the evolution and continued growth of these start-up companies. The word "encore" is enclosed and supported within a circle. The developed logo was inspired by this mission. Encore provides the support, tools, and space required for their continued growth. The name represents repeated and continued success for these companies, the next step in their evolution. Once these start-up companies have graduated to the next level, GATV provides them with more space at Encore, a 42,000-square-foot (SF) office located at The Interlock.Ĭooper Carry's Branding Studio was tasked with developing the brand for Encore. They provide office space to new incubator companies enrolled in their program, Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). Staff writers Chelsea Prince and Shaddi Abusaid contributed to this story.Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures (GATV) is a non-profit that supports the commercialization of technology developed at Georgia Tech.
Since February 2020, Atlanta police have responded to at least 171 calls for service at the lounge “concerning violent criminal activity,” including homicides, shootings, larceny from vehicles, disorderly conduct, and aggravated assault, the filing alleges. Five dolphins housed inside the habitat had to be temporarily relocated so the aquarium’s dive team could remove the shattered glass from the enclosure, according to the filing. Prior to the February shooting, a September brawl led to gunshots that sent several stray bullets into the Georgia Aquarium’s dolphin enclosure, according to the city’s complaint. “We offer our deepest sympathy to the family of the security guard who was killed.” “Our hearts ache for the tragic loss of life that occurred at Encore Hookah last night,” Habif Properties said in February. The property company previously shared its grief after the recent deadly shooting. The 28-year-old guard was found with at least one gunshot wound when Atlanta police were called to the Encore Hookah Bar on Luckie Street shortly after midnight. 2,2022 when he was asked to escort a man from a downtown Atlanta bar, police said. The property group has filed for eviction and a hearing for a temporary restraining order was held last week.Įncore agreed to close the business and vacate the property by Wednesday, Habif Properties said in a statement Tuesday, adding that it was pleased with the outcome.Ī security guard was shot and killed Wednesday morning, Feb.
23 but was still operating, the company said. Habif Properties first notified the business in September that the lease would be terminated over concerns of “criminal incidents occurring outside Encore Hookah,” the Atlanta-based company said in a statement.
After the February shooting, the real estate group that manages the property confirmed it had started eviction proceedings with the hookah bar’s owner. And the appeals process takes a lot of time.”īy Tuesday, the Encore’s website had been taken down. Yet it’s just difficult to be able to get to court to require it.
“The city is aggressive in how we’re going about it, from code enforcement, putting them on suspension, and those things, and to work with the landlord to evict some of these poorly operating facilities. That took a whole lot of work, it took court and legislation to be able to take care of that, but I don’t want to have to go through all that to deal with nightlife,” he said. “Some of them we’ve already dealt with, as you saw with the case of Encore.