The Final Container Business Drops in The Container Courtyard at Pittsburgh Yards

The Final Container Business Drops in The Container Courtyard at Pittsburgh Yards in
Southwest Atlanta’s Pittsburgh Community bringing more food, retail, and services closer to the community on Atlanta’s southside and just steps to the Atlanta Beltline’s Southside Trail entrance.

Pittsburgh Yards®, a community-led economic catalyst development offering a community gathering space, affordable office space, coworking memberships and support for small business to help them scale and grow, announces that the last of 10 containers has been dropped in The Container Courtyard at Pittsburgh Yards®, now home to nine consumer-facing businesses and two housing-related businesses. Visitors will find the Container Courtyard located just steps from the Atlanta Beltline’s Southside Trail entrance, on the southern most side of the Pittsburgh Yards’ property at 352 University Avenue in southwest Atlanta.

Although some of the businesses are already open, and some of the newly placed container businesses aren’t open yet or are in different phases of opening, all of the businesses at the Container Courtyard at Pittsburgh Yards are expected to be open later this spring for patronage from those who live in, pass through or make it a destination to visit. People from within or outside the Pittsburgh neighborhood, one of the oldest historically Black communities in metro Atlanta with a rich and meaningful history, are welcome to explore what Pittsburgh Yards and its Container Courtyard has to
offer throughout the opening of each business.

Until standard hours are set, visit the website of the individual businesses below or follow them on their social media channels for their hours of operation or their opening status. Urban Grind is currently open 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., 7 days a week, and will stay open longer during the spring and summer.

For now, as things ramp up, the best days to visit when several businesses will be open during their specific hours, are Thursdays through Sundays.

Businesses include already open:

Pink Pothos
Urban Grind Brew Box
The Creamy Spot/GOAP
Coffyn Pyes
Atlanta Bicycle Rentals
Opening in the weeks and months ahead:
Ideal Barbers
Carrot Dog
Adam J’s Grilled Cheese
Black Box Café
Housing building-related businesses:
Fortas Homes
Atelier7

As businesses officially open, the Container Courtyard at Pittsburgh Yards will provide updates on its dedicated social media platforms on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn and on all Pittsburgh Yards’ platforms like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, and YouTube. Major events and celebrations are scheduled for the outdoor space, including near or in the Container Courtyard at Pittsburgh Yards this spring and summer.

As a benefit, all Container Courtyard businesses have access to the same business
development services provided by the designated organizations that offer technical assistance that the tenants and coworking members tap into inside The Nia Building® (Nia means purpose in Swahili and is one of the Kwanzaa principles), the anchor building of Pittsburgh Yards.

The Early Days of the Container Courtyard at Pittsburgh Yards Fortas Homes, a leading developer and builder of high-quality, affordable in-fill homes and mid-size developments, was the first to establish its container-based headquarters in the Container Courtyard in August 2023. Then Lakeisha Jones of Pink Pothos ATL, a house plants and indoor plant
retail and plant care concierge shop, was the first to open a consumer-facing retail location on October 26, 2024 in her bright pink-branded customized container. She founded her company in 2022 and later graduated from the Atlanta Beltline Marketplace business development program and decided to embark on having her own steel and glass container business instead of leasing a brick and mortar space.

After Jones purchased her container, she and architect Anthony “Tony” Pope, co-founder of
Atelier7, a Black-owned architectural firm known for its commitment to sustainable design and community-driven projects, designed her rainforest-inspired container, among others in the Container Courtyard. Overall, his expertise, which helped shape much of the Container Courtyard’s layout, ensured a harmonious blend of functionality and aesthetics in the adaptive reuse community environment. Pope’s company is also opening a container business office in the Container Courtyard.

ABOUT PITTSBURGH YARDS

With more than 200 businesses and organizations as members or tenants, Pittsburgh Yards® is a community-led economic catalyst thriving on 15 acres in southwest Atlanta. Since December 2020, Pittsburgh Yards has served as a commercial, recreational and community anchor that offers career, entrepreneurship and wealth-building opportunities for residents in and around the city’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V. The Nia Building® at
Pittsburgh Yards offers a variety of working, meeting, event and maker spaces designed to be a supportive environment for local entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and spur unprecedented career opportunities for Atlantans, especially residents of Adair Park, Capitol Gateway, Mechanicsville, Peoplestown, Pittsburgh and Summerhill and other southwest Atlanta neighborhoods. Located near many of the city’s major redevelopment
projects, including The Atlanta Beltline, the former Turner Field and State Farmers Market, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and Fort McPherson, Pittsburgh Yards is a community space for entrepreneurs to work, create, shop, play, inspire and be inspired. Learn more about Pittsburgh Yards at PittsburghYards.com.