Announced in 2000 and opened in 2003, the district designed by
tvsdesign was built over previously vacant surface parking lots and has contributed to an ongoing revitalization of the Midtown neighborhood. In October 2013, Georgia Tech and local businesses celebrated Tech Square's 10th anniversary. In 2007, the
Georgia Tech Foundation purchased the
Crum & Forster Building, located in Tech Square, and sought permits to demolish the building as part of a plan to expand Technology Square. The building was designed in the 1920s by the architectural firm of
Ivey and Crook, whose founders Ernest Ivey and Lewis Crook helped establish the
Architecture program at Georgia Tech in 1908. The Georgia Tech Foundation appealed this decision. It instead purchased an adjoining property where a
SunTrust Banks branch was previously located. In September 2013, the Georgia Tech Foundation demolished two-thirds of the Crum & Forster Building, leaving only part of its facade, to clear space for the
CODA Building. Further expansion occurred in 2008, when Georgia Tech acquired the
Academy of Medicine, and in 2016 when Tech bought the
Atlanta Biltmore. Both of these buildings are designated as
landmark buildings by the city of Atlanta. In 2015, construction began on the CODA Building, what was initially referred to as the High Performance Computing Center. The 21-story building is one of the largest buildings in Tech Square, with Georgia Tech serving as the anchor tenant of the building and leasing out additional offices to other companies. Construction was completed on the CODA Building in 2019, with the building being used as office space for
GTRI. The food court of CODA hosts such restaurants as Aviva by Kameel, Bro-Ritos (replacing El Burro Pollo), Poke Burri, and Humble Mumble. ==Georgia Tech facilities==