How Short-Term Rental Investors Took Over a Historic Atlanta High-Rise

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Tuesday, March 10th, 2026

At first, George Weidman tried to ignore the piercing fire alarm in the hallway outside his one-bedroom condo in the Landmark high-rise in downtown Atlanta.

It was the evening of Jan. 17, 2024. In recent weeks, short-term rental guests, who now outnumbered full-time residents, had been running up and down hallways outside his home on the seventh floor, setting off alarms.

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