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Why Wall Street is betting against the Atlanta Braves

Short interest has roughly doubled even as the publicly traded team's stock hits record highs.

Business

A Major League Baseball labor dispute and the prospect of a lockout has Wall Street short sellers betting against the Atlanta Braves, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Bloomberg reports" data-vars-click-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-21/mlb-lockout-fears-spur-rush-of-shorts-into-atlanta-braves-shares" data-vars-content-id="4e82e0af-0bcd-4eb6-b7ad-4da1654e48b0" data-vars-headline="Why Wall Street is betting against the Atlanta Braves" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-21/mlb-lockout-fears-spur-rush-of-shorts-into-atlanta-braves-shares" target="_blank">Bloomberg reports</a>.Why it matters: The Braves are the only publicly traded professional baseball team in the United States, making the franchise one of the few places where sellers and investors can gain direct exposure to shifts and shake-ups in the sports world.

Clayton police to end drug search program at Atlanta airport after lawsuit

Eric André and Clayton English sued Clayton County police officers in 2022, alleging the department's Airport Interdiction Unit compelled passengers to consent to searches.

News

The Clayton County Police Department has agreed to disband one of its units at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport nearly four years after <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="two comedians" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2022/10/13/eric-andre-sues-cops-over-racial-profiling-at-atlanta-airport" data-vars-content-id="1564fab9-2839-4f59-b5ab-3e2b65914a97" data-vars-headline="Clayton police to end drug search program at Atlanta airport after lawsuit" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2022/10/13/eric-andre-sues-cops-over-racial-profiling-at-atlanta-airport" target="_self">two comedians</a> alleged the unit coerced passengers to undergo unconstitutional searches.The latest: Clayton County has settled <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the lawsuit" data-vars-click-url="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58a33e881b631bc60d4f8b31/t/63459147ec332f2e79d80282/1665503559954/Andre+English+-+Complaint.pdf" data-vars-content-id="1564fab9-2839-4f59-b5ab-3e2b65914a97" data-vars-headline="Clayton police to end drug search program at Atlanta airport after lawsuit" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58a33e881b631bc60d4f8b31/t/63459147ec332f2e79d80282/1665503559954/Andre+English+-+Complaint.pdf" target="_blank">the lawsuit</a> brought by Eric André and Clayton English, who in 2022 accused officers of using the department&#x27;s Airport Interdiction Unit to compel passengers — most of whom were people of color — to consent to searches between fall 2020 and spring 2021, lawyers for the two men said Tuesday.

Weekender: Toro y Moi, BronzeLens, Summer Shade Festival

Film festivals, live music, reptiles and college football fill Atlanta's weekend calendar.

Things to Do

Let the weekend begin! Here&#x27;s what is happening around town:🎞️ The 17th annual BronzeLens Film Festival opens with the documentary &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Love, Patrick" data-vars-click-url="https://www.lovepatrickthemovie.com/teaser" data-vars-content-id="27b40b79-0d30-453b-87b8-3828d7c8f2af" data-vars-headline="Weekender: Toro y Moi, BronzeLens, Summer Shade Festival" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.lovepatrickthemovie.com/teaser" target="_blank">Love, Patrick</a>&quot; about the groundbreaking fashion designer Patrick Kelly. (<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Fri.-Sun." data-vars-click-url="https://bronzelens.eventive.org/pass/buy" data-vars-content-id="27b40b79-0d30-453b-87b8-3828d7c8f2af" data-vars-headline="Weekender: Toro y Moi, BronzeLens, Summer Shade Festival" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://bronzelens.eventive.org/pass/buy" target="_blank">Fri.-Sun.</a><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=")" data-vars-click-url="https://bronzelens.eventive.org/pass/buy" data-vars-content-id="27b40b79-0d30-453b-87b8-3828d7c8f2af" data-vars-headline="Weekender: Toro y Moi, BronzeLens, Summer Shade Festival" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://bronzelens.eventive.org/pass/buy" target="_blank">)</a>🧑‍💻 The ASIFAC Animation Festival and conference goes deep on art and motion at Georgia State University and Cinefest. (<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Fri.-Sat." data-vars-click-url="https://www.asifa-south.com/asifac-festival" data-vars-content-id="27b40b79-0d30-453b-87b8-3828d7c8f2af" data-vars-headline="Weekender: Toro y Moi, BronzeLens, Summer Shade Festival" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.asifa-south.com/asifac-festival" target="_blank">Fri.-Sat.</a>)

Atlanta mayor blasts DNC over 2028 convention snub

Mayor Andre Dickens says dropping Atlanta sends a troubling message to Black and Southern voters.

Politics

Mayor Andre Dickens accused the Democratic National Committee of &quot;abandoning&quot; Atlanta, the South and Black voters by excluding the city from the 2028 presidential convention <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="shortlist" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/democrats-2028-convention-cities" data-vars-content-id="00d258f9-b9c3-4fad-a112-0960bdd42776" data-vars-headline="Atlanta mayor blasts DNC over 2028 convention snub" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/democrats-2028-convention-cities" target="_self">shortlist</a>.Why it matters: Dickens&#x27; letter Thursday to DNC chairman Ken Martin is a blistering rebuke after losing a four-day event that draws tourists and national political attention — and which Atlanta hasn&#x27;t hosted in nearly 40 years.<ul><li>No Southern cities are now in the running to host the convention, leaving only Boston, Denver and Philadelphia.</li></ul>

North Point Mall's mini-city makeover faces key vote

The plan would add housing, hotels and retail around a 20,000-seat arena in Alpharetta.

Development

A proposal to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="redevelop" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/development" data-vars-content-id="756604a6-ab75-4e4d-a727-b47dc8726636" data-vars-headline="North Point Mall&#x27;s mini-city makeover faces key vote" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/development" target="_self">redevelop</a> North Point Mall into a mixed-use mini-city anchored by a 20,000-seat arena goes before the Alpharetta City Council today for a crucial vote.Why it matters: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="100-acre project" data-vars-click-url="https://www.jamestownlp.com/properties/north-point-mall" data-vars-content-id="756604a6-ab75-4e4d-a727-b47dc8726636" data-vars-headline="North Point Mall&#x27;s mini-city makeover faces key vote" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.jamestownlp.com/properties/north-point-mall" target="_blank">100-acre project</a> by Atlanta-based developer Jamestown and New York Life would turn an unremarkable mall into a walkable district served by housing, offices and retail with an arena designed for an NHL team.

These pedestrian signals are inches from a Castleberry Hill resident's window

The signals were installed mere inches from the Swift & Company Lofts building on Peters Street in Castleberry Hill.

What would you do if you woke up one morning to find a pedestrian crossing signal installed right outside your window?<ul><li>It&#x27;s a situation Castleberry Hill residents and historic preservation advocates have been trying to remedy for several months, ever since the Georgia Department of Transportation installed two signals in awkward locations.</li></ul>Why it matters: Both signals, which were installed as part of larger improvement projects, are just inches away from the Swift &amp; Co. Lofts building at 244 Peters St. SW.

What does Atlanta's Atlantic Station need next?

New management wants to hears ideas as Atlantic Station rethinks its shops, dining and placemaking.

Atlantic Station is getting another makeover. But first, the mixed-use district would like your opinion.Driving the news: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Trademark Property Company" data-vars-click-url="https://trademarkproperty.com/" data-vars-content-id="9bd45180-77ed-43ba-9ecd-99b0751be617" data-vars-headline="What does Atlanta&#x27;s Atlantic Station need next?" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://trademarkproperty.com/" target="_blank">Trademark Property Company</a>, a Texas-based real-estate firm, took over management, leasing and operations of the 138-acre mixed-use district on Aug. 1.

Atlanta is growing, but at a slower rate

The region's 2025–2026 growth rate was 1%, down from 1.2% from 2024 to 2025.

While the 11-county Atlanta region continues to grow, it did not gain as many residents <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="as it did a year ago" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/08/14/atlanta-population-growth-arc-region-fulton-henry-gwinnett-forsyth" data-vars-content-id="094440b6-7aae-4678-bb5d-3a1ec2395ad1" data-vars-headline="Atlanta is growing, but at a slower rate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/08/14/atlanta-population-growth-arc-region-fulton-henry-gwinnett-forsyth" target="_self">as it did a year ago</a>.Why it matters: Despite the internet chatter, Atlanta is (still) not full.

New affordable housing project will be built near Lindbergh MARTA station

The Overlook at Garson will include 130 affordable units for families making $45,700 to $73,120.

Atlanta Beltline, city officials, stakeholders and developers broke ground on a new project that will bring more than 100 affordable housing units along a future segment of the Beltline&#x27;s trail network.Why it matters: Overlook at Garson will bring much-needed affordable options to the Lindbergh neighborhood, in the affluent Buckhead area.

A 125-year-old Atlanta mansion hits the market

The former museum and Peachtree landmark comes with history, tax credit potential and a motivated seller.

Real Estate

For 125 years, the historic Rufus M. Rose House on Peachtree Street has been a family home, an eclectic museum and antique store, and preservation offices.<ul><li>Now you can make it yours for $2.58 million.</li></ul>Why it matters: The Victorian mansion — built in 1901 for Rose, an Atlanta physician and founder of the R.M. Rose Distillery in Vinings — has waited decades for a new chapter.<ul><li>The red-brick home is the last house standing from a pre-automobile era when Peachtree was Atlanta&#x27;s Millionaires&#x27; Row.</li></ul>

Another stretch of Ponce could be remade with apartments

Selig's plan would replace aging storefronts with housing, retail and affordable units on Ponce.

A developer&#x27;s plan to turn a stretch of aging buildings along <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Ponce de Leon Avenue" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/04/25/ponce-de-leon-office-rents-midtown-buckhead" data-vars-content-id="e84f0ea0-5604-47b4-9864-5ab632b1dc59" data-vars-headline="Another stretch of Ponce could be remade with apartments" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/04/25/ponce-de-leon-office-rents-midtown-buckhead" target="_self">Ponce de Leon Avenue</a> into a mixed-use development is moving forward.Why it matters: Selig Enterprises&#x27; 375-unit proposal would redevelop one of the few largely intact clusters of aging commercial buildings on the Virginia-Highland side of Ponce.

Urban Alchemy helps shape Atlanta's homelessness response

Urban Alchemy has helped the city of Atlanta in its campaign to find housing for people in the Downtown area.

For years, cities focused on clearing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="homeless encampments" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/01/21/homeless-man-death-encampment" data-vars-content-id="542d2b7f-68a4-4a6a-b39d-5b56d12fbd21" data-vars-headline="Urban Alchemy helps shape Atlanta&#x27;s homelessness response" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/01/21/homeless-man-death-encampment" target="_self">homeless encampments</a>. Urban Alchemy aims to build trust inside them first.Why it matters: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="nonprofit" data-vars-click-url="https://urban-alchemy.us/" data-vars-content-id="542d2b7f-68a4-4a6a-b39d-5b56d12fbd21" data-vars-headline="Urban Alchemy helps shape Atlanta&#x27;s homelessness response" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://urban-alchemy.us/" target="_blank">nonprofit</a>, which has expanded to Atlanta, takes a different approach to homelessness by hiring formerly incarcerated and formerly homeless workers to build relationships with people who are unhoused and connect them with services.

Atrium Health files for 1st Atlanta hospital in West End

The proposed West End teaching hospital could help replace beds lost after Wellstar's Atlanta Medical Center closed.

Health

A <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new state filing" data-vars-click-url="https://weblink.dch.georgia.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1064081&amp;dbid=1&amp;repo=HealthPlanning" data-vars-content-id="d807a409-9368-4fd0-88b3-33373fae471f" data-vars-headline="Atrium Health files for 1st Atlanta hospital in West End" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://weblink.dch.georgia.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1064081&amp;dbid=1&amp;repo=HealthPlanning" target="_blank">new state filing</a> makes it official: Charlotte-based Atrium Health wants to build a hospital on a proposed 40-acre medical campus in West End.Why it matters: The proposed facility would be Atrium&#x27;s first hospital in metro Atlanta and could help fill health care gaps left by the closures of Wellstar&#x27;s Atlanta Medical Center and AMC South.

Atlanta CHaRM site near Beltline set to relocate

The Chosewood Park recycling facility will shift operations to a larger property in a Bowen Homes redevelopment.

Atlanta&#x27;s popular place where you can drop off everything from paint cans to old mattresses will close and relocate to the other side of the city. Why it matters: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Live Thrive" data-vars-click-url="https://livethrive.org/" data-vars-content-id="eb486783-426e-42fe-92f5-b4c4e7083380" data-vars-headline="Atlanta CHaRM site near Beltline set to relocate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://livethrive.org/" target="_blank">Live Thrive</a> plans to close the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Center for Hard to Recycle Materials" data-vars-click-url="https://livethrive.org/charm/" data-vars-content-id="eb486783-426e-42fe-92f5-b4c4e7083380" data-vars-headline="Atlanta CHaRM site near Beltline set to relocate" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://livethrive.org/charm/" target="_blank">Center for Hard to Recycle Materials</a> location along the Beltline in Chosewood Park when its lease ends this year — and as nearby properties become prime redevelopment targets.

Development 🏗️

North Point Mall's mini-city makeover faces key vote

These pedestrian signals are inches from a Castleberry Hill resident's window

What does Atlanta's Atlantic Station need next?

Atlanta is growing, but at a slower rate

New affordable housing project will be built near Lindbergh MARTA station