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Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead
Atlanta, Georgia, United States · Waldorf Astoria · High Luxury
Robert A.M. Stern's 42-story Buckhead tower opened 1 May 2008 as The Mansion on Peachtree under Rosewood, later Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta, before Hilton bought it in 2018 and converted it to Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead. At 580 feet it ranks among Atlanta's tallest. City Centre Properties developed the $185 million hotel-condo stack with Holder Construction.
- 127 rooms
- Opened 2008
- Neighborhood: Buckhead
- Rooms from 500 sq ft (46 m²)
- Architect: Robert A.M. Stern
About Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead
- Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects with Milton Pate as architect of record; Harrison Design handled condominium interiors.
- The hotel portion opened on May 1, 2008, as The Mansion on Peachtree, a Rosewood hotel and residence.
- It was sold in foreclosure to iStar Financial on February 3, 2010, for $66.1 million, then operated as Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta from 2012.
- Hilton acquired the hotel in 2018 and introduced the Waldorf Astoria brand to Atlanta, in a 580-foot, 42-story tower among the city's tallest buildings.
History
The slender limestone tower at 3376 Peachtree Road NE in Buckhead has occupied three distinct identities in less than two decades, a record of brand turnover that says as much about the volatility of ultra-luxury hospitality as it does about the building's underlying quality. Construction on the 42-story octagonal tower ran from 2006 to 2008, developed by City Centre Properties LLC and designed by the celebrated New York architect Robert A.M. Stern, whose classically inspired limestone and cast stone shaft — rising to full-floor penthouses with setback terraces — was conceived as an addition to the Buckhead skyline that would look, in the developer's words, "as good fifty years from now as it does today."
The building opened on May 1, 2008 as The Mansion on Peachtree, a Rosewood Hotel and Residences, at a total development cost of $185 million. Its 127 hotel rooms and 45 private residences launched as some of the most expensive real estate in Atlanta, with residences starting at $2.5 million. The timing was catastrophic: the Great Recession struck within months of opening, and by early 2010 the property had been sold at a foreclosure auction for $66.1 million to iStar Financial, an affiliate of the building's lead lender, erasing the developer's equity almost entirely. The hotel was rebranded as the Mandarin Oriental Atlanta in 2012, bringing it into one of the world's most prestigious luxury hotel groups.
Hilton acquired the Mandarin Oriental for $53.5 million in 2018 and converted it to a Waldorf Astoria, introducing the brand to Atlanta for the first time. The Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead opened in its current form in late 2018 and early 2019, carrying 127 rooms and suites, 47 private residences, and 15,000 square feet of spa facilities including a 60-foot climate-controlled indoor pool and yoga studio. Brassica, the hotel's signature restaurant, and Peacock Alley — the storied Waldorf name for its signature lobby corridor — anchor the ground-floor hospitality.
The neighborhood the tower inhabits has been called "the Beverly Hills of the South" for its concentration of luxury retail, fine dining, and affluent residential blocks, with Phipps Plaza and Lenox Square each a short walk from the hotel's entrance. The 12th-tallest building in Atlanta, Stern's octagonal limestone column has stood through boom, crash, and three separate luxury brands — and the bones of the architecture have outlasted each name change with distinction.
The setting
Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead soars 42 stories at 3376 Peachtree Road NE, beside the Buckhead MARTA station at the heart of Atlanta's wealthiest district. Buckhead's rise from a rural crossroads — named for a buck's head mounted outside Henry Irby's 1838 tavern — to one of the country's most affluent communities mirrors Peachtree Road's trajectory as a luxury address. Lenox Square lies steps north and Phipps Plaza steps south, together forming the South's most concentrated luxury retail destination, with Tiffany, Armani, and Prada among their anchors. The Atlanta History Center is seventeen minutes by transit and the Fox Theatre twenty, while the hotel anchors a cluster of landmark luxury properties along this stretch of Peachtree Road. 5 miles from High Museum of Art. 17 miles from Maynard H.
Restaurants and bars
- Brassica — Restaurant
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
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