World’s Tallest Skyscraper Built with CarbonCure Concrete ‘Tops Out’

Atlanta’s skyline has reached new heights with the "topping out" of Rockefeller Group’s 1072 West Peachtree tower, but the real story is locked inside the concrete itself. At 60 stories (749 feet) in height, the development isn’t just Atlanta’s tallest residential building and tallest mixed-use tower. It is now the tallest structure on the planet built with carbon-mineralized concrete.

This milestone offers a powerful, sky-high example of how developers, designers and builders can pursue construction with lower embodied carbon and high confidence, thanks to CarbonCure’s technologies and field leading producers who partner with us.

CarbonCure at the Core of a Global First

Turner Construction is the general contractor for the project, and TVS is leading the architecture and interior design; it features 224,000 square feet of office space and 350 residential units. Rockefeller Group expects to open the building in spring 2026.

The concrete for 1072 West Peachtree was supplied by Thomas Concrete, one of the earliest and most experienced adopters of CarbonCure’s solution. By closely collaborating with the project team and using CarbonCure’s carbon utilization technologies, Thomas injected and permanently mineralized captured CO₂ in the concrete used throughout the tower’s structure. 

1072 West Peachtree isn’t a pilot or a demonstration; it’s a full-scale, 60-story proof point that carbon-mineralized concrete can deliver performance, reliability and carbon reductions for a wide range of applications, even projects that literally reach the clouds.

How CarbonCure’s Technologies Make It Possible

Cement, concrete’s key ingredient, generates roughly 7% of the world’s CO₂ emissions. That is three times the carbon footprint of global aviation. Thomas Concrete and hundreds of other innovative concrete producers around the world address this challenge at the material level with CarbonCure’s pragmatic, drop-in solution that seamlessly integrates into existing concrete plant operations:

• Captured CO₂ is injected into fresh concrete during batching.
  
• The CO₂ reacts with calcium ions and instantly mineralizes into nano-size calcium carbonate.
  
• This mineralization allows reduced cement content while maintaining the concrete's compressive strength.
  
• The CO₂ is locked away permanently, embedding climate impact reductions directly into the built environment.

The end result is the same high quality concrete with verified carbon savings and no compromise in strength, constructability, finish quality or scheduling.

A Broader Decarbonization Strategy Boosted by CarbonCure

CarbonCure’s technologies are complimentary and compatible with a comprehensive approach to reducing concrete’s carbon footprint. Working with Thomas Concrete and its many other producer partners to maximize cement efficiency and carbon reductions, CarbonCure is regularly combined with a wide spectrum of mix designs that also use newer cement types, supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as fly ash or slag and other mix optimization strategies.

Learn more about Thomas’ strategy to deliver sustainability and strength, meeting the project’s demanding specifications and stringent CO2 reduction requirements.

Watch incredible footage of Thomas Concrete’s impressive 27-hour continuous pour at 1072 West Peachtree, Atlanta’s tallest building in three decades.

What This Means for the Future of Construction

1072 West Peachtree is more than a new addition to Atlanta’s skyline, it’s a milestone in the global adoption of CarbonCure. If a 60-story tower can be built with carbon-mineralized concrete, so can data centers, industrial parks, homes, hospitals, roadways, runways and more.

For developers, engineers, and concrete producers, this project signals what’s possible when sustainability and innovation work hand-in-hand. And for CarbonCure, it is a clear validation of our mission: to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete at scale, one mix and one building at a time.

Photo Gallery: 'Topping Out' of 1072 West Peachtree

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