Pemberton Place Pemberton Place Pemberton Place, located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, just north of Centennial Olympic Park in the Luckie Marietta district, is a complex that is home to the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola, and the Center for Civil and Human Rights. It is named after John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola. The area was originally ten city blocks of businesses, residences, etc.; it started to decline in the mid-20th century and by the early 1990s was considered a "long forgotten district of downtown". The Coca-Cola Company acquired property in the area and built Coca-Cola Olympic City there, for the
Pioneer Global Group US$938 million and planned to spend a further $240 million to renovate it. Pioneer Global also has hotel interests in Thailand. In January 2017, Pioneer Global sold the 24-story Pemberton Building in Sheung Wan for HK$1 billion to a British Virgin Islands-registered company said to be controlled by property investment firm Octa Capital Partners, having bought it in 2011 for HK$523 million. Pioneer Global Group Pioneer Global Group () is a Kong Kong real estate development company and investor, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, controlled by the Gaw family. Pioneer Global was founded by Anthony Gaw, and is