ATLANTA -- Social networking behemoth Facebook is expanding in Atlanta.

The Palo Alto-based company is opening a 5,045 square office in West Midtown, according to a building permit filed with the City of Atlanta.

Facebook has an existing office in Atlanta, which according to the company's website is "one of the fastest growing offices in the East Region."

The new office will be located in Brickworks Atlanta, a mixed-use development at Marietta and Howell Mill. The development is anchored by 5 Seasons Brewing restaurant.

The Facebook office renovation will cost about $20,750. An office of that size would typically house about 25 employees.

Facebook's decision to plant employees in West Midtown makes sense. The once gritty neighborhood is gentrifying and is near Georgia Tech, a fount of engineering and programming talent.

ATLANTA – We know you’re ready to get the party started after your 10K and Willy’s will make it a possibility.

In celebration of America’s Independence Day, Willy’s Mexicana Grill is offering a $4 burrito to race participants who wear their Peachtree Road Race T-shirt.

Guests can wear both past and present race T-shirts.

ATLANTA -- A Georgia Tech assistant professor was killed while biking on the Florida panhandle Saturday.

The Florida Highway Patrol told NBC affiliate WJHG 33-year-old Dr. Kurt Frankel was riding his bike in the bike lane on Highway 98 at around 8:30 Saturday morning.

According to WJHG, 19-year-old Alexandra Alford of Miramar Beach was driving within the outside lane but somehow hit Frankel on his bike from behind.

Frankel was thrown from his bike and taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in South Walton County but did not survive his injuries. Authorities say he was wearing a helmet. No charges have been filed so far.

Dr. Frankel worked out of Georgia Tech's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Heavily published, he was an expert on plate tectonics and geomorphology. He taught a number of courses on the foundations of the earth's structure, and how the changing nature of the earth affected the world around us.