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Atlanta Civic Center redevelopment could launch in coming months Josh Green Thu, 02/22/2024 - 13:32 Following nearly a decade of big talk, scrapped development plans, and revived hope, redevelopment of the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center could start showing visible signs of progress in coming months.

That’s according to an update provided Wednesday by project spearhead Atlanta Housing, lending the clearest timeline to date for when heavy equipment might actually start work on the long-idle Old Fourth Ward property.   

Atlanta Housing officials announced this week they’ve lined up Georgia 4 percent low-income housing tax credits to partially cover the cost of Atlanta Civic Center redevelopment, while additional funding sources through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Invest Atlanta are being sought.

According to 11Alive news, Atlanta Housing hopes to see excavation work begin this summer for phase one of the Civic Center redevelopment. That could be followed by actual construction in November, according to the housing authority’s tentative timeline.

The first facet of development calls for a building with 148 senior housing units that would rise on the northeast section of the Civic Center property, across the street from Renaissance Park. (See the bottom right section of the rendering below.) Consisting of all affordable, one-bedroom units with about 600 square feet each, that building would also feature a roof deck, café at street level, a plaza, about 5,700 square feet of amenities, and 75 parking spaces placed underground, according to the news station.

The breakdown of expected Civic Center uses, as seen looking southwest, into the heart of downtown Atlanta. Atlanta Housing

Other plans for initial redevelopment stages include turning the 1960s Performing Arts Center component into a cutting-edge theater for multiple arts and culture uses. The development team is also working alongside Atlanta Public Schools to build a new school on site that would be used for performing arts.

Renovating the historic PAC and building senior housing would mark the first step in a much larger redevelopment of the full property across nearly 19 acres, where a wave of housing and other uses—including a grocery store, shops, parks, and a hotel—is expected to rise in coming years.

Atlanta Housing in 2022 picked national developers The Republic Family of Companies (Washington D.C.-based) and The Michaels Organization (New Jersey-based), alongside Atlanta-based, minority-owned development firm Sophy Capital for the Civic Center redevelopment. It marked the third time a development team has stepped up to tackle the job since the lights went out at the Civic Center in 2014.

In November, Atlanta Housing’s Board of Commissioners entered a Master Development Agreement, or MDA, with the developers' newly formed LLC called Atlanta Civic Center Partners to redevelop 4.36 acres of PAC structures and plaza space where Old Fourth Ward meets downtown.  

Aerial of the centerpiece Performing Arts Center, which will be retained. Historic Atlanta; 2018

Atlanta Housing officials said Wednesday their goal is to showcase some aspects of the finished project for World Cup visitors in summer 2026. The chief concern raised by the virtual meeting’s attendees, however, is that 1,300 planned residential units around the complex would all be for rent, barring occupants from building equity by buying homes and staking a claim in the neighborhood, 11Alive reports.

We’re working to secure copies of the latest plans for early stage Civic Center redevelopment; for now, those renderings can be viewed here.  

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The breakdown of expected Civic Center uses, as seen looking southwest, into the heart of downtown Atlanta. Atlanta Housing

Aerial of the centerpiece Performing Arts Center, which will be retained. Historic Atlanta; 2018

Subtitle Atlanta Housing secures tax credits, forecasts phase-one work at Old Fourth Ward site

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Improvements, closures bound for eastside MARTA station Josh Green Thu, 02/22/2024 - 11:24 Substantial upgrades are bound for an eastside MARTA transit station at the nexus of several neighborhoods—but not before months of construction and closures, the agency reports.

MARTA plans to begin demolition work March 13 at the system’s East Lake station that could alter travel plans for customers. The 2260 College Ave. transit hub is located at the Atlanta-Decatur city line, abutting Lake Claire, Oakhurst, and Kirkwood neighborhoods.

Beginning in three weeks, MARTA plans to start deconstruction and replacement of the station’s north pedestrian bridge, which will also close the north parking lot and access from the Lake Claire side of the station. (The new StationSoccer pitch on the north side of the station will remain open, however, according to MARTA.)

MARTA officials say the project will add a “cleaner, safer” bridge with a new elevator, flooring, lighting, and paint, and improved Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility.

The station's 2260 College Avenue location in Atlanta. Google Maps

East Lake station's north bridge today. Google Maps

Construction is scheduled to last until October, during which time the north lot will remain closed. All MARTA customers will have to use the south pedestrian bridge and parking lots for access to buses and trains.

A MARTA Mobility shuttle will also begin operating March 13 to shuffle customers from the north to south sides of the station. (The agency advises allowing 15 to 20 minutes of extra travel time for Mobility service.)

Occasional road closures on West Howard Avenue are expected as the bridge is replaced; MARTA says closures will be announced well in advance. 

Once construction wraps on the north pedestrian bridge, MARTA plans to repeat the process with the south bridge spanning into Kirkwood.  

Condition of the station's south pedestrian bridge today, where Kirkwood meets Oakhurst. Google Maps

The work is part of MARTA’s Service, Experience, and Expansion program—or SEE—which the agency has called a priority for fiscal year 2024.

Also included in SEE efforts is MARTA’s first bus rapid transit line (scheduled to open from downtown to Summerhill and Peoplestown next year) and the debut of new rail cars and more climate-friendly electric buses.

Other initiatives include station renovations at Bankhead, Indian Creek, and Airport stations, along with the addition of “smart” restrooms, fresh station canopies, and resurfaced and re-striped parking lots, according to the agency.

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The station's 2260 College Avenue location in Atlanta. Google Maps

Condition of the station's south pedestrian bridge today, where Kirkwood meets Oakhurst. Google Maps

Subtitle As part of SEE program, MARTA to build "cleaner, safer" bridges, among other upgrades

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1.5 years after innovative project's unveiling, it's crickets in SW ATL Josh Green Thu, 02/22/2024 - 09:29 For neighbors in Southwest Atlanta, the postindustrial Murphy Crossing site holds such exciting potential it’s inspired at least one essay and cartoon-like artistic interpretations.

Whether any of those hopes for a vibrant community will spring to life soon—or at any point in the future—remains to be seen.

Nearly a year and ½ after Atlanta BeltLine officials announced they’d finally found the right developer for Murphy Crossing following a national search, the 20-acre site in Oakland City remains dormant, and no definitive plans are in place for when that might change, though redevelopment work continues to some degree, sources tell Urbanize Atlanta.

BeltLine leaders announced in September 2022 they’d chosen Arizona-based real estate development company Culdesac to reshape the BeltLine-owned property that once operated as the Georgia Farmers Market, promising affordable housing, jobs, and a village-like feel. The site abuts the BeltLine’s Westside Trail and includes about a dozen warehouses and other buildings today.

The following month, early site plans emerged for a project called simply “Murphy Crossing by Culdesac.”

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This month, Culdesac representatives wrote to Urbanize Atlanta via email there’s “nothing new to share yet [regarding Murphy Crossing], but [we’re] still actively working through the process.” BeltLine spokesperson Jenny Odom echoed that sentiment: “We don’t have any new info on Murphy Crossing at this time.” 

Inquiries to leadership groups in Oakland City and neighboring Adair Park have not been returned. Apart from some commercial electrical work related to a pantry service last month, city permitting records show no recent activity at the Murphy Crossing site.

Culdesac’s plan includes a mix of housing and offices in new and revived buildings, a grocery store, dining and retail options, a farmers’ market (in homage to the land’s historical use), and arts and culture programming.

BeltLine leaders have said the project will contribute to the 22-mile loop’s affordable housing goal by designating 25 percent of residential units "permanently affordable," with another 5 percent remaining affordable for the next 30 years at least. Culdesac hopes to cap affordability rates for residents at 60 to 80 percent of the area’s median income, with 30 percent of all retail and light industrial spaces offered at unspecified rates meant to be affordable for small businesses in Southwest Atlanta, BeltLine officials said in 2022.

According to Culdesac’s drawings, car traffic would be relegated to the fringes of all new development. And a direct connection for bicyclists would branch off the BeltLine, alongside two routes for pedestrians, per the site plans. (After all, Culdesac prides itself on building the first car-free U.S. neighborhood from the ground up in Tempe.) 

Neighbors in 2022 told Urbanize the plans had generally been met with applause, though some community members voiced concerns over the loss of historic Murphy Crossing buildings and lack of a MARTA infill station on the transit agency’s Gold Line next door.

When Culdesac was announced as a development partner, BeltLine leaders stressed the Murphy Crossing project was in early design phases and would be refined following community input. (Find a detailed breakdown of Culdesac’s vision for Murphy Crossing, as unveiled in 2022, in the gallery above.)

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Despite a strategic location and the city’s ongoing housing crunch, Murphy Crossing’s redevelopment isn’t the only project in the immediate area that appears to have stalled.  

A plan to transform the century-old Cut Rate Box warehouses at Murphy Avenue and Sylvan Road into a 5-acre, mixed-use hub—now called Oakland Exchange—has yet to materialize.

Meanwhile, just south of Murphy Crossing on Woodrow Street, another concept unveiled in 2022 for 7 dormant acres has yet to move forward, and its development team has not responded to recent inquiries. At last check, that project called for a village’s worth of new housing—301 apartments and 25 townhomes—alongside roughly 20,000 square feet of commercial space in two buildings.

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The 20-acre property's scope, bordered by a MARTA line in Southwest Atlanta.Photo by The Sintoses, courtesy of Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Murphy Crossing site rendering by Culdesac

Murphy Crossing site rendering by Culdesac

Murphy Crossing site rendering by Culdesac

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Subtitle Atlanta BeltLine picked Arizona developer Culdesac to redo Murphy Crossing in fall 2022. Now what?

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Atlanta IKEA is getting hundreds of new neighbors Josh Green Wed, 02/21/2024 - 16:33 Site work is making a mark at a 17th Street property where hundreds of new residences will replace land that’s been empty for years despite close proximity to shopping and primo skyline views.

The apartment community by developer Southeastern is dubbed “UrbA ATL” as part of a larger UrbA-branded network of properties. It broke ground last year at a 7-acre parcel along 17th Street, just east of Northside Drive.

Located in Loring Heights, the 480 17th St. site is also situated across railroad tracks from IKEA, near 17th Street’s western entry to Atlantic Station. The property was most recently a large parking lot for office buildings along Northside Drive but was cleared about six years ago as Fuqua Development’s suburban-style chain emporium, West Midtown Center, took shape next door.

Planned UrbA ATL frontage along 17th Street, with retail tucked off the street to the right, according to the developer. UrbA ATL; Southeastern

This angle helps illustrate Midtown views the 480 17th St. project will enjoy to the east. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Building permit records indicate the UrbA ATL project will include two separate, five-story apartment buildings, each with a parking deck. At least one of those decks will have six tiers, per 2022 filings.

A recent site visit suggests the project is running behind schedule, in that Southeastern officials told Urbanize Atlanta last year site work at the property would be finished six months ago.

According to Southeastern—a consulting, brokerage, and development firm with projects dotted from Texas to Virginia—UrbA ATL will include 321 luxury apartments and roughly 27,000 square feet of space for shops and restaurants once. UrbA ATL’s retail and restaurant spaces are planned for ground floors, facing existing retailers next door. 

Above all that, designs call for a rooftop pool and clubroom overlooking skylines of Midtown and downtown to the east. 

Looking southwest, construction near the Howell Mill Road corridor is seen in the distance. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

As seen looking northeast, the 6.9-acre property in question, in relation to IKEA and Atlantic Station. Google Maps

Other building amenities will include a large coworking space, an e-sports gaming room and lounge, a large elevated dog park, rooms for bike storage and repair, and EV charging stations, along with what’s described as “multiple outdoor zen and activity gardens” and “a state-of-the-art gym with on-demand fitness,” according to Southeastern. 

Earlier plans for the site called for a new intown Amtrak rail hub and grocery store, but that failed to materialize.

Kroger had previously owned the property before selling in 2022 to developers. 

UrbA ATL site work along 17th Street, as seen on Monday. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The 480 17th St. property in the broader context of Midtown. Google Maps

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UrbA ATL site work along 17th Street, as seen on Monday. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Looking southwest, construction near the Howell Mill Road corridor is seen in the distance. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

This angle helps illustrate Midtown views the 480 17th St. project will enjoy to the east. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Planned UrbA ATL frontage along 17th Street, with retail tucked off the street to the right, according to the developer. UrbA ATL; Southeastern

As seen looking northeast, the 6.9-acre property in question, in relation to IKEA and Atlantic Station. Google Maps

The 480 17th St. property in the broader context of Midtown. Google Maps

Subtitle Mixed-use UrbA ATL project barrels ahead on 17th Street

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Images: Historic Highland Inn's rebirth as rentals is complete Josh Green Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:58 The $15-million makeover of a historic Poncey-Highland inn has wrapped, lending a bold new exterior aesthetic and modernized uses to a century-old intown landmark.

A two-year renovation process has turned the Highland Inn—a lovably shabby hotel, retail row, and events space—into a throwback mixed-use concept called Otto’s Apartment Hotel.

The project is the work of Atlanta-based Canvas Companies, whose previous adaptive-reuse ventures span from Summerhill and Westview to East Atlanta and Old Fourth Ward.  

Canvas bought the 1927 property—originally built as Wynne’s Apartment Hotel—alongside about 30,000 square feet of adjacent, North Highland Avenue retail space and a neighboring parking lot in 2021. Rumors swirled that developers might try to raze the building, but that talk was unfounded.

Ben McLoughlin, Canvas’ co-managing partner, tells Urbanize Atlanta the conversion process is complete and that move-ins began in mid-December.

“Lease-up is progressing well, and we anticipate being completely full this summer,” McLoughlin says.

The previous state of the Highland Inn facade prior to renovations beginning two years ago. Courtesy Canvas Companies/Otto’s Apartment Hotel

The new Otto's color scheme (and painted chimney) along North Highland Avenue today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Today, Otto’s offers a flex-living apartment concept that’s meant to feel and function like a cross between a boutique hotel and small modern rental community. Options range from fully furnished apartments with three to 12-month leases (geared toward people new to Atlanta, or those temporarily residing here) to full-time rentals with traditional leases.  

Studio options range from $1,200 to $1,450 per month. The larger one-bedroom, one-bathroom units are asking $1,550 to $1,800. Square footages, however, aren’t specified in apartment listings.

Project leaders have previously said the 70 units at Otto’s will average about 400 square feet each.

Building amenities include a 24-hour gym, event space, a courtyard patio, and the 30,000-square-foot The Shops at Otto’s retail component. A chef-driven restaurant and café are also forthcoming.  

Example of finishes today inside an Otto's studio unit. Courtesy Canvas Companies/Otto’s Apartment Hotel

Retail and patio space fronting North Highland Avenue. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

McLoughlin says about 90 percent of all retail space has been leased. Three businesses—Thrive Acting Hive, TheTuftestGuyInTown, and The Supermarket by The Bakery Atlanta—have all recently moved into their spaces. Openings on the horizon include the next location of Big Softie ice cream shop and Secondwind Gear Shop, a consignment concept for outdoor gear.

“The café space has been leased, and the tenant should be making an announcement shortly,” says McLoughlin. “We’ve been working with a group to lease the (downstairs) ballroom space and hope to have a lease finalized in the next few weeks.”

Swing up to the gallery for more context and a closer look inside Otto’s.

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Otto's location in the broader neighborhood context. Courtesy Canvas Companies/Otto’s Apartment Hotel

Vintage photo of the North Highland Avenue property as Wynne's Apartment Hotel (and coffee shop). Georgia State University Library archives

The previous state of the Highland Inn facade prior to renovations beginning two years ago. Courtesy Canvas Companies/Otto’s Apartment Hotel

The new Otto's color scheme (and painted chimney) along North Highland Avenue today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Refreshed entryway leading up to the lobby and down to the ballroom space. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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The building's north face along a parking lot. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Retail and patio space fronting North Highland Avenue. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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Example of interior design in common areas today. Courtesy Canvas Companies/Otto’s Apartment Hotel

Example of finishes today inside an Otto's studio unit. Courtesy Canvas Companies/Otto’s Apartment Hotel

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Rendering depicting an interior common area at Otto's Apartment Hotel (photos pending). Courtesy Canvas Companies/Otto’s Apartment Hotel

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Subtitle Meet Otto's Apartment Hotel, a flex-stay project that nods to 1920s roots

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Photos: How Avondale Estates' adaptive-reuse food hall turned out Josh Green Wed, 02/21/2024 - 11:17 Nearly three years after it broke ground, an Avondale Estates project designed to add a vibrant, eclectic, mixed-use dimension to a former industrial district continues to round into shape.

Named for the two streets that form its eastern and western borders, the adaptive-reuse Olive + Pine project started opening last year and now counts seven tenants.

Those include the offices of architecture firm Office of Design, a partner in the project alongside Metro Green Construction and Tin Drum Asian Kitchen founder Steven Chan.

Office of Design principal and owner Andrew Rutledge tells Urbanize Atlanta two new restaurant concepts have signed leases and plan to be open by the end of 2024.

Seating areas outside the western Olive + Pine entry at 100 Pine St., a budding foodie destination in what's emerged as a brewery and arts district. Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

Those include NiteOwl, set to open in April with Italian brick oven-style pizza plus a tiki bar and garden patio. (Rutledge says he can’t yet name the second forthcoming restaurant.) Another concept on tap in coming weeks is called Commune, a listening space that serves alcohol in different themed rooms.

Once those concepts open, Rutledge says a final 3,000-square-foot space will be the last available at Olive + Pine.

Clad in an exterior color scheme of white, black, and eye-catching shades of green, the 100 Pine St. project reimagined a set of buildings long used by Mann Mechanical, a low-rise industrial facility off East College Avenue where mechanical systems were engineered for more than 50 years.

The Grand Hall portion of the 25,000-square-foot space provides circulation and seating. Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

The interior is highlighted and bisected by a central “Grand Hall,” which provides circulation and seating. Rutledge says tables in this space were made with reclaimed steel from the building and, for the tabletops, reclaimed bowling alley floors.

Olive + Pine’s five other tenants are: Akasa Hair Studio, Leftie Lee’s Bakery and Eatery, Little Gym (kids gymnastics), Wonderful World Coffee and Tea House, and Mr. John’s Music, which offers adult classes for voice, keyboard, ukulele, and guitar and features open mic nights once a month.   

Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

The property is within a couple blocks of three Avondale Estates breweries: Wild Heaven, Lost Druid, and the newest entrant, Little Cottage, comprising what’s been coined the Dale Ale Trail (alongside The Beer Growler and My Parent’s Basement restaurant). Accordingly, the city implemented an Open Container Entertainment District in 2022 that stretches from Sam’s Crossing near Decatur to Avondale Estates’ Tudor-style downtown. That allows visitors to carry specially marked, 12-ounce plastic cups of booze throughout the district. 

Roughly three blocks east of the Olive + Pine project, Avondale Estates opened its 2-acre Town Green in summer 2022.

The city plans to eventually upgrade Franklin Street, which borders the food hall and will connect with the new greenspace, with enhanced landscaping and lighting to create a grander, more walkable boulevard feel, officials have said. 

In the gallery above, find more Olive + Pine context and photos.

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Seating areas outside the western Olive + Pine entry at 100 Pine St., a budding foodie destination in what's emerged as a brewery and arts district. Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

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Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

The Grand Hall portion of the 25,000-square-foot space provides circulation and seating. Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

Photography by Eric Sun; courtesy, Office of Design

As seen in initial renderings, a planned greenspace for Olive + Pine visitors. Olive & Pine/Oakhurst Realty Partners

The former Mann Mechanical Building in Avondale Estates. Olive & Pine/Oakhurst Realty Partners

Overview of the changing district off East College Avenue in early marketing materials for Olive + Pine Oakhurst Realty Partners

Subtitle Plus the outlook on more openings at Olive + Pine this year

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Rundown: Parks across Atlanta to benefit from largest grants ever Josh Green Wed, 02/21/2024 - 09:58 What do a new disc golf course, pickleball courts, a big repaired treehouse, and tennis courts remade into a skatepark have in common?

They’re all listed as upgrades and improvements bound for parks across Atlanta soon as part of a record-high allotment of grant monies.

Park Pride officials announced this week the largest investment in the nonprofit organization’s 35-year history—$3.9 million—will go toward improving aspects of 37 different parks throughout the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County this year.  

That includes upgrades to natural ITP treasures such as Cascade Springs Nature Preserve (where overlooks will be added near the lovely falls), neighborhood greenspaces such as Perkerson Park in Sylvan Hills (a new playground), and regional attractions such as PATH400 in Buckhead (addition of fitness equipment at Old Ivy Park).  

A new playground is bound for Reynoldstown's Lang Carson Park, according to Park Pride officials. Park Pride

Park Pride officials say the “landmark year” is being funded through a combination of private and public sources, made possible by the organization’s Parks for All campaign and Atlanta city councilmembers.

Roughly 50 percent of the funds will be directed to park upgrades in historically disinvested communities, officials said.

The organization has managed to more than double its awards in recent years, thanks to increased campaign funding and more commitments from the city council.  

Park Pride’s Grantmaking Program was established two decades ago with support from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation and The Home Depot Foundation, with the City of Atlanta coming on board more recently.

The program “awards funding to community groups seeking to revitalize their neighborhood greenspaces,” Michael Halicki, Park Pride executive director, said in this week’s announcement. “We’re proud to support residents in their efforts to improve and activate their local parks.”

Park Pride details its 2024 grant award recipients as follows, in alphabetical order:

• Wood composite flooring will be added to the Urban Tree House shaped like the United States at Bessie Branham Park.

• Visitors will enjoy a transformed entrance at Blue Heron Nature Preserve, including a new sign and native plants.

• A new pavilion will be built at Brownwood Park with a unique design to allow light into the space.

• Visitors will benefit from an improved amphitheater at Cabbagetown Park, including ADA accessibility, building a permanent stage and managing nearby erosion issues.

• Overlooks will be added to view the falls at Cascade Springs Nature Preserve, along with increased trail infrastructure like steps, benches, and trash cans.

Upgrades to the nature-viewing and hiking experience are set for Cascade Springs Nature Preserve in Southwest Atlanta. Park Pride

• Cedar Park will feature a gazebo and native trees in the open lawn area.

• Dog owners will enjoy a new dog park at Chattahoochee Park, along with a paved parking lot and additional lighting.

• Chosewood Park will feature new playground equipment and a nearby picnic area.

• Friends of Cleopas R. Johnson Park will develop a new vision for the park with a landscape architect.

• A trail behind the recreation center at Coach Charles Rambo, Sr. Park (formerly known as Anderson Park) will be revitalized with steps and a new bridge.

• More play equipment will be added to the recently updated playground at DeKalb Memorial Park.

• East Lake Park will have a new picnic area with tables and a grill near the parking lot off Green Avenue.

• Findley Plaza will undergo a complete re-design of the plaza to be more functionally welcoming.

• Waste receptacles will be placed inFreedom Park to reduce litter in the linear park.

• A skate/wheel park will be constructed at Harper Park on the old tennis court.

• Trail signage will be revamped at Herbert Taylor Park & Daniel Johnson Park and a new bike rack will be installed at the trail entrance on Pasadena Avenue.

• Howell Park will receive waste receptacles, a drinking fountain, and new play equipment.

• Visitors will enjoy an improved trail at Jennie Drake Park, along with erosion management at the entrance on Oldknow Drive.

• The open field at June Elois Mundy Park will feature additional benches and seating, along with an ADA walkway at the bottom of the ramp leading to the field.

• A picnic area with tables and trash receptacles will be added to Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park, plus new checker/chess tables under the existing shade structure.

• Neighbors will enjoy a new playground at Lang Carson Park.

• An ADA parking lot will be built at Lillian Cooper Shepherd Park, along with furnishings under the new pavilion.

• Little Nancy Creek Park will feature a climbing structure for teens and tweens and additional fitness equipment.

• Melvin Drive Park will feature a disc golf course.

• Mozley Park will feature additional seating throughout the park for an existing grant.

• The Historic Oakland Foundation will use the funds to support landscaping and greenspace maintenance outside of the Visitor Center at Oakland Cemetery, adding to an existing grant.

• Fitness equipment will be added to Old Ivy Park under the Ga. Highway 400 overpass along PATH400.

• Visitors will enjoy a new playground atPerkerson Park.

• Pickleball courts are headed to Phoenix II Park.

• Rose Circle Park will receive a mural on the pathway through the park, a drinking fountain by the basketball court, and a barrier to the playground for protection from street traffic on Rose Circle.

• Sara J. González Park will be made more accessible with an ADA parking area and walkways for all mobilities. A music station to engage all visitors will also be added.

• Stone planting beds for an edible garden will be built atSpringbrook Park.

• Springvale Park will extend a stone wall around the pond and add native aquatic vegetation to the bank along the walkway.

• Accessible play equipment and a nearby picnic area will be added to Thomasville Park.

• The Urban Food Forest will replace a retaining wall along Rhinehill Road to support a new Kid Zone as part of an existing grant.

• Upgraded drinking fountains with doggie bowls and new trash receptacles will be placed in West End Park.

•Yonah Park will feature a new trail and native plantings at its southern entrance.

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A new playground is bound for Reynoldstown's Lang Carson Park, according to Park Pride officials. Park Pride

Upgrades to the nature-viewing and hiking experience are set for Cascade Springs Nature Preserve in Southwest Atlanta. Park Pride

Subtitle Park Pride details recipients of nearly $4M million in improvements, additions

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Nearly 400 rentals have replaced Peachtree Boulevard auction house Josh Green Tue, 02/20/2024 - 16:49 The metamorphosis of a Chamblee main drag from a collection of car dealerships, empty lots, and low-rise retail into a mecca of multifamily buildings is continuing in a significant way.

Promising a “rental revolution,” Miami-based Related Development has topped out a block-sized venture called Manor Chamblee, located south of Interstate 285 and just west of the city’s historic downtown.

The 5-acre project, part of Related’s national Manor brand, replaces Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery where Peachtree Boulevard meets Sexton Woods Drive. Atlanta-based Dwell Design Studio designed the project.

Manor Chamblee's construction progress and frontage along Peachtree Boulevard, as seen this month. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Planned aesthetic of the Manor Chamblee clubroom. Related/Dwell Design Studio

According to plans approved in late 2020, Manor Chamblee will see 382 apartments and 10,000 square feet of restaurant space at street level, spread across two buildings.

Other facets include coworking space, a coffee bar and lounge, a voluminous clubroom, a dog park, and a large courtyard with a pool (and a waterfall feature, per renderings).  

Foot-in-the-door studios with 617 square feet will start at $1,777 monthly, according to Apartments.com.

Meanwhile, the priciest options—three bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,423 square feet—will top out at $3,875 monthly, per the apartments database.

The former Chamblee auction house and rug retailer, as seen along Peachtree Boulevard in 2022. Google Maps

Windows framing outdoor amenities. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Manor Chamblee is on pace to deliver later this year, per its promotional website. Have a closer look at what’s coming, and where it stands now, in the gallery above.

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Manor Chamblee's 5180 Peachtree Boulevard location in relation to the downtown area, Blackburn Park, and other landmarks. Google Maps

The former Chamblee auction house and rug retailer, as seen along Peachtree Boulevard in 2022. Google Maps

Manor Chamblee's construction progress and frontage along Peachtree Boulevard, as seen this month. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The topped-out main building today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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Related Development's plans for the Peachtree Boulevard facade at Manor Chamblee. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Planned look of the building's Sexton Woods Drive frontage. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Planned aesthetic of the Manor Chamblee clubroom. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Another view of the relatively vast clubroom space. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Plans for the library lounge. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Manor Chamblee lobby. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Windows framing outdoor amenities. Related/Dwell Design Studio

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Design of the coworking component. Related/Dwell Design Studio

Example of kitchen designs at Manor Chamblee. Related/Dwell Design Studio

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Subtitle Sizable Manor Chamblee project includes retail component

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First look: Distinctly modern project enters Piedmont Road pipeline Josh Green Tue, 02/20/2024 - 13:03 A dozen upscale townhomes are in the works for a stalled, unsightly construction site in Garden Hills along a main Buckhead corridor.

Cablik Enterprises is moving forward with a 12-unit project at 2878 Piedmont Road that would see distinctly modern, four-story residences rise between Lindbergh/Uptown and Buckhead’s central business district, just east of Frankie Allen Park.

The site was formerly a single-family home turned architect offices and an adjacent, vacant lot. Both were cleared for new development about six years ago.

More recently, it’s been a fenced-off townhome construction site that’s changed hands several times, according to Alan Cablik, the development firm’s president.

Plans for gated entry off Piedmont Road. Courtesy of Cablik Enterprises

The Cablik Enterprise's Piedmont Road townhome site in relation to Frankie Allen Park and Buckhead Village landmarks. Google Maps

Cablik tells Urbanize Atlanta the 12 townhomes will range from 2,500 to 3,000 square feet, with the first units becoming available in roughly 14 to 18 months. Site work recently restarted, and Cablik says the project’s Realtor partner will be announced soon.

The development team is targeting a starting price for the townhomes of $1.5 million, according to Cablik.

Renderings show the townhomes split evenly in two rows with multiple outdoor spaces and garage entries off a central drive, all behind a gate along Piedmont Road. 

Courtesy of Cablik Enterprises

Courtesy of Cablik Enterprises

It’s not the only injection of modern design Piedmont Road stands to see soon.

About .8 miles up Piedmont Road toward central Buckhead, on the opposite side of the street, a proposed hub of retail, restaurant, and office spaces called The Buckhead Collection continues to revise its designs.

Those plans call for reviving a former restaurant/residential structure and low-rise offices in the 3100 block of Piedmont Road, roughly a block south of Peachtree Road in central Buckhead.

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The Cablik Enterprise's Piedmont Road townhome site in relation to Frankie Allen Park and Buckhead Village landmarks. Google Maps

Conditions of the 2878 Piedmont Road site today in Garden Hills. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Plans for gated entry off Piedmont Road. Courtesy of Cablik Enterprises

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Images: Apartment, hotel towers advance next to State Farm campus Josh Green Tue, 02/20/2024 - 10:47 Plans are coming into focus for what could rise on the last remaining lot next to insurance titan State Farm’s Central Perimeter campus, and they include much more than additional office space.

Faced with an icy office market, Texas-based developer KDC is proposing a mix of apartments, retail, and hotel uses for what’s known as Building 4 at the 245 Perimeter Center Parkway site. The mixed-use project would constitute the last piece of the Park Center development, which has been in the works for more than a decade.

Next door to the open lot, State Farm finished building its trio of MARTA-connected towers—standing 18, 21, and 22 stories—for a regional hub in 2021.

According to a memo submitted by Madalyn Smith, Dunwoody’s senior planner, to the city’s planning commission last week, the property is entitled to accommodate much more, including nearly 34,000 square feet of restaurants and retail space, almost 3,000 structured parking spaces, and well over 700,000 square feet of offices.

But KDC is aiming to go a different route with the remaining 2.6 acres.

As seen in 2021, the Building 4 development site (bottom right) in relation to the finished State Farm buildings (standing 18, 21, and 22 stories). Jonathan Phillips/Urbanize Atlanta

View of the tower proposals from the south, with MARTA-connected Building 1 shown at right. Cooper Carry/KDC

Development officials have proposed a new two-tower structure for the Building 4 site that would see 300 multifamily units in one building, and a hotel with 175 rooms placed over up to 300,000 square feet of offices in the other.

The maximum building height would be 37 stories, according to Smith’s memo.

Other components of the Cooper Carry-designed project would include 22,000 square feet of restaurant and retail spaces, and 1,565 parking spaces in a seven-story parking garage, per plans submitted to the city.

Residential and hotel uses aren’t currently permitted at the Perimeter Center Parkway site. But the Dunwoody Planning Commission voted last week to recommend rezoning that would allow KDC’s revised plans to move forward, after stressing the need for screening parking garages and adding affordable housing to the mix, according to Appen Media. (The developer bought the Building 4 site, in addition to two State Farm towers and a parking structure, as part of a sale-leaseback deal in 2022.)

Breakdown of KDC's potential development around the 245 Perimeter Center Parkway site. Cooper Carry/KDC

Planned amenities around Park Center that include bicycling infrastructure. Cooper Carry/KDC

In December, Dunwoody’s Development Review Committee voted unanimously to also recommend approval of KDC’s zoning request. The project will next go before the Dunwoody City Council for final approval at a date that hasn’t been scheduled, per Appen Media.

Stormwater infrastructure for Building 4 has already been installed as part of the earlier tower projects, according to Smith’s memo.

As it stands today, the Dunwoody complex includes more than 1.7 million square feet of office space—substantially more than Midtown’s Bank of America Plaza, the Southeast’s tallest building. It has 61 total stories, 46 break rooms, and 44 elevators. Nearly 400,000 pounds of dynamite were required to clear the site, and it took more than 3 million manhours to build, construction officials previously told Urbanize Atlanta.

All told, the campus is designed to house at least 8,500 employees.

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Plans for circulation around the Park Center property. Cooper Carry/KDC

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As seen in 2021, the Building 4 development site (bottom right) in relation to the finished State Farm buildings (standing 18, 21, and 22 stories). Jonathan Phillips/Urbanize Atlanta

View of the tower proposals from the south, with MARTA-connected Building 1 shown at right. Cooper Carry/KDC

Breakdown of KDC's potential development around the 245 Perimeter Center Parkway site. Cooper Carry/KDC

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Planned amenities around Park Center that include bicycling infrastructure. Cooper Carry/KDC

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Plans for circulation around the Park Center property. Cooper Carry/KDC

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Photos: Next facet of Atlantic Station has topped out Josh Green Tue, 02/20/2024 - 09:49 Atlantic Station’s recent growth spurt is continuing in a way that could hardly be more visible.

AMLI Atlantic Station—a 12-story, mixed-use building with stair-stepped designs overlooking Midtown’s section of the Connector, where Interstates 75 and 85 merge—has recently topped out, officials confirm to Urbanize Atlanta.

The 360-unit project, designed by Smith Dalia Architects, is filling the gap in Atlantic Station’s street grid where the Atlanta Open tennis tournament had long been played.

The project was initially proposed in a different incarnation back in 2016. It finally broke ground in fall 2022, promising to add visual intrigue to the mixed-use mega-district that’s visible to hundreds of thousands of car commuters per day. 

As seen from the Peachtree Street bridge over the Connector, the AMLI project in the broader context of Atlantic Station buildings. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Where the AMLI project meets Tower Street, with JPX Works' new Emmi Midtown high-rise seen in the distance, across the freeway. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

AMLI Atlantic Station is also set to include roughly 25,000 square feet of shops and restaurants at street level. That’s being built on the side opposite the Connector, facing Market Street. A deep, centralized courtyard is planned for the side facing northern Midtown’s growing skyline.

The project’s “dramatic stepped form creates terraces with a one-of-kind vista of Atlanta’s sweep from downtown to Midtown,” while expanding Atlantic Station’s live-work-play footprint across more of its 138 acres, according to Smith Dalia designers.

AMLI Atlantic Station is on pace to deliver in early 2025, with pre-leasing beginning late this year, according to Peter Surette, AMLI's regional marketing director for the Southeast.  

AMLI bought the 2.3-acre site next to Atlantic Station’s Dillard’s for $10.5 million in 2016.

The developer currently operates and owns apartment communities to the east and west of Atlantic Station, with AMLI Arts Center in the heart of Midtown and AMLI Westside on Howell Mill Road.

The apartments mark the final piece of void-filling new construction promised over the years by Houston-based Hines, which acquired Atlantic Station for $200 million in 2015 and forecasted an overhaul in terms of aesthetics and functionality.

The AMLI project's east facade. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The stair-stepped building's proximity to hundreds of thousands of commuters per day. Smith Dalia Architects

However, a half-dozen vacant acres around the private property have yet to be developed. A Class A loft-office project called The Forge is being floated for a 17th Street slot currently filled by Overtime Elite’s huge, shed-like basketball facility, which was erected as a temporary structure in 2022.

In the gallery above, have a look at the AMLI project—from virtually every angle—as it stands today.

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Construction progress on the topped-out AMLI Atlantic Station project as seen from the 17th Street bridge Monday. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Where roughly 25,000 square feet of additional retail space is expected to meet Market Street at the AMLI project. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Where the AMLI project meets Tower Street, with JPX Works' new Emmi Midtown high-rise seen in the distance, across the freeway. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The AMLI project's east facade. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Proximity to the I-75/85 freeway and its off-ramps. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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As seen from the Peachtree Street bridge over the Connector, the AMLI project in the broader context of Atlantic Station buildings. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The AMLI project's facade as seen from a 17th Street off-ramp. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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The stair-stepped building's proximity to hundreds of thousands of commuters per day. Smith Dalia Architects

The building's southern facades. Smith Dalia Architects

Another Market Street perspective. Smith Dalia Architects

The most recent rendering depicting the AMLI building's terraced stance over the downtown Connector. Atlantic Station/Smith Dalia Architects

Subtitle AMLI project includes mixed uses in 12 stories over downtown Connector

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Fresh images: Angular Eastside Trail project moves forward at last Josh Green Fri, 02/16/2024 - 12:50 After years of retooling and replanning, a mixed-use project that promises one of the Eastside Trail’s more notable designs in recent memory has officially taken a step toward breaking ground.

Industrial-site redevelopment plans at 930 Mauldin St. in Reynoldstown have been proposed, off and on, for more than 15 years, long before BeltLine hysteria swept over the historic eastside neighborhood.

But now the site’s longtime owner, developers Metzger & Co, have filed documentation for a Special Administrative Permit to move forward with construction, promising an eye-pleasing mix of retail and apartments in a Z-shaped structure beside the Eastside Trail.

A fresh look at planned 930 Mauldin St. apartment facades. Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

How the completed 930 Mauldin St. project is expected to look to BeltLine patrons, with retail spaces depicted at left. Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

In 2022, Metzger & Co. shared a revised, Perkins & Will-designed development vision with Reynoldstown neighbors for the vacant industrial property, which is one of the last large development sites left along Reynoldstown’s section of the BeltLine.

According to SAP filings prepared by Flippo Civil Design, preliminary plans call for 142 apartments and 2,700 square feet of retail spaces fronting the BeltLine, for 140,000 square feet of total development.

The apartment breakdown calls for 107 one-bedroom units and 37 two-bedroom options. At its tallest point, the building would stand six stories.

As required by BeltLine inclusionary zoning rules, 15 percent of the apartments, or 24 units total, are being earmarked as “affordable housing” at 80 percent of the area median income.

Those rents are expected to run between $1,532 and $1,838, according to the SAP.

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Stair-stepped plans for Holtzclaw Street frontage, away from the BeltLine. Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

Also in the mix are 167 parking spaces—for a breakdown of 1.2 spaces per unit. A total of 28 bike-parking spaces are in the plans, too, both enclosed and on the street.

Plans call for two parking levels, one accessed from Mauldin Street and the other from Kirkwood Avenue to the north.

The application notes that current plans were presented multiple times to NPU and other neighborhood groups as part of a successful rezoning process in 2022. One notable variation being requested is a reduction in the 20-foot required BeltLine landscape buffer, which would allow for outdoor trail spaces along the trail.

“The west property line along the Beltline is [53 feet] from the east edge of the BeltLine path, allowing ample space for trees, landscaping, and programmed amenity space,” notes the application.

According to LoopNet, the 1.3-acre site is home to a 31,000-square-foot industrial building now. It last sold for $2.2 million back in 2006—cheap by today’s standards for Eastside Trail-adjacent acreage.

Back in 2008, the BeltLine and Atlanta City Council approved a three-story, 108-unit building that Metzger & Co. had brought to the table, but it never went forward.

Eight years later, the developer pitched a larger project with 40 more apartments and about twice the height. City officials and neighborhood leaders vocally criticized that proposal’s lack of affordable housing, how it didn’t interface well with the BeltLine, and for what they called poor construction meant for a 20-year life cycle. A rezoning application was unanimously rejected at an NPU meeting, and the project fizzled.

Now, the reimagined project’s SAP application is scheduled to be heard by the city March 27.

How the long-vacant (but always artful) industrial site fronts Reynoldstown streets and the Eastside Trail today. Metzger & Co./Flippo Civil Design

Blueprints depicting BeltLine-adjacent retail spaces at the project's north end. Metzger & Co./Flippo Civil Design

The development team expects the permitting process to move forward throughout 2024.

Construction is scheduled to start in 2025, provided no hiccups come during the SAP and permitting processes, according to the SAP application. 

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How the completed 930 Mauldin St. project is expected to look to BeltLine patrons, with retail spaces depicted at left. Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

Stair-stepped plans for Holtzclaw Street frontage, away from the BeltLine. Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

A fresh look at planned 930 Mauldin St. apartment facades. Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

Blueprints depicting BeltLine-adjacent retail spaces at the project's north end. Metzger & Co./Flippo Civil Design

Overview of the project's planned BeltLine frontage, with the retail portion shown at bottom left. Perkins & Will; via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

The planned first-level parking facilities. Metzger & Co./Flippo Civil Design

How the long-vacant (but always artful) industrial site fronts Reynoldstown streets and the Eastside Trail today. Metzger & Co./Flippo Civil Design

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The site's 930 Mauldin Street location along the BeltLine's Eastside Trail. Google Maps

Subtitle Mixed-use proposal to swap empty factory for BeltLine-fronting retail, apartments

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