Intown Non-Highrise Development

[Terminus]

Originally Posted by vandynole

This afternoon, I drove by the Auburn Avenue development currently under construction. It was extremely impressive; felt very urban. It looked like they were incorporating existing, historic storefronts into the new building, which was really cool.

This project doesn't get much pub, but could be one of Atlanta's best non-highrise developments in recent years.

It is certainly the best infill project - in that it's built to the side lot line and incorporates old buildings - rather than just plunking some random building down.

[trainiac]

Originally Posted by Terminus

We're doing the redevelopment of StudioPlex via the addition of 183 homes, a 450 seat theater (True Colors), a very small amount of new retail/restaurant space, and a completion repositioning of the existing mill building.

Oooh, I saw the drawings at the last IPNA meeting and it looks great! Love the connection to the viaduct at Edgewood and the theater to be run by Kenny Leon. Typical of my hood, even though this was just a courtesy-call as we have no say in fourth ward projects, they wasted 20 minutes hammering the developer about it. Groan

A little further north....After the demolition of the National Linen building, you can really tell how big that site is. For some reason seemed smaller. I bet there's some nasty chemicals in the soil there. Glen Iris is getting pretty nice.

[boomtown]

Spring Start Set for 108-Unit Condo Project
Globe Street
By Natalie Keith

ATLANTA-Construction is expected to begin in the spring on Castleberry Point, a 108-unit condominium project in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood. Miller Gallman Developers LLC is the force behind the project.

The four-story flat-iron development will also include 35,000 sf of street-level retail and restaurant space. The project will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 748 sf to more than 2,800 sf with 17 floor plans, including five live/work spaces. Prices for the units range from the low $200,000s to the $700,000s.

Contracts have been signed for 50% of the units and two of the live/work spaces. “Castleberry Point’s success flies in the face of the notion that pre-sales aren’t happening in the condo market in Atlanta,” says Jerry Miller, of Miller Gallman. “Not only are they happening, but they are exceeding all our expectations.”
The Castleberry Hill neighborhood sits at the edge of Downtown and Midtown--with Downtown a short walk and Midtown less than three miles away. The neighborhood, which is less than a mile from CNN Center and Philips Arena, features a variety of restaurants, coffee houses and art galleries.

Other projects that Miller Gallman has been involved with in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood include Swift & Co. Lofts, West Lumber Lofts, 330 Peters St., Castleberry Row and Fair & Walker Lofts.

[bwolfe71]

Great news. Thanks for the info Boomtown since thats my 'hood. I know one of the live work spaces is being filled with a restaraunt from the same owners as Apres Diem.

[micropundit]

Railroad District


April 16, 2007

The Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID) board voted to expand the District to include 20 blocks in Atlanta’s south central business district. Property owners are re-branding the area bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr, Peachtree Street, and the Norfolk-Southern Railroad tracks that border the west side of Downtown as the Railroad District to highlight the neighborhood’s rich and vibrant history as well as its potential for future redevelopment. A majority of property owners petitioned the ADID board to expand the existing district to include their area.

“We first expanded the Downtown Improvement District in 2000 at the request of a majority of property owners to the north of our original District boundaries,” said Paul Kelman, executive vice president of Central Atlanta Progress, the non-profit organization that administers the ADID. “We have expected for some time that property owners to our south would also want to join the District. By expanding the reach of the Ambassador Force and Clean Team, we will continue to improve Downtown Atlanta. Our momentum right now is great and this expansion will provide a boost to Downtown’s next growth area.”

In late 2006, redevelopers the Morsberger Group hosted a charette for more than twenty area stakeholders to discuss the current state of affairs, challenges, opportunities and re-naming possibilities for the Railroad District.

“My experience with other real estate developers and partners has convinced me that a team can work together to achieve a favorable outcome for the whole neighborhood more effectively that going it alone,” said Emory Morsberger, president of the Morsberger Group. “This has been an incredible team effort so far and we look forward to the next several years working together.”

In order to strengthen the movement to revitalize this neighborhood, the Railroad District team working closely with City of Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, and the Atlanta Development Authority set out to encourage other fellow property owners to join the efforts to unite the community.

"I am impressed and encouraged by the leadership and collaboration of multiple business owners in bringing together the City of Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, and the owners of properties of all sizes to produce a concrete vision and action plan for this vitally important and promising area within our central business district," said Councilman Ceasar Mitchell.

Securing the expansion of Atlanta Downtown Improvement District is only the first step toward the Railroad District’s revival. The bright future of the area also includes plans for streetscape enhancements, essential transportation improvements, potential renovation of the Nelson Street Bridge and establishing more effective neighborhood connectivity, open spaces and green space.

The different companies working together included the Morsberger Group, Central Parking, Gallman Development Group and Wood Partners. All of these companies are active in redevelopment plans for the area. The Morsberger Group owns the former C&S Bank building, which it plans to convert into 231 condominiums, 24,000 s.f. of street level retail and 6,000 s.f. of office space. Gallman Development Group is currently working on mixed-use projects immediately west of the Railroad District, such as Castleberry Point, and also owns property near the Garnett St. MARTA station. Developers Wood Partners is currently planning a potential redevelopment of the Norfolk-Southern building into 500 residential units with street level retail. All will be heavily involved in the revitalization of the neighborhood with a combined total of nearly $200 million in investments.

These projects, when combined with the under construction Department of Justice building, City of Atlanta Public Safety Headquarters, renovations to the Richard B. Russell building and MLK Jr. Federal Building, and the pending Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal and many other important locales, public and private, will all contribute to a vibrant future for the neighborhood.

[TallTallScraperATL]

Does anybody know what might happen on the site of the old ramada at piedmont rd and 85. I'm amazed at the demolition along piedmont, must be one of the areas most transforming in the atl. At last we wont be a one street town anymore lol.

[ATLonthebrain]

TallTall, I remember reading something about this last month, with this site becoming apartments. Ah, I found it. Here's the info from the ABC a couple weeks back (and the company is building all around the metro area!):

Piedmont apartments
Apartments are going up on a former Ramada Inn site on Piedmont Road.

Alliance Residential Co. has begun construction on Broadstone Piedmont, a 212-unit mid-rise complex at 2115 Piedmont Road in Atlanta on what once was the 181-room Ramada Inn.

The $35 million project will also include nine live/work spaces and 7,000 square feet of office suites, said Bill Bollwerk, managing director of Alliance Residential in Atlanta.

Alliance Residential has also begun construction on the $37 million Broadstone Perimeter Park at North Peachtree Road and I-285. The firm is building 230 units on the 7.7-acre site.

Both projects should open in May 2008, he said.

Phoenix-based Alliance Residential, which has two apartment complexes in Atlanta, bought the 4.45-acre Piedmont Road site Jan. 22 for $7.2 million, in a deal brokered by Marcus & Millichap.

Richard Ehmer, a director in the San Francisco office of Marcus & Millichap's National Hospitality Group, and Helen Zaver, a hotel properties specialist in the Atlanta office, represented the seller, Pattni Lodging Group Inc. in Atlanta.

Zaver and John Wise, a senior associate in Marcus & Millichap's Atlanta office, represented the buyer.

Alliance Residential has two more apartment projects in the works, one in East Atlanta next to Glenwood Park, and the other at Marietta Street/Howell Mill Road, Bollwerk said.

Alliance Residential also owns Broadstone Vinings and Broadstone at Dunwoody, both in metro Atlanta.

-- Staff writer Lisa R. Schoolcraft contributed to this column.

[Chris Creech]

Originally Posted by TallTallScraperATL

Does anybody know what might happen on the site of the old ramada at piedmont rd and 85. I'm amazed at the demolition along piedmont, must be one of the areas most transforming in the atl. At last we wont be a one street town anymore lol.

I think that's going to be a mid-rise condo development. They've got the parking deck done and I think it's going to wrapped around with units.

Also, in that area I keep wondering if something is going to happen to the site where the old Holiday Inn was (now its some knock off economy hotel). But it sits on a prime hillside spot there sort of on it's own island of real estate. Seems like it would be a great spot for a highrise condo. You'd have incredible views of buckhead, AS and downtown there.

[SteveD]

Originally Posted by ATLonthebrain

...one in East Atlanta next to Glenwood Park

-- Staff writer Lisa R. Schoolcraft contributed to this column.

I'm trying to figure out what they're talking about since Glenwood Park is not in East Atlanta.

[Tombstoner]

Originally Posted by SteveD

I'm trying to figure out what they're talking about since Glenwood Park is not in East Atlanta.

Well...that general vicinity, no? If someone were to ask me where Glenwood Park was, I'd say "just west of East Atlanta."

[SteveD]

well yeah, I suppose it just semantics. You can't be "in East Atlanta" and "next to Glenwood Park" at the same time, since there's about a third of a mile's worth of neighborhoods in between. "close to" or "nearby" would have been better than "next to".

[whoDean]

Originally Posted by TallTallScraperATL

Does anybody know what might happen on the site of the old ramada at piedmont rd and 85. I'm amazed at the demolition along piedmont, must be one of the areas most transforming in the atl. At last we wont be a one street town anymore lol.

What other demolition along Piedmont are you referring to? The Lindberg Center area? What else?

[Andrea]

Originally Posted by whoDean

What other demolition along Piedmont are you referring to? The Lindberg Center area? What else?

It's not undergoing demolition yet, but the property just on the other side of I-85 (where the Buckhead Antique Market was) has been sold and is said to be slated for redevelopment.

[whoDean]

The Piedmont/Cheshire Bridge area is ripe for redevelopment, it would seem like an enterprising developer would find large tracts appropriate for mixed-use in the area.

Beazer is also building some homes just up Cheshire Bridge...

[sabino86]

Taken 5/8/2007:



What annoys me is that this building has seemingly taken forever to be built...

[L.ARCH]

Originally Posted by Andrea

It's not undergoing demolition yet, but the property just on the other side of I-85 (where the Buckhead Antique Market was) has been sold and is said to be slated for redevelopment.

Do you know who the developer is or what they have planned? That whole area is exploding. Seems like buckhead is creeping south... or is that midtown creeping north?

[Andrea]

Originally Posted by whoDean

The Piedmont/Cheshire Bridge area is ripe for redevelopment, it would seem like an enterprising developer would find large tracts appropriate for mixed-use in the area..

Oh, I think a number of people have been putting land together around there for years. There are several significant assemblages.

[joey]

Originally Posted by sabino86

Are those being zero-lot-lined?

[Terminus]

Originally Posted by joey

Are those being zero-lot-lined?

Yes, thank goodness!

[Terminus]

Originally Posted by sabino86

Taken 5/8/2007:

What annoys me is that this building has seemingly taken forever to be built...

If it were pre-cast concret, poured-in-place, or EIFS it would be done now.

Good things take time.