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Old 10-10-2013, 01:17 PM
 
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So does that mean the development will go ahead unhindered?
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Old 10-10-2013, 01:23 PM
 
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So does that mean the development will go ahead unhindered?
Yes and no. The zoning was successfully changed. So the current SAP / building permit are still valid under the old zoning however, any future permits would have to comply with the new zoning. So the developer can legally move forward and start work (as he has been able to since having a building permit). However, they stated in their suit they filed earlier that they are now having trouble securing financing for the project because of the change in zoning and they appear not to have started any work yet.

There are still more legal battles to happen.
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Old 10-10-2013, 01:38 PM
 
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You would never see this built in any real city that is within 2 miles of the CBD.
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Old 10-10-2013, 01:43 PM
 
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You would never see this built in any real city that is within 2 miles of the CBD.
Yea, it is pretty ridiculous. We need to work on our zoning laws and get over our car obsession in Atlanta.
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Old 10-10-2013, 01:46 PM
 
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My favorite highlight has to be when Fuqua's lawyers tried to argue "What is a street?" in regards to their "streets" in the parking lot and someone yelled "motherf***er" and stormed out.
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Old 10-10-2013, 01:51 PM
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Yes and no. The zoning was successfully changed. So the current SAP / building permit are still valid under the old zoning however, any future permits would have to comply with the new zoning. So the developer can legally move forward and start work (as he has been able to since having a building permit). However, they stated in their suit they filed earlier that they are now having trouble securing financing for the project because of the change in zoning and they appear not to have started any work yet.

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I would think that's no longer going to be a problem.

This devlopment, if built as proposed, is going to severely damage the neighborhoods around there. Just watch.
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Old 10-10-2013, 02:09 PM
 
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As a new resident, I was a little disappointed to see that not one traffic study has been done to show possible projections on how this will affect traffic around the area. Perhaps that would have made the difference in determining the standing of the parties that were appealing.
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Old 10-10-2013, 02:13 PM
 
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I would think that's no longer going to be a problem.
We will see. You could be right. But they filed suit just a couple days ago, if they thought winning this was going to get them what they needed to build this then I am sure they would have filed suit. I think they won this battle but the war is not over yet.

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This devlopment, if built as proposed, is going to severely damage the neighborhoods around there. Just watch.
It is pretty bad but to be honest, I don't think it is that terrible. I really don't like what it is but I am more annoyed with their un-willingness to work with the community. This will basically be a smaller version of where the whole foods is on ponce, and that area has done fine. And I think, even if this is built in as planned, in another 5-10 years there will be enough going on in the area and land value pressure to redevelop the center-surface-parking-lot block into a deck and mixed use.

Still. This is a zoning cluster-f* by the city. And should not happen.
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Old 10-10-2013, 02:16 PM
 
Location: City of Atlanta
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Huge disappointment. I don't know what's worse - that this awful suburban style proposal is deemed acceptable for the middle of Atlanta ON THE BELTLINE, or that the developer has such little regard for the neighborhood that he will continue full well knowing that there is barely a soul in the immediate area who wants his development to happen. I really don't understand why he wouldn't work with the neighborhood. What gets me even more is that he is a Virginia-Highland resident - so he lives intown, near the beltline, in an area that would just as vehemently oppose this development. To me, that is incredibly insulting.

This is a terrible addition to a historic, walkable neighborhood, and a terrible precedent for the Beltline. Pretty depressing all around.
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Old 10-10-2013, 02:16 PM
 
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As a new resident, I was a little disappointed to see that not one traffic study has been done to show possible projections on how this will affect traffic around the area. Perhaps that would have made the difference in determining the standing of the parties that were appealing.
I have done some reading on zoning court cases because I have had an interest in this. "Additional Traffic" arguments rarely succeeded because any redevelopment is going to create some additional amount of traffic. I was disappointed when the neighborhood's argument seemed to rely on this so much.
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