South East Atlanta Development Updates Mega-Thread (Glenwood: lofts, maintenance, garden)

[bu2]

Originally Posted by Forhall

Yuck. Hope the neighborhood raises hell. Storage facilities have no place in an urban environment especially not as many as he tries to build. Is that all he has contracts with? Wal-Mart, Kroger, and mini storage?

Storage facilities are simply a temporary way to generate revenue from land until a better use comes along.

Every single plot of land is not going to be developed all at once. The cheap ways to utilize it are as parking or storage facilities. They don't build those things to last 100 years.

[CCATL]

Grant Park Gateway Project is officially a go. From the Grant Park Neighborhood Association:

From City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Amy Phuong:

"City of Atlanta and the Department of Parks and Recreation is excited to move forward with the $48 million Grant Park Gateway Project and provide another amenity that will connect residents and enhance quality of life. Through the vision and leadership of Councilmember Carla Smith, we have received community input that has strengthened the design of this project. Moving forward, we will be actively engaged with the contractor to update the timeline for the project."

[jsvh]

Booo. What a waste.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Booo. What a waste.

I guess we know who you won't be voting for in 2021.

[arjay57]

This project should be a real shot in the arm for Grant Park. Nice to see the neighborhood, the Conservancy, Zoo Atlanta and the city all singing from the same page.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by arjay57

This project should be a real shot in the arm for Grant Park. Nice to see the neighborhood, the Conservancy, Zoo Atlanta and the city all singing from the same page.

They do not have the neighborhood / NPU support. They never asked for it. Of course many of the power brokers in Grant Park don't get along with the NPU / the neighbors in Ormewood Park & East Atlanta well.

Also if you drive down Boulevard next to the Park you will notice most of the houses have "Save the Trees of Grant Park" signs opposing this project.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by jsvh

They do not have the neighborhood / NPU support. They never asked for it. Of course many of the power brokers in Grant Park don't get along with the NPU / the neighbors in Ormewood Park & East Atlanta well.

Also if you drive down Boulevard next to the Park you will notice most of the houses have "Save the Trees of Grant Park" signs opposing this project.

It has been reported that there is broad community support but maybe not.

The City worked closely with the stakeholders around Grant Park on the design for the park/parking garage.

Rick Hudson, chair of the Grant Park Neighborhood Association’s land-use, zoning and transportation committee, described it as everyone – the neighborhood, the Grant Park Conservancy, Zoo Atlanta and the city “all singing from the same playbook.”

The groups started meeting together more than two years ago, and Hudson said they developed a “sense of teamwork and collegiality” that forged a bond between them all.

“We’ve not always been on the same page, but through this process we’ve all learned to look at the needs of the many,” Hudson said. “This Gateway Project will provide a much needed amenity to the Park and the Neighborhood. It will be 1,000 spaces totally sub-terranian with a green roof. It will be a net gain of green space for the Park while being able to service both bicycle and vehicular traffic from the Boulevard side of the park and pull automobiles that would normally park inside the neighborhood.”

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...8-million.html

[Pemgin]

Is the problem the amount of money being spent or the design itself? Having subterranean parking with added greenspace is much better than what's currently there.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Is the problem the amount of money being spent or the design itself? Having subterranean parking with added greenspace is much better than what's currently there.

It’s not dense, vibrant, human-scale, walkable, bikeable, urban-fabric transit, so it shouldn’t exist.

[cqholt]

Apartments coming to Southside BeltLine Trail

Pollack Shores Real Estate Group has filed permits to develop a 325-unit apartment complex at 1099 Boulevard, a site that lies next to the future leg of the southeast Atlanta BeltLine trail through the Chosewood Park neighborhood. The property, now under contract, is just north of the intersection of Boulevard and Englewood Avenue Details on the transaction were not disclosed.

https://www.bisnow.com/atlanta/news/...-project-85223