Tucker looking to get in on mixed-use developments (Lawrenceville, Stone Mountain: apartments, rental)

[cqholt]

Would make for a perfect commuter rail stop along a line to Athens, via Tucker and Lawrenceville.

Located in Tucker, a few miles from Stone Mountain, the development could include nearly 200,000 square feet of retail, 88,000 square feet of office space, an elementary school and daycare, and a mix of residential units appealing to everyone from millennials to seniors, officials say.
Also included in the proposal are a 36,000-square-foot grocery store, a brew pub, and even a food hall in the vein of Ponce City Market.

In total, there could be more than 700 residences, not including proposed senior housing and assisted living. A mix of townhomes and cottages would back up to a 22-acre parkspace lining Camp Creek

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/5/16...pment-the-rise

[JPD]

This has been a derelict property since I was a kid. Good for Tucker if they can get something going on this massive waste of space.

[PKCorey]

Hopefully, retiming the lights on Hugh Howell and Mountain Industrial are part of the project. Intersection is already gridlocked.

[AnsleyPark]

I find it somewhat humorous that the apartments are labelled "Millennial Rental Units." Do only Millennials rent?

[primaltech]

Would be great to see a commuter rail station in Downtown Tucker, combined with a short, simple bus route on Hugh Howell, looping between the station and Stone Mountain Park. That would give people an alternative way to get to the laser show, etc.

[DJDeadParrot]

The City of Tucker sees this development as key to linking two sides of town, City of Tucker and Smoke Rise, divided by a half-mile wide swath of industrial-zoned land along Mountain Industrial Blvd.

[arjay57]

Looks like everybody is jumping on the mixed use bandwagon.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Looks like everybody is jumping on the mixed use bandwagon.

Isn't that how our cities use to be built pre-WW2 and the rise of auto suburbs?

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Looks like everybody is jumping on the mixed use bandwagon.

A better way to think about it, I think, is to consider this a reversion to cities have been built for milinia before.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

A better way to think about it, I think, is to consider this a reversion to cities have been built for milinia before.

I think you're right. I imagine that in years to come, these sorts of developments will begin to form pretty darn good urban cores.