21 story tower proposed for Old Fourth Ward (buyers, luxury)

[SEAandATL]

Looks like O4W will develop its own skyline. I hope for L5P to do the same.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

With the way homeowners are complaining about property assessments, I would think they would want some downward pressure.

Interesting idea, cq, although I'm not sure the best way to combat exorbitant property taxes is to build a bunch of crummy shacks in your neighborhood.

ADU's are great but they should comply with community standards.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by ATL Golfer

Thank you for proving my point.

I like how when these threads come up half of the people on the board suddenly become expert city planners.

But we are all expert city planners. Also MARTA experts.

[Laatl8]

The gentrifiers are getting gentrified & now it’s supposed to be the end of the world. Was there the same opposition when those cubist “modern design” houses were being built in. A neighborhood full of bungalows? Change happens. People move around. This is your little taste of the marginalized life. People are really only protecting this not because it’ll affect their quality of life but because they think it’ll negatively affect their home values. They could care less about the neighborhood character

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by Laatl8

The gentrifiers are getting gentrified & now it’s supposed to be the end of the world. Was there the same opposition when those cubist “modern design” houses were being built in. A neighborhood full of bungalows? Change happens. People move around. This is your little taste of the marginalized life. People are really only protecting this not because it’ll affect their quality of life but because they think it’ll negatively affect their home values. They could care less about the neighborhood character

People despise change, regardless of demographic.

[robertjhajek]

Originally Posted by Gulch

People despise change, regardless of demographic.

I love change, it makes the world interesting.

[demonta4]

These people opposing this moved to one of the hottest markets in the city and they're mad about possibly raising property values? Did they think about their impact to property values when they moved in? Plus the area isn't going to stop growing anytime soon, especially when they start building the Beltline transit and values skyrocket again.

[A-Town Down]

Originally Posted by Laatl8

The gentrifiers are getting gentrified & now it’s supposed to be the end of the world. Was there the same opposition when those cubist “modern design” houses were being built in. A neighborhood full of bungalows? Change happens. People move around. This is your little taste of the marginalized life. People are really only protecting this not because it’ll affect their quality of life but because they think it’ll negatively affect their home values. They could care less about the neighborhood character

Originally Posted by demonta4

These people opposing this moved to one of the hottest markets in the city and they're mad about possibly raising property values? Did they think about their impact to property values when they moved in? Plus the area isn't going to stop growing anytime soon, especially when they start building the Beltline transit and values skyrocket again.

Pretty much lol.


At this point the area has changed so much, a development of this size was/ is bound to happen sooner or later.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by jsvh

All that industrial area is already being redeveloped and it is still not keeping up with demand.

I am open to some height-scaling limits / pushing this towards a more missing-middle scale of development, but SFHs are not some sacred thing that need all these harmful exclusionary laws to protect them in areas like this.

A trend of more housing being built is not a bad trend.

And I think that is what Samwas1 is proposing. Not that there shouldn't be high-rises here.

[Forhall]

Originally Posted by Laatl8

The gentrifiers are getting gentrified & now it’s supposed to be the end of the world. Was there the same opposition when those cubist “modern design” houses were being built in. A neighborhood full of bungalows? Change happens. People move around. This is your little taste of the marginalized life. People are really only protecting this not because it’ll affect their quality of life but because they think it’ll negatively affect their home values. They could care less about the neighborhood character

Why would million dollar condos affect home values negatively? That's not how this works. Buyers and sellers use comps for pricing, if anything it will raise home values. I don't get it, it's like people are dumb. Density and increasing investment will cause values to rise, not drop. Fighting development is what leads to price decreases.