The uncertain future of north Atlanta’s most affordable cities (Chamblee & Doraville) (Dunwoody: apartments)

[jhtrico1850]

https://atlanta.curbed.com/atlanta-d...-affordability

Price hikes in what’s traditionally been a bastion of relative ITP affordability stretch beyond downtown Chamblee’s Antique Row, a longstanding concentration of antique stores. Development of potentially regional impact has spread into neighboring Doraville, with the most visible example being Assembly Yards, a 165-acre mixed-use project on the site of the former General Motors plant.

Doraville’s median list price per square foot is $176, compared to Dunwoody’s $201, and Brookhaven’s $242. Chamblee has crept up and is now $200.

Though communities as disparate as Hapeville, Scottdale, and Whittier Mill Village are also relatively affordable and ITP, Chamblee and Doraville have greater transit connectivity than most of metro Atlanta.

[waronxmas]

Gentrification is in full swing in both places. I just hope it doesn't push out what has defined those two cities recently: the large, working class, immigrant population. I don't think we will be so lucky though.

[arjay57]

Chamblee and Doraville are flat on fire.

I was out in Chamblee the other day and barely recognized the place, what with all those new apartments everywhere. Housing costs are as bad as intown -- 1960s ranch houses are bringing $500K and up.

[ATLTJL]

Yep.

A year or two ago, one day I was fed up with traffic and announced, "We're looking at houses in Chamblee!"

I found one in a price range we could afford and we went and looked at it. My wife and I both looked at each other, laughed, and said, "If this is what 400 grand gets you in Chamblee, they can keep it!"

[Forhall]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Gentrification is in full swing in both places. I just hope it doesn't push out what has defined those two cities recently: the large, working class, immigrant population. I don't think we will be so lucky though.

And their food!! Buford Highway is basically why I live in Atlanta lol

[bu2]

I don't see Doraville changing for a long time. There's lots of small, older houses that don't necessarily have a lot of charm.

In Chamblee, however, there are so many old apartments that are being replaced as well as older houses.

[Huntsville_secede]

A mini-city slated for the site of a shuttered General Motors plant — one of metro Atlanta’s largest redevelopment efforts — is finally coming into full view.

The mixed-used project known as Assembly will soon welcome its first company to occupy space on the 165-acre campus. In the next few weeks, Serta Simmons Bedding is set to move in, consolidating its headquarters and bringing more than 500 employees.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/mattr...5H5ypXfVC0tHkM