Report: Fuqua Might Want Piece of Underground Pie

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

So Fuqua will inevitably be able to plant his suburban big box on 800 Glenwood when all is said and done.

How come the Beltline people didn't follow up to make sure the zoning was taken care of?

Could this happen again?

[thebigATL]

Originally Posted by cqholt

if he was smart, he would extend the beltline path, behind the existing apartment building and into the development. Make sure there is ample bike racks for cyclist.

agreed.

[BackInATL2011]

I think the City should use eminent domain to purchase a few more blocks of property adjacent like "Metro Mall", and sell it with underground as a package!

[Ant131531]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

You're speaking of Carla Smith. Unfortunately she won the most recent election last year.

Not so surprised...but I guess we can chalk it up to people here in this state having a hard time attributing lazy municipal governance to anyone who doesn't fit the "urban" look.

So Fuqua will inevitably be able to plant his suburban big box on 800 Glenwood when all is said and done.

Because the city is not strict enough on it's zoning policies. This would never be allowed in NYC, SF, Chicago(though they do have a big box suburban type development just outside of downtown, but this was built a while back), Seattle, Boston, DC...you just wouldn't see this in those cities these days. It's awful, but hey....money talks. Atlanta isn't progressive enough to say, "No, you can't build this here".

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by arjay57

How come the Beltline people didn't follow up to make sure the zoning was taken care of?

Could this happen again?

The assumption was that the Beltline zoning overlay that was passed would be stronger and supersede the existing zoning in place. But 800 Glenwood showed that did not hold up in court and with the zoning board. Now the city and the Beltline is working on rezoning all the parcels one by one to ensure this does not happen somewhere else.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by jsvh

The assumption was that the Beltline zoning overlay that was passed would be stronger and supersede the existing zoning in place. But 800 Glenwood showed that did not hold up in court and with the zoning board. Now the city and the Beltline is working on rezoning all the parcels one by one to ensure this does not happen somewhere else.

All we can ask is that they learn from their mistakes.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by thebigATL

No No No No NO, please don't say that, it's not the fact I dont like GSU buying all the property in Downtown. But I want a good developer to revitalize the area and make it presentable to not for the tourist but, just for us as Atlanta citizens. And to make this point,if GSU buys majority of the land in Downtown how its going to grow?It will be more student than jobs and retail if you look at it but I dont mind GSU in downtown, I just dont want them to take over.

I have no problem with GSU buying Underground, and a few other parcels they're rumored to be interested in. Students bring foot traffic, and that may spur other developers to develop other parcels, knowing there is a built-in market. Buying this property, which is adjacent to campus, makes sense, and there's still plenty of downtown left for developers.