Selig plans billion-dollar project on Upper Westside (Marietta, Dunwoody: movie theater, living)

[bu2]

Originally Posted by primaltech

Collier Rd should extend SW to Marietta Rd, via 4-way stoplight intersections with Chattahoochee and Marietta Blvd. And Collier should really have its own interchange w/ I-75. Those changes would help a lot.

They could do a lot in that whole area south of Peachtree Creek and west of I-75. Most of the area is industrial and underutilized, so its not like putting a road through the middle of Tuxedo Park. They really should do a plan and require ROW for some rezoning requests.

[Bobcat2012]

Originally Posted by bu2

They could do a lot in that whole area south of Peachtree Creek and west of I-75. Most of the area is industrial and underutilized, so its not like putting a road through the middle of Tuxedo Park. They really should do a plan and require ROW for some rezoning requests.

Sure, tell the people in Underwood Hills that paid $650k for their homes that you're building an interchange less than a mile north of the Howell Mill exit on 75.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by Gulch

The name "Upper Westside" needs to die.

Hey...we can't just encase our cities neighborhoods' names in amber. Did I get that right?

[whodean]

Originally Posted by bu2

This area would not be that hard to fix the "illogical" roads and infrastructure. It is a prime area for Atlanta to focus on encouraging denser development. The east side really can't handle much more.

Howell Mill needs major, major work. Northside too.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by primaltech

Collier Rd should extend SW to Marietta Rd, via 4-way stoplight intersections with Chattahoochee and Marietta Blvd. And Collier should really have its own interchange w/ I-75. Those changes would help a lot.

Fully agree with the I-75/Collier interchange. That alone would fix a massive amount of the issues in the area. Even just a southbound entrance/northbound exit from 75 would go a long way.

As far as extending to Marietta Blvd, you'd have to get Pepsi to give up a good part of their land. And after 12 years of living just footsteps from this intersection, I can tell you that very few people turn left onto Marietta from Chattahoochee, so I'm not sure how heavily the extension would be used. It never did connect. But what I found interesting is what used to be where the Pepsi plant is now. Any guesses?

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

Fully agree with the I-75/Collier interchange. That alone would fix a massive amount of the issues in the area. Even just a southbound entrance/northbound exit from 75 would go a long way.

As far as extending to Marietta Blvd, you'd have to get Pepsi to give up a good part of their land. And after 12 years of living just footsteps from this intersection, I can tell you that very few people turn left onto Marietta from Collier, so I'm not sure how heavily the extension would be used. It never did connect. But what I found interesting is what used to be where the Pepsi plant is now. Any guesses?

Any interchange would require expensive land acquisitions and braided ramps to avoid the issues that plaque Downtown Connector.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8104.../data=!3m1!1e3

[atlHawks]

Originally Posted by whodean

Howell Mill needs major, major work. Northside too.

Howell Mill Road Complete Street Project

[alco89]

Originally Posted by MattCW

Anyone know where along Chattahoochee Avenue this will be? And yea, going with a 1-2 story facility isn't great.

Originally Posted by primaltech

Single story is probably because they're adaptive reusing the bones of former industrial buildings.

And it's appropriate, IMO, given this area's illogical roads and generally terrible infrastructure and connectivity. Fix that before adding mid-rises and more density to an area that was never intended or designed for it.

Anyway, awesome news. Exciting!

The article mentioned that there would eventually be new development in addition to the adaptive reuse. So presumably, some of the new construction could be taller.

[alco89]

Originally Posted by atlHawks

This is awesome, would love to see the land outlined from a birds eye view to get a better understanding what is being developed.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Any interchange would require expensive land acquisitions and braided ramps to avoid the issues that plaque Downtown Connector.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8104.../data=!3m1!1e3

Yes, it is mostly a complete wish item, not something that is actually feasible.

It could conceivably be done using the same setup as the Moore's Mill exits on just the north side of Collier by obtaining just two or three of the small business houses (one long vacant) on the east side of the interstate (the land to the north of those is owned by the state or whoever owns the interstate land), and the small apartment building to the west of the interstate plus two vacant parcels. None of those parcels should be particularly expensive in relation to the cost of ramp construction. This would avoid the braided intersections you talk about.

This would remove a substantial amount of traffic from Howell Mill between Collier and the interstate, and the backups on Collier that frequently extend 3/8 of a mile or more, and the backups on Howell Mill northbound which frequently extend more than 1/4 mile. It would also help prevent the backups at the Howell Mill exit which sometimes backup onto the interstate to past the Northside exit. And, it would provide the necessary relief to allow more density to be built along Collier, from another thread.

In the end, no, it will never happen, but it would solve a lot of issues in the area.

Originally Posted by atlHawks

Howell Mill Road Complete Street Project

I'd love to see how they plan to implement this. Howell Mill is clogged as is and very narrow in some spots. Is there a project drawing anywhere?