Last month, plans were submitted by Kimley Horn to the City of Atlanta advancing the development of the Centennial Yards Master Plan. The Special Administrative Permit submitted on January 20th includes E.1 and E.2 parcels referenced in approved SAP 21-110 and is generally located at 95 Centennial Olympic Park Dr. NW and 250 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive S.W.
According to submitted plans, E.1 is a 1.45-acre site that extends below the Centennial Olympic Park Drive viaduct. It also includes half of the land area beneath M.L.K. Jr. Drive is privately owned with a City easement for the viaduct structure. E.1 is zoned SPI-1 SA1. Currently proposed on the site is a 291-unit hotel above 4,900 square feet of retail/restaurant space. The new structure will connect to Centennial Olympic Park Drive and M.L.K. Jr. Drive at viaduct level.
E.2. is a 1.1-acre site that extends below half of M.L.K. Jr. Drive sits alongside the Norfolk Southern right-of-way to the east, adjoins Mitchell Street viaduct to the south, and spans over Elliot Street to the west to connect to the Centennial Olympic Park Drive viaduct. E.2 is zoned MRC-3-C. Currently proposed is a residential tower with 303 units over street-level retail. A shared parking podium extends over both parcels and below M.L.K. Jr. Drive. The variations requested below align with the previously approved master SAP for Centennial Yards development and apply to both E.1 and E.2 parcels.
The requested Special Administrative Permit include:
- Modify the tree requirement as generally shown on the SAP site plan to be located in above-ground planters on the existing viaduct structure and not provide the typical required streetscape along Elliot Street as the entire street will be spanned with the viaduct and activated above and along Centennial Olympic Park Drive.
- Requesting that the parking deck façade requirements not apply along Elliot Street and Mitchell Street. Similarly, the parking deck façade requirements should not apply to the railway right-of-way.
- Requesting a variation from requiring active use along Elliot Street, Mitchell Street, and the Norfolk Southern right-of-way.
- A variation from the requirement to screen the loading dock for these buildings as they are accessed from Elliot Street, which operates as a service drive.
This development’s design and construction team includes T.V.S. and Associates as the architects, Terra Mark Land Surveying, and Kimley Horn as the development engineers.
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Exciting news! I can’t too see what else they are bringing to the area.
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