Historic neighborhood may get more residences.
Greene Gasaway Architects has filed an application with City of Atlanta for a special Administrative Permit at 425 Gartrell Street SE in Sweet Auburn.
The project is described as a “new townhome development.” Currently, the site is a vacant grassy lot, as are much of the other properties in the residential part of the neighborhood.
Sweet Auburn – birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. – was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation‘s list of the country’s “most endangered” historic places in 2012. However, going-ons since then may imply that the neighborhood has been turning a new corner.
The restoration of the Daily World Building into residences and retail space featuring daytime-oriented businesses including Condesa Coffee and Arden’s Garden is a notable example.
Developers, investors and city officials have been wanting to add to that momentum.
Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development initiative, in 2014 launched the Downtown Façade Improvement Program to refresh storefronts on the streetcar route in Sweet Auburn.
Additionally, as What Now Atlanta first reported in January, investor Marjan Yavari is working on redeveloping a few properties on the Atlanta Streetcar line to introduce more holistic and neighborhood-oriented businesses to Edgewood Avenue, which is mainly a draw as a vibrant nightlife district.
Now, finally, more residences are being planned for the area. Is it a sign that the improvements that have taken place have succeeded in making the neighborhood a more desirable place to live?
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