Earlier this month, building permits were submitted to the City of Atlanta by DIG Properties, LLC to construct a thirty-six-unit townhome development on 560 Trabert Avenue. This comes several years after receiving the approval by the City of Atlanta to rezone the properties from C-1-C to MR-4B-C/Beltline and a request to amend the Comprehensive Development Plan to high-density residential in October of 2017.
The property is approximately 1.3 acres in size and is located on the western edge of the Loring Heights Community, just east of Northside Drive and on the south side of Trabert. Once consisting of two residences and a small office building, all uses have been vacant and the subject of multiple rezoning and development requests which did not come into fruition.
According to City documents, 568 Trabert Avenue was previously rezoned from I-1 to R-4 in 2006 to construct a three-story residence that commenced shortly after the rezoning, and the building was never completed. In 2014, the three lots were rezoned again to C-1-C to develop a mixed-use community comprised of office, studio, residential, and limited retail, which did not come into fruition, leaving the structures vacant.
The property is within Subarea Eight of the BeltLine Master Plan, which required the development to extend sidewalks, provide street trees and promote quality design in the building architecture. The development is also consistent with the Loring Heights Master Plan adopted in 2012 by constructing a product containing a mix of housing and specifically including townhouses.
The site plan and building design were discussed during the rezoning and land use requests and included buildings that are three stories of living space with a drive under two-car garages. According to previously provided City documents, the anticipated selling price of each unit will be $550,000 to $650,000 and is expected to take one year for the project to be completed.
