Developers Hedgwood Homes have filed a rezoning application for a twelve-townhome project in south Buckhead, an area dominated by small multifamily buildings. The project would demolish three existing multifamily buildings, which have “either existing or the potential for five multifamily units” and replace them with twelve for-sale townhomes.
The project is seeking a rezoning from RG-2 residential to RG-3 residential, which would allow for a greater Floor to Area Ratio (FAR). According to a siteplan summited with the rezoning application, the townhomes would be built parallel to Sheridan Avenue in an alternating pattern, with some townhomes taking up the entire lot and some townhomes sharing a lot.
The townhomes would range in size from 3 bedroom and 2.5 bathrooms to 4 bed and 3.5 bathrooms. The estimated sale price according to the application is $750,000 – $1.2 million. Each townhome would feature a private garden of varying size, and some would include a pool and a four car garage. The property would be serviced by an access road bordering the development.
The project was reviewed by Neighborhood Planning Unit – B on Tuesday, September 7th. The project is next scheduled to go before the Zoning Review Board tonight, September 9th, where its zoning change application will be decided.
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So in other words, cut down more trees and pollute the environment.
These three parcels don’t have many existing trees, mostly overgrown crepe myrtles and a few loblolly pines (probably 20-25 years old). Based on the site plan from Hedgewood, it seems that there will be new trees along the streetscape, along the back property line, as well as a few within the private gardens. This will likely result in a net gain of trees
Ben – You’re obviously interested in seeing this development bulldoze the existing homes, landscaping and trees – YES, there are trees. The “trees and street scape” that would accompany this rezoning scheme would be diminutive from the start and never realize that same scale of mature trees that are currently in the Sheridan neighborhood. Hedgwood Homes would also completely change the scale of existing open spaces that provide comfortable separations between the public thoroughfares (street side and sidewalks) and the existing multifamily homes. Hedgwood would replace these open areas with enclosed gardens that would only serve the new million dollar properties. Hedgwood’s vision is not neighborhood development but only urban segregation, vehicular over-congestion and massive profits where Atlanta’s communities loose at many levels of livability.