UPDATE (April 29, 2016): Demolition Plans Filed For The Site of ‘The Standard’ in Midtown
Georgia Tech students could have yet another shiny new housing option soon.
According to a recap of this week’s Midtown Development Review Committee meeting, Landmark Properties and Selig Enterprises have proposed The Standard, a mixed use student housing development between 3rd & 4th on Spring Street.
It is unknown at the moment whether The Standard would feature as much fun stuff as University House Midtown does (a pool-adjacent jumbotron, shuffleboard, cookies at midnight). But, what is known is that the proposed project would include 280 furnished student apartments and 11,200 square feet of street-facing retail.
The 19-story complex would include a 10 story parking deck wrapped around residential units.
Midtown Officials at the meeting made some suggestions which reflect the emphasis Midtown Alliance places on walkability in the organization’s Blueprint Master Plan. The committee suggested that Landmark and Selig rethink the “vehicular circulation” associated with the Starbucks proposed for the development, in order to remove the curb cut proposed for Spring Street.
Officials said that doing so will make the development more pedestrian-friendly, allow for more street parking and retail storefronts, and “afford more opportunities to add usable open space at the street level,” as the current proposed project reaches 90% of usable open space required by Midtown’s zoning code.
The committee is also trying to make it easier for student residents to bike in the area. Officials have even stated that bike maintenance facilities are necessary for student residences. They asked that the bike storage area proposed for 4th Street be improved by adding wall-mounted bike parking and bike repair equipment.
Developers are taking the suggestions into consideration and will come back with an updated project at a subsequent Development Review Committee Meeting.
What do you think of the growing popularity of student housing complexes in Atlanta? What other kinds of projects would you like to see on Spring Street? Tell us below…
2 Responses
Not sure why so much parking is needed. Walk, ride a bike or take the Tech transport to campus.
If memory serves, Atlanta has established minimum quantities of parking spaces for all new construction, and with a development this large, a good number of parking spaces will be necessary.
Also, Tech’s transport services do not directly serve this area, although Tech Square is a reasonable walking distance away. We also desperately need better bike infrastructure around this area. The “traffic sewer” formed by Spring/W-Peachtree/NorthAve can be very hostile towards cyclists.