Sembler's Briarcliff Mega-Development Likely Dead
Decatur Metro | December 23, 2008The AJC reports that residents at the Gables owned property at N. Driud/Briarcliff have received a letter saying that the “sale of the property will no longer occur as intended.” Most take that to mean that the once controversial “Town Briarcliff” project is now dead.
Good riddance.
As many of you may know, Sembler’s big-box meets mixed use – with a smattering of poorly designed parking and traffic flow – projects have never been my cup o’ tea.
Maybe Sembler now is just pooling its resources to develop some mega-mixed-use up at the old GM Doraville plant.
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Yes, the Briarcliff project appears to be dead. And, yes, Sembler is drawing a bead on the GM Plant site in Doraville … for a new home for the Altanta Falcons! A link to the AJC article and my 2 cents can be found at:
http://www.communityradar.com/story.php?id=5708
When I first tell people about this they gasp, “What?! They already have the amazing Georgia Dome!” I agree but apparently 15 years old is too old for the NFL to be impressed.
And here I was … naively advocating for DeKalb County to carve out a part of the GM site for educational facilities for DeKalb Schools – hrumph! Where’s the fast money in that? Doraville, or is it Dollarville?
“big-box meets mixed use – with a smattering of poorly designed parking and traffic flow” you’re being too nice. they are planning and design desasters that are dooming the immediate areas for decades. i don’t believe the n. druid hills property is not owned by gables. i think it is owned by atlanta (the housing authority, i believe). gables manages the property.
Brad, a little research would have shown that the apartments are owned by the DeKalb Housing Authority. AHA has nothing to do with it.