Large Mixed-Use Project “Emory Point” Breaking Ground This Summer
Decatur Metro | March 24, 2011
According to an email forwarded by Ann, Emory Point – a mixed-use development across from the CDC campus on Clifton Road with 82,000 square-feet of retail and 440 “luxury apartments” – will break ground this summer and is scheduled to open in Fall 2012. (A potential phase two will add another 440 residential units to the property)
While this is news to me, it probably isn’t to anyone in the area, as the area was rezoned by the DeKalb Commission way back in 2007 and area residents were surveyed about the project.
According to the Clifton Community Partnership website, the rezoned 50 acres currently includes…
- 25 acres of forest, now protected under Emory’s land classification plan and the new rezoning site plan
– 10 acres of existing development (the Emory Conference Center Hotel, which had an expansion that was completed in May 2009, and the 1599 Clifton Road facility, formerly known as the American Cancer Society building);
– 15-acre construction site along Clifton Road that previously included a parking lot and several dozen graduate housing units. The Emory Inn also operates on the site, but in time will be demolished.
Back in November, the Atlanta Business Chronicle predicted “Emory Point could be one of the largest mixed-use projects to be launched once the market recovers.”
The visual above – along with other in this brochure - really gives an idea of the sheer size of this new mixed-use site. This should be a very interesting project to watch rise from the ground and fill up with residents and retail.
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Wow, just what metro Atlanta is crying out for right now: more condos, I mean “luxury apartments”, and retail space.
I’d be worried for the developers if the economy weren’t doing so well. Because it is still 1997, right?
Just what Clifton Road needs – more traffic……….
My thoughts exactly! That area can’t handle the traffic it already has and now this?
They started site work on this 2-3 years ago I believe. The area has been fenced off since then with some dirt piles and it was only a matter of time.
Luckily the traffic on Clifton, Briarcliff, Lavista, and North Decatur is so light right now — the area can certainly handle more density. HA
Two thoughts:
1- Good luck finding residents and occupants
2- Traffic on Clifton is going to be COMEDY GOLD during and after construction.
In RE: “While this is news to me, it probably its to anyone in the area”, what does “it probably its” mean?
Have you EVER seen an apartment complex that did NOT purport to be “luxury”? That term has no meaning any more, except to aspirationals (see the book “Stop Acting Rich” for a definition of aspirational).
Doesn’t mean anything. Just a typo. “its” should be “isn’t”
Thanks, I corrected it in the post.
You are right, this will be interesting. Some of that retail space looks pretty big, I wonder what is targeted for those spaces.
The map in the brochure is funny–where is the mysterious Beaumont Drive leading into Decatur?
If Decatur didn’t exist, I would move there. Walkable shops and restaurants within walking distance of Emory – not to mention Lullwater?
There are few more peaceful, evening summertime walks than on the Emory campus.
Technically, Lullwater is private. (Emory Point has green space of its own.)
Heh?
Eh? (?)
Bobby is correct.
Lullwater “park” is a private recreational area for Emory students, faculty, and staff.
There actually is a Beaumont Avenue as depicted in their map behind the Decatur First Bank building. But you will need to be on foot or bicycle to get into downtown Decatur on it as it’s been barricaded from Commerce.
440 apartments there is a big bet.
phase 3 (missing building A in brochure) was included in zoning as 10 stories and previously was phase 1
Thank you, Mr Cousins.
A site plan is included in the DRI.
http://documents.atlantaregional.com/Land%20Use/Reviews/ID788/Final%20Report.pdf
How many more cars can the Clifton Corridor handle? Just hope the “lovely” traffic circle is complete by the time the development is.
Can someone estimate the tax avoidance?
Why all the negativity about traffic? Presumably a good number of the people living in these future residences are going to be working or going to school at Emory, the CDC, the hospital, Wesley Woods, etc. and will therefore represent students and employees who would otherwise have to commute from further away. Or would it be better to have all those people commuting in from Snellville?
Todd – has anyone asked the Emory employees if they would want to live in this new complex?
Agreed, a driving force in that area is the ability to walk everywhere and to almost everything. There is a huge shortage of rental property close by … with the expansions of Emory there needs to be more temporary housing. I dont think traffic is bad thee at all. Especially not comapred to the rest of Metro Atlanta. There has to be places for people to live.
For a few years, Emory has talked about developing workforce housing for their employees. I wonder if that’s the intention here. My guess is that a very significant portion of those folks will not be able to afford these “luxury” apts.
Personally, I’d be alot prouder of my alma mater if they stuck to education and left the empire building and expansion to someone else.
But what do you expect from Coca-Cola University?
One of the plans I saw included subsidizing the cost for some units for Emory faculty/staff/students, much like the townhouses at the curve of Commerce Drive across from Fellini’s.
Suppose for a minute that the penny TSPOST funds a rail connection between Emory and the Lindbergh station with a CDC station in between. Doesn’t this development make sense under those conditions? DeKalb and Marta have included this rail line in their wish list for the Regional Roundtable.
If…, if…, if…, but this was planned without that transit.
A 10% slice of TIA’s projected revenue would be $74 million annually for the 10 year period. What about 30+ years of the MARTA penny?
MARTA’s carryover in the capital budget was $300 million ($150 million was carried from the year prior), and half of the MARTA penny will add another $150 million annually in capital funds.
I am dreaming. The map shows a rail line. But then I realized that is the existing freight line going past Emory. Keep on dreaming.
These can be rented on the surrounding views alone.
Emory proper has a massive population that grows considerably during the day, making it one of the most densely populated areas of Atlanta. That such an activity center is served mainly by single family homes, garden apartments, and a trivial amount of retail in the immediate area is ridiculous, and is a big reason that the traffic is so bad in the first place. I believe this is exactly where this type of project belongs.
More cars in some of the most congested areas in atlanta. i feel for everyone on N. Decatur Rd.