One of the most talked about pre-“Great Recession” Decatur development projects is back from the dead.

The city has sent a letter to residents surrounding the 315 West Ponce 10-story office building and its giant wind tunnel parking lot stating that “An application for a building permit has been submitted for a new mixed use development at 315 West Ponce de Leon Avenue.”  The city will be hosting a meeting at city hall on Tuesday February 26th at 7pm for adjoining property owners.

CLICK HERE to view the full size site plan and the variety of elevations of this project.

As this is a new development project/plan for this site, the development must follow new downtown multiple dwelling ordinances, who’s “R60 next to C2″ components were developed in no small part with this property in mind.  And according to Planning Director Amanda Thompson, the current plan is “zoning compliant”, which was not the case the last time around when the developer desired a parking variance (under the old pre-ZOUTF revisions).  After the neighborhood meeting, the developer will likely “present to the DDA [Downtown Development Authority] in March or April depending on what changes come out of the neighborhood meeting. Then once those are finished they will submit for a permit.”, according to Ms. Thompson.

Feel free to point out other differences between this project and the previous one, but two of the most obvious ones to me are the inclusion of the sidewalk-smooching West Ponce building (“Building A” for those who lived and breathed this development debate back in 2008) and the open courtyard along Montgomery Street.

h/t: Patch