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City of Sandy Springs  

COMPLETE SET OF SANDY SPRINGS PERMITS, CONVERTED INTO TYPEABLE PDF’S A little present from us to you!!  

All forms can be turned into City of Sandy Springs -115 Perimeter Center Place NE- Suite 765- Atlanta, GA 30346  Phone 770-730-5600  Fax 770-393-0244 Sandy Springs Rezoning Application  

Land Disturbance Permit Demolition Permit Application  Zoning Variance Application 

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SESSION: THE FUTURE OF TRANSIT IN METRO ATLANTA:

THE LATEST ON THE BELTLINE, THE BRAIN TRAIN AND THE ATLANTA

STREETCAR PROJECT

The Biltmore

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

7:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.

Transportation and mobility issues are among the greatest challenges to continued growth throughout the metro Atlanta region. With all the divergent discussions concerning different transit initiatives in metro Atlanta, ULI Atlanta is bringing together leaders from the Beltline, (more…)

In the last week there has finally been some good news on the proposed Beltline.

 The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) have both approved plans for Wayne Masons stretch of the Beltline from Freedom Parkway up to I-85.  GRTA has left a dozen or so conditions that will need to be met but these two approvals in my opinion are huge for what was becoming a heated debate.

 About a week or so ago, several newspapers ran interviews with Mr. Mason, the Gwinnett developer who owns the entire North East section of the Beltine.  In those interviews Mr. Mason basically said, he can wait no longer and wants the city to act on his rezoning application that has now become one of the longest waits in the cities history. 

 I am with Mr. Mason all the way on this one!  He bought the land… and basically got the ball rolling on this entire thing.  Is he trying to capitalize on that…. Yes.  Is that not the American Dream?  Almost everyone in the real estate community would love to have their name tagged to such a monumental project and I for one hope this all works out for him. 

 The City of Atlanta needs to communicate with Wayne’s group and continue to work towards a win win for all of us.    I hope everyone can come together on this and continue to edjucate themselves and work together to create something special.

Here is the full story

City finally buys the Bellwood quarry

Here are Meredith Ashby’s thoughts on the Brookhaven Place project that Sembler is proposing.  I thought I would post it as it points out some interesting things such as how the proposed development interacts with the LCI study for the corridor. Here are the preliminary site plans: http://bpcaonline.info/html/site_plan.html

Neighbors, 

The Sembler presentation last night was very interesting. They certainly have the support of the Ashford Park Community Association. Lots of clapping and cheers, especially when they heard a Whole Foods is coming into the development. But, there was some opposition for sure, and they asked excellent questions about increased traffic, the impact to the environment and neighborhood etc., and we asked about flooding/drainage issues.    (more…)

Click Here for All of our stories about the Sembler Company

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The Business Chronicle reported today what we were the first to announce back in January (click here). As expected, the article reports that Sembler Company is planning a $400 Million dollar mixed use project that Jeff Fuqua says will reshape the entire Peachtree industrial corridor leading from Brookhaven to Chamblee.  As you can see by the aerial photo above, the massive 50.017 acre site is one of the largest properties besides Lenox Square Mall. 

The project will contain 1,200 residential units with a variety of townhouses, apartments and mid-rise condominiums.  The proposed plans also call for 600,000 sq. ft. of retail, 15 restaurants, and a five story 150,000 sq. ft. class A office tower according to Sembler.

 
The Business Chronicle reports that the project will be completed in 30 months (read the story here).  We are working with Dekalb County to verify the date when Sembler will apply for rezoning of the 50.017 acre site. We will also be publishing the initial site plans when we receive them from our sources over the next week.

The buyer, Sembler Bell Brookhaven LLC is a joint venture between Steven D. Bell & Co and Sembler.  The 523 unit Peachtree Garden apartments were sold by Peachtree Garden Apartments Inc. for 66 million according to county records (DeedBook 18666 Pg 774). $45,100,000 worth of financing was provided by Wells Fargo Bank on a 12 month note with a 6 month optional extension (DB 18666 Pg 785). 

Acording to the legal description, Sembler will have 238.01 feet of frontage on Peachtree as a front entrance to the property.  Many people might be wondering if the old Original House of Pancakes is involved in this transaction.  As of today’s date, the ownership has not changed hands in the last few years.  However, Sembler will have around 1500 feet of frontage on Hermance facing Oglethorpe University.

Peachtree Garden apartments were run by CEO Richard Garber and two other local owners and have been under the same ownership since 1994.  Peachtree Gardens Inc. purchased the complex for 3.510 Million on 2-4-94 (see attached Warranty Deed).

Click Here For Full Size Tax Map 

Sembler is currently developing the following projects in Georgia: 
·  Austel Point, (175,000 s.f. community s (more…)

The Brookwood Hills Community Club and Carter & Associates seem to be planning a joint venture, high-end condo development at Peachtree Street and Huntington Road in south Buckhead.

The Brookwood Hills organization, Carter and John Mears, a former Post Properties executive, have plans to develop a 12-story condo building with 56 units, each totaling approximately 2,000 square feet and selling in the $1 million price range. The proposed development also includes three high-end townhomes fronting Huntington Road, as well as 2,500 square feet of office space and 7,500 square feet of retail according to CoStar news.

The redevelopment site is a 1.14-acre parcel that is currently a small law office.

Neighborhood Planning Unit E and City of Atlanta Zoning Review Board  will be hearing the proposal this month
Here is the story posted on www.Brookwoodhills.com:

Plans are under way for a high rise condominium (with ground floor office space) at the southeast corner of Peachtree and Huntington (where the David Joel law firm currently stands).   Summary points:

* Carter Development (www.carterusa.com) and John Mears (formerly of Post Properties) will be development partners.  They did much of Atlantic Station, Lindbergh City Center, and are doing the Regents Park development across from The Loop at Peachtree Battle.
* Concept is 56 units at approx. 2,000 sq. ft. each, higher end clientele, $1mil price range.
* Plan is to make the building 12 stories tall. (more…)

Word on the street is that Sembler Co. may be moving forward with it’s redevelopment plans for Peachtree Garden Apartments.  See my original post here.

I just thought I would be the first to break the story here at Developing Atlanta.  I will write more when I find out some details from Dekalb County.

   Click Here to read the story or click the listen button  

This is an interesting interview with Ryan Gravel, the Georgia Tech student who came up with the beltline in his graduate thesis paper years ago.  I know I have been critical of the beltline plans recently but the fact that I am even here writing about this is a testament to Ryan’s vision and follow through.

For more info go to Beltline.org

I am sad to report that the building permit has been issued for construction of a concrete plant located at 418 Armour drive. I tried hard to raise awareness with ALL of the city employees and people involved in the Beltline. They failed to take notice of this important piece or for some reason ignored it. Nothing was done and they have no one to blame but themselves.

Please see my coverage of this story on my old Blog.

It is quite interesting that citizens got in such an uproar over the recent concrete plant approved for Lambert Drive and this plant went right under the radar. The Lambert piece was completely unimportant in the larger context of the future of our city. The development of the Armour Drive piece however will prove to be a huge hurdle for the city to overcome in the near future.

I am somewhat disheartened at this point so that is all for now.