Atlanta, GA
New apartments could be coming to Atlanta's Fourth Ward
ATLANTA – Atlanta’s Fourth Ward may get some new neighbors. A developer wants to construct two apartment buildings in the area around North Angier Avenue and Rankin Street near the BeltLine.
New City Properties proposes two 20-story buildings that would house 780 units.
People who live in the area say it’s a good idea, as long as some of it is affordable.
“I’m in general for it,” said Harris Osserman, a fourth ward resident. “More people should live here. It could definitely support more development.”
The buildings would sit in Councilman Amir Farokhi’s Fourth Ward district.
“This is right on the BeltLine where we want to see density in more housing,” said Councilman Farokhi (Dist. 2). “The properties that will be developed are a vacant parking lot and an old industrial building. This is the perfect type of development for this area.”
Each building would contain three levels of underground parking, community spaces and retail. Farokhi says the developers would be required to make a certain number of apartments affordable. “That will require at least 10-percent of units to be affordable,” Farokhi said.
It’s one of the latest projects aimed at re-making downtown Atlanta and surrounding neighborhoods. Georgia-Pacific plans to convert the upper floors of its building on Peachtree Street into apartments. Developers launched a $5 billion plan to revamp the gulch. Another group is converting the old CNN Center into an office and retail complex.
Erin Kenney supports the proposal in her neighborhood as long as it doesn’t uproot and price out the people who live there.
“Affordable housing would be helpful,” Kenney said. “It would be nice if more people lived in the city, but I don’t think they should be super overcharged for it.”
The development is still in the proposal phase. It’s unclear how much it would cost. A city advisory panel is scheduled to review the proposal on Tuesday.
Sen. Raphael Warnock and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens celebrated the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on Monday. The new law aims to make housing construction easier and to prevent corporations from buying large amounts of single-family homes.
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The Atlanta Hawks are now 3-0 in Las Vegas.
Despite being down some of their most talented players, such as Kingston Flemings,Asa Newell, and Zuby Ejiofor, the Hawks notched another win in Summer League, this time taking down the Boston Celtics. Overall, it was the Hawks 5th straight win in Summer League.
What are the biggest takeaways from today’s game?
1. Kobe Johnson Continues to Impress
Kobe Johnson has been impressive all Summer long and is making his case to be the last two-way contract for the Hawks. Atlanta already has Keshon Gilbert and RayJ Dennis in two of the two-way spots for next season and are looking for a third player who they can continue to develop.
With the Hawks being very shorthanded today against the Celtics, Johnson stepped up and played very well. In 13 first half minutes, Johnson scored 19 points on 7-10 shooting and 3-4 from three-point range, which is the most encouraging part of his performance. He continued that into the second half and was arguably the best player on the floor today for the Hawks.
Johnson finished today’s game with 30 points, seven rebounds, and four assists.
Johnson has high-level defensive skills, but he has shown offensive growth over the course of the past week and he is making a real case to be a part of the roster as a two-way player.
2. Henri Veesaar takes advantage of his opportunity
With so many bigs out today, it was going to be the Henri Veesaar show for Atlanta.
He did not disappoint. Veesaar was able to score 20 points on 7-12 shooting (4-6 from three), as well as pulling in four rebounds, and three assists.
As a scorer, Veesaar was at his best today, stretching the floor and scoring the ball off the pick and roll. He showed why the Hawks moved up to take him in the second round of the draft and if he can continue this development into the season, perhaps he can be closer to playing than initially thought.
3. Hawks win short-handed
Atlanta has one of the most talented rosters in Vegas this summer and despite missing their two first round picks from this year’s draft (Flemings and Ejiofor) and their first round pick from last year’s draft (Newell), Atlanta did not have much of a problem today with Boston.
The Celtics were missing a couple of important players today as well, but the Hawks had no trouble in this game, nearly leading by 30 points in the second half. The three-point shooting was strong, the defense forced turnovers, and they kept the Celtics cool from three.
It was an impressive all-around victory for the Hawks and one of their better victories from start to finish.
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