January 24, 2025

Plans for big Blandtown build near Beltline come into clearer focus

Columbia Ventures, Huber St

Alongside nearly 850 residences, Huber West Midtown project slated to feature retail after all

January 23, 2025, 12:36PM | Josh Green

Filings made this month at the state level paint a clearer picture of what a sizable development could bring to a growing area west of Midtown—and when.

The mixed-use Blandtown project, called Huber West Midtown, would deliver nearly 850 multifamily units across 9 acres on several properties spanning between 1575 and 1593 Huber St.

The site is adjacent to active railroad lines, just east of Topgolf Atlanta, Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, and businesses such as Scope Fine Art and Steady Hand Beer Co. A new segment of the Atlanta Beltline’s 22-mile loop is under construction roughly a block south.

Source: Urbanize Atlanta

January 22, 2025

Auraria’s massive mixed-use development project is expected to start construction this year

Columbia Ventures

Two towers at 11th Street and Auraria Parkway will include over 330 units of workforce housing, new education centers and retail.

Paolo Zialcita | Jan. 06, 2025, 3:54 pm

The Auraria Campus will soon break ground on its ambitious housing and retail development project.

The first phase of construction is expected to start this summer on the Auraria Campus’ Ballfield Project, which seeks to breathe new life into the Tivoli Quad at 11th Street and Auraria Parkway.

The project will bring non-student residents back to the campus for the first time in decades.

What is now the home to Denver’s three public institutions of higher education — the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver and the Community College of Denver — was once a bustling community of immigrants.

Source: Denverite

September 23, 2022

A lot of housing … just not the right type? Making the case for affordable options in the CSRA

Columbia Ventures

Editor’s note: This article is the first in a two-part series addressing a gap in affordable housing in the Central Savannah River Area and possible solutions. The second article will examine how redevelopment and reinvestment can aid in growing cities.

Housing. It’s going up everywhere.

North Augusta alone in 2021 had its biggest year in new home builds – both by number of units and by total construction values – since the big Riverside Village project in 2017.

And it seems things are only just getting started: the two largest tracts of land within the city limits are as yet undeveloped but planned for a mix of housing and commercial: the 1,368-acre Highland Springs subdivision development along Palmetto Parkway and the 750-acre Hamrick Farms mixed-use project near Exit 1.

So, why are regional experts saying there’s a housing shortage?

Denis “Denny” Blackburne, senior vice president of business and development for Woda Cooper Companies, a development firm that specializes in affordable and workforce housing, said he believes the U.S. as a nation is currently facing a housing crisis that has largely been brought on by lack of supply.

Source: The Post and Courier

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Plans for big Blandtown build near Beltline come into clearer focus

Auraria’s massive mixed-use development project is expected to start construction this year

A lot of housing … just not the right type? Making the case for affordable options in the CSRA