“Rail-connected project for Atlanta youth dance group is scheduled to break ground Thursday
Where six acres of surface parking once collected tumbleweeds in Edgewood, hundreds of MARTA-connected apartments were unveiled this year as the initial phase of Spoke, the agency’s first transit-oriented development to finish as part of a citywide push.
Now, it appears those renters will be getting some artistic new neighbors. …”
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Source: Curbed – Atlanta
“Cushman & Wakefield analysis highlights influence of transit as the city evolves.
As Atlanta development observers are fully aware, MARTA is succeeding in harvesting a built-in customer base at stations from Chamblee to Decatur, where seven hubs are in various phases of seeing parking lots transformed into transit-oriented communities. …
In a new report called “The Growing MARTA Market,” Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate services firm, describes the appetite for MARTA proximity in Atlanta as “insatiable” right now. …”
“MARTA’s quest to swap ghost-town parking lots with mixed-use hives is roaring ahead, and the first example of such transit-oriented development to break ground is now welcoming residents.
Positioned next to MARTA’s Blue and Green Lines, at the doorstep of the Edgewood-Candler Park station, the 200 apartments at phase-one Spoke represent a partnership with Invest Atlanta and Columbia Ventures.
From the facade to the rooftop living wall, the project isn’t exactly cookie-cutter. …”
