Images: Mixed-use project The Hawkins forecasts opening date

Plans are coming into clearer focus for a Chamblee project that’s aiming to become a vibrant, communal hub a few blocks from the ITP city’s historic downtown.

Mixed-use development The Hawkins is scheduled to open in early 2025 at 3295 Hood Ave., just north of DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, the second busiest aviation hub in Georgia.

The 2.7-acre site is situated about three blocks east of MARTA’s Chamblee station. It’s one of three separate projects in various states of completion on three consecutive sites, having replaced vacant land and a pocket of single-family homes.

New York City-based Atlas Real Estate Partners bought nine separate single-family parcels in summer 2019 and assembled them for The Hawkins development. Atlas partnered with FIDES Development and broke ground along Chamblee Tucker Road in early 2023.

The Hawkins calls for 192 Class A apartments and 15,000 square feet of commercial and coworking space, which renderings show adding street life to a section of town formerly dotted with empty lots and surface parking. The location is being marketed as walkable to the MARTA station and downtown Chamblee entertainment, dining, and shopping that includes a Whole Foods.

According to Atlanta-based commercial advisory firm terra alma, which has been hired to lead retail leasing, seven retail suites with between 1,200 and 4,500 square feet will be offered at The Hawkins, next to a large new plaza designed to accommodate retail patios.

The firm is aiming to sign a variety of tenants, including a coffee bar and restaurants, nail and beauty salons, a boutique fitness concept, and medical services or a med spa, according to terra alma founder Edie Weintraub.

“The Hawkins is designed to blur the lines between residential and commercial spaces, creating a resimercial environment where living, working, and playing seamlessly integrate,” said Weintraub in a prepared statement.

Parking for retail will be located toward the rear of the development, separate from residential parking, in an effort to boost residents’ security and comfort, project officials note.

The Hawkins will offer one to three-bedroom rentals (prices have yet to be released), with amenities that include a two-story clubroom, a pool, dog park, pet spa, bike storage, and indoor-outdoor fitness center, as designed by Nelson Worldwide architects. Another feature—a planned rooftop sky lounge—should make for compelling plane-watching at night.

The Hawkins’ apartments won’t be the only recent investments in the immediate area.

Just west of the project, toward downtown Chamblee, an affordable housing venture called Sky Harbor has recently delivered, backed by financing from both the city and federal coffers.

Meanwhile, immediately east of The Hawkins’ site, Stonemont Financial Group and Seven Oaks Company have started opening Chamblee International Logistics Park, a 30-acre industrial hub. It’s been called the first development of its kind within the Interstate 285 loop in two decades. 

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