[UPDATE: 8:39 p.m., Sept. 19: Studio SOGO architecture reps send word the project renderings included in the gallery and below are now dated. Immediately below is the latest preview of how the property's renovation is expected to look ...] 

Current plans for the 1200 White St. building in West End. Courtesy of Studio SOGO

The makers of West End’s popular Lee + White warehouse district have set their sights on a significant expansion that would create more mixed-use options along several blocks of Beltline corridor in Southwest Atlanta, according to recent filings.

The warehouse and office building in question, 1200 White St., is located just north of the existing Lee + White district, on the opposite side of Lawton Street, which bridges over the Beltline corridor.

The 1200 White St. property, owned by Lee + White developers Ackerman & Co., spans almost 13 acres. Two sides of it—the south and east faces—front on-street sections of the Westside Trail corridor. It’s currently zoned for industrial purposes (I-1).  

According to plans submitted to the Atlanta Beltline Design Review Committee, the redevelopment calls for creating a new mix of retail, office, and other commercial spaces (but no housing) within the existing 208,400-square-foot warehouse facility. Other changes would include new ADA-complaint access points from the parking lot and Beltline, parking lot updates, plus new storefront openings along the north, south, and west facades of the structure.

Project leaders are scheduled to present for the first time Wednesday to the Beltline DRC, an expert advisory group tasked with ensuring Beltline Overlay District regulations are implemented with new projects.

Proximity of the 1200 White St. facility in relation to existing Lee + White buildings and the on-street Westside Trail corridor. Google Maps

Planned revisions for the 1200 White St. building laid out in marketing materials. Ackerman & Co.

The plans are being brought by Atlanta architecture firm Studio SOGO, whose recent work in the area includes designs for a Westview firehouse conversion, plus the Edgewood building beside a MARTA station where Bona Fide Deluxe and wine shop Vin ATL now operate.

A block to the south, the 23-acre Lee + White eating, drinking, and working hub opened its long-planned food hall earlier this year and has tallied a number of recent leasing successes, the most recent being Atlanta Golf & Social and Texas-based Ogle School, a cosmetology and esthetics school.  

As is, the 1200 White St. warehouse features 22-foot ceilings and eight loading docks. There’s 284 surface parking spaces onsite today, with the potential to add 159 more, according to marketing materials.

Property records indicate the 1962 warehouse and offices were purchased by Ackerman’s team for $24 million in 2021.

Potential look of the 1200 White St. building along the future Beltline corridor. Ackerman & Co.; Studio Sogo

Ackerman & Co.

No plans for expanding the Westside Trail through the area’s former railroad corridor have been outlined as part of the 22-mile Beltline loop’s current growth spurt. That section is referred to in 1200 White St. marketing materials as the Beltline’s “natural trail.”  

Head up to the gallery for more context and images.

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