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.

Early this month, Atlanta-based companies Columbia Ventures and Radco filed plans for Huber West Midtown with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for consideration as a Development of Regional Impact—that is, a project potentially large enough to impact multiple jurisdictions in the city.

State officials later determined the project, which calls for 845 apartments overall, warrants a review by the Atlanta Regional Commission.

According to that paperwork, Huber West Midtown would rise in two phases—with roughly half of the units built in each phase.

Those filings also clarify the project would see retail uses—about 20,000 square feet, max.

Blandtown proposal site in the context of neighborhoods west of Midtown and Buckhead. Google Maps

How the two-phase residential project would be slotted on nearly 9 acres. Columbia Ventures/Dynamik Design; via City of Atlanta Zoning Committee

The outlook calls for completing the initial phase in 2029 and the full project two years later, according to the DRI filing. A Radco official recently told Bisnow Atlanta that Huber West Midtown design plans are still tentative for a site that’s home to two warehouses now, with one of them departing at the end of this year. Radco has been assembling the required parcels for about two years, per the website.

Plans submitted to the City of Atlanta Zoning Committee last month indicated each Huber West Midtown building would stand up to seven stories. Developers have asked the zoning committee to rezone the site from a heavy industrial designation (I-2) to one that would allow mixed residential and commercial uses (MRC-3).

Columbia officials told Urbanize Atlanta last month the proposal would include 85 affordable units, capped at 60 percent of the area median income.

The average size of apartments overall would be 745 square feet, according to plans filed with the city’s zoning committee.

Elsewhere, 845 parking spaces (one per unit) would be included, while 100 total bike-storage spaces would also be provided in parking decks, according to plans compiled by Dynamik Design architects. 

Proximity to active rail, Topgolf, and Chattahoochee Avenue. Google Maps

Columbia’s recent portfolio includes the Citizen apartment building on the Eastside Trail in Old Fourth Ward, and the mixed-use transformation of formerly underused MARTA parking lots in Edgewood, where more than 350 apartments now stand.

Radco, a real estate firm for 30 years in Atlanta, partnered with Columbia on the Citizen project and counts projects such as Reynoldstown’s Gibson by Radius and Midtown’s The M by Radius in its portfolio.

Generally speaking, the Blandtown area in question is set to be Beltline-connected in less than a year, but the Huber Street project will have no direct link to the trail by street.

Northwest Trail—Segment 5 has encountered unexpected complications with utility infrastructure but remains on pace to be open sometime this fall, according to Atlanta Beltline Inc.

Huber Street site in relation to the Beltline's under-construction Northwest Trail–Segment 5. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

That .7-mile section, which begins where the Westside Trail ends at Marietta Boulevard and Huff Road, broke ground in May. Once completed, the Northwest Trail will provide an off-street connection between Blandtown, residential Buckhead, and the Lindbergh area.  

Another multi-use trail project near the Huber West Midtown site, PATH Foundation’s Silver Comet Connector, broke ground early last year just west of Topgolf and Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard.

Should it move forward as planned, Huber West Midtown would continue a Blandtown building boom that’s packed on hundreds of apartments, townhomes, and standalone houses alongside new entertainment and dining options in recent years.

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