Just steps from an under-construction new MARTA transit line, a pointy patch of vacant land on Atlanta’s southside could spring to life soon as mixed-income apartments and workspaces for launching businesses, according to developers.

CMC Development Group has closed on construction financing for a strikingly modern venture called Ridge Commons that would rise at 1100 Ridge Ave. in Peoplestown. The 1-acre site is about two blocks from segments of the Atlanta Beltline’s Southside Trail that are currently under construction.  

The location is also just north of the Terminal South food hall and creative offices project that’s expected to open in coming months. Just to the east, along Hank Aaron Drive, is the route for MARTA’s first new transit line in decades, a five-mile, bus-rapid transit route linking to downtown that’s now called the A-Line.   

According to CMC Development, the 50,000-square-foot, mixed-income Ridge Commons project calls for just 44 residential units, tucked in an area between industrial lots and quiet lanes of houses.

Breakdown of the 1100 Ridge Ave. development site and landmarks within surrounding Peoplestown blocks. Google Maps; Urbanize Atlanta

How Ridge Commons would front Ridge Avenue in Peoplestown, just north of the Terminal South food hall and mixed-use project. CMC Development Group

Plans call for a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments, including some live-work units meant for “entrepreneurs and artists.” Twenty percent of the units will be offered at unspecified below-market rates, per the project’s website.

We’ve reached out to CMC Development this week for more information, including details on a groundbreaking, and we’ll update this story with any additional details that come. City of Atlanta permitting records show no recent activity at the site, which is currently zoned for mixed commercial and residential uses.

A project overview states Ridge Commons received construction financing in October—a mix of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, CMC Equity, and Invest Atlanta funds—and expects to open for tenants in June 2026, the same month as Atlanta’s first FIFA World Cup matches.

CMC Development Group

CMC Development Group

CMC Development, a New York-based firm with a satellite office on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, counts a number of projects from the Bronx to Brooklyn in its portfolio. It’s also a joint-venture partner in a residential project near East Point’s MARTA hub and historic downtown called Norman Berry Village.

The Ridge Avenue project is not to be mistaken with the apartment component of Terminal South, which has proposed 350 units—to the chagrin of some Peoplestown neighbors. 

Find more context and images for the Ridge Commons proposal in the gallery above.

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