One of eastside Atlanta’s walkable commercial nodes could soon become denser with new construction and a variety of uses. 

Infill development is on the menu for a downtown Kirkwood site that operated for nearly a decade as Anna’s BBQ at 1976 Hosea L Williams Drive, according to new property owners. 

In place of the former barbecue hotspot and parking lot, “residential, retail, and office [uses are] coming soon,” per a promotional website compiled by new owners Stryant, a Kirkwood-based developer. 

The property is situated across the street from another mixed-use hub, Kirkwood Station, built in the mid-aughts. (Banner signage at the site proclaiming, “Coming soon! Krazy Stan’s Discount Mattress” is a joke, according to the property’s new ownership.) Exactly what redevelopment could look like has yet to be determined. 

“We are still working on the plans,” Stan Sugarman, Stryant managing partner, wrote to Urbanize Atlanta via email. “The website will be updated once they are approved.”

The 1976 Hosea Williams Drive property in question, at left, while operating as Anna's BBQ in 2021. Google Maps

According to LoopNet, the property in question spans about a half-acre total, with the lone structure on site dating to the 1960s. 

Its sale closed in late May for $910,000 after 33 days on market, per listings. 

Elsewhere on the eastside, Stryant’s recent projects have included affordable housing ventures Ralph David House and an infill corner build at 111 Moreland Ave., both in Reynoldstown. The company’s preliminary plans for an affordable housing venture for formerly homeless people on church-owned property on one of Kirkwood’s best-known residential streets caused a stir among some neighbors this past spring. 

Overview of the .47-acre property recently purchased by Stryant in Kirkwood. Google Maps

Other Stryant projects in the city have included the adaptive-reuse conversion of the 1912 George W. Adair School in Adair Park.  

Anna’s was in business in Kirkwood for nine years but shuttered in 2022 when owner Anna Phelps decided to retire and open a food truck. Following Anna’s closure, the building operated for a while as Georgia Boy BBQ. 

What, dear Atlantans, should the next incarnation of this strategically located property look like?  

The central Kirkwood property, at right, in proximity to Kirkwood Station across the street. Google Maps

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