Seven-building project near Atlanta airport starts rounding into shape

Another sizable development at the doorstep of Hapeville’s artsy, historic downtown is visibly taking shape this fall. 

Charlotte-based developer Terwilliger Pappas Multifamily Partners broke ground in November on a seven-building apartment community with retail called Solis Hapeville. Spanning more than 9 acres, the latest Solis-branded project site is situated a few blocks from parked jets at the world’s busiest airport, next to Porsche’s expanded North American Headquarters.

The seven wood-framed, garden-style buildings at 3558 Elm St. will each stand three or four stories, per plans submitted to Hapeville city officials last year.

According to Santiago Patino, Terwilliger Pappas’ vice president of development, three of the project’s buildings are close to topping out vertical construction today. 

The other four buildings along Elm Street—situated on the east side of the street—are just starting vertical construction. Solis Hapeville also calls for 8,000 square feet of retail space facing the Porsche Avenue sidewalk.

“We will have four retail spaces, including two restaurant spaces, and we’re currently working through the leasing process,” Patino wrote via email. “[We’re] targeting local concepts to add to the fabric of Hapeville.” 

The finalized apartment count will be 305 market-rate units spread across the 9.1-acre site. Patino said the construction schedule calls for pre-leasing to begin in January, for first move-ins in April, and for construction to finish in the third quarter of next year. 

The main structure at Solis Hapeville fronting Porsche Avenue will include the retail and a clubroom. Another will be crowned with a sky lounge. 

The Solis project, as drawn up by Dynamik Design, will also include two ancillary buildings used as standalone parking garages. Plans call for 470 parking spaces across the Solis property—or 139 more than what Hapeville requires, according to earlier project filings.

Previously, Mill Creek Residential appeared ready to close and break ground on the same property for a 300-unit venture called Modera Hapeville that had earned unanimous approval from the Hapeville Planning Commission. But Mill Creek officials opted to back away last year, citing constrained capital markets and delays related to the acquisition of a city-owned land parcel at the site’s corner.

Elsewhere in the metro, Terwilliger Pappas is behind another Solis-branded project in downtown Gainesville, and the residential component of the Parkside on Dresden development (named Solis Dresden Drive) that’s now open in Brookhaven, among others. Construction also recently got underway on a partial office redevelopment in Central Perimeter called Solis Sandy Springs. 

The company’s residential venture in Hapeville joins several others of significant scale in the area, each aiming to capitalize on proximity to the airport and jobs hubs such as Porsche.   

Other developments recently delivered, or in the pipeline, near downtown Hapeville include a 285-unit multifamily project called SCP Hapeville, 68 rental townhomes along main-drag North Central Avenue, and a relatively dense single-family enclave called the Stillwood. Meanwhile, Texas-based D.R. Horton, the country’s largest homebuilder, is building more than 100 townhomes on another 8.3 acres immediately west of the Solis project. 

Also nearby, Porsche completed its $50-million track expansion in 2023; next door to that project, Atlanta Postal Credit Union and Center Parc Credit Union have built a new 135,000-square-foot, Class A office headquarters. 

In the gallery above, find more context and imagery for Solis Hapeville. 

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