Nearly a decade after it made headlines as the first tiny-home community to ever move forward in metro Atlanta, a southside ITP project is back on the market in hopes of finding a fresh path forward, property sellers tell Urbanize Atlanta.

At last check in summer 2024, the 40-home venture had been rebranded East Point Cottages and was launching presales at a more than 7-acre Cheney Street site near downtown East Point, just north of Atlanta’s airport, per designers the MicroLife Institute. 

But the property recently came back to market, now asking $1.3 million for the land and plans, according to Brad Basso, a broker with Nourish Real Estate.

Planned layout of the 40-unit tiny home project in East Point. Courtesy of Tiny South/Nourish Real Estate

Courtesy of Tiny South/Nourish Real Estate

According to Basso, a previous buyer’s agent had managed to find homebuyers who reserved more than 50 percent of the lots in question, by way of another marketing campaign—until that sales push sputtered.

“Unfortunately, the buyer was unable to finalize financing for the purchase by closing, so I have put it back on market,” Basso wrote via email. “They are still working to get it together so I expect time on market to be very limited, but I wanted to [publicize the listing] in the event that another developer may want to swoop in.”

The property, situated within historic bungalow community Frog Hollow, has been rezoned for Community Unit Plan classification, or CUP, with the City of East Point to allow for 40 tiny homes. But it could be viable for a different vision, per Basso. 

Studies including a detailed topographic survey, elevations, civil engineering, preliminary floorplans, and a traffic impact analysis, among other documents, will be made available to serious potential buyers, Basso said. 

Current status of the East Point acreage in question. Courtesy of Tiny South/Nourish Real Estate

As shown in earlier renderings, this East Point Cottages option would have brought two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 750 square feet for $235,000. MicroLife Institute; via Atlanta First Realty Group

Earlier development plans called for the 40 diminutive houses—either 500, 750, or 1,000 square feet each, with a mix of modern and traditional styles—to range between $165,000 and $299,000. East Point Cottages also called for a community garden and pavilion area, with pro landscaping throughout maintained with a $150 monthly HOA fee for each owner. 

Original designs, back when the project was called Eco Cottages at East Point, called for truly tiny floorplans, starting at 250 square feet and maxing out at 750 square feet.

Basso called the “turnkey development opportunity” a rare find ITP. Proximity to Woodward Academy and a new pathway that leads from the site directly to East Point’s “booming,” MARTA-connected downtown are additional perks, per listings.   

The area counts strong demand from the airport’s workforce and quick access to downtown and Midtown via MARTA, per sales materials. 

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