A Bankhead apartment complex spread across 20 buildings next to the Atlanta Beltline is a pile of rubble now, continuing the city’s large-scale demolition efforts in the immediate area. 

Construction crews have razed and are actively removing the formerly vacant and blighted Azalea Gardens Apartments, located at 1115 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard along one of the Beltline’s newest projects, Westside Trail-Segment 4. 

A demolition permit issued in October by the Department of City Planning’s Office of Buildings indicates the complex consisted of 20 buildings with 92 units, situated just north of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard. 

The demo work means nearly 9 total acres of former residential property has recently been cleared along a short stretch of the Westside Trail in Bankhead. 

Looking north, the scope of demo work today at 3.9-acre Azalea Gardens Apartments. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Looking north across Azalea Gardens Apartments from the Beltline in March. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Azalea Gardens buildings will be removed and disposed of, followed by a “seed and grass” phase on the property, according to permitting records. 

The 3.98-acre property is owned by an LLC named for the property address, Eleven15 Apartments, per Fulton County records. Urbanize Atlanta has not been able to reach the owners, and city officials have shed no light on any redevelopment plans. (City records do indicate the Joseph E. Boone Boulevard complex had been the source of more than 90 code complaints over the past couple of years.)

The city recently deployed a similar, bulldoze-and-plant-grass tactic at another vacant apartment complex immediately north of Azalea Gardens, which also fronts the Westside Trail. 

Oak Valley Court Apartments was razed at 1073 Neal Place, a 4.7-acre property that had been home to seven buildings and 88 total units. According to Fulton County property records, that property is owned by an LLC called Ten73 Apartments. 

Looking south, conditions today where vacant Oak Valley Court Apartments was razed at 1073 Neal Place, just north of Azalea Gardens, leaving nearly 5 acres of open land. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Oak Valley Court Apartments, as seen from the Westside Trail in September 2025. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

The Westside Trail’s 1.3-mile Segment 4, which officially opened in June, includes wooded sections, shade structures, seating, and easy connections to neighborhood streets. But prior to demolition efforts, it also lent proximity to large-scale residential blight like no Beltline pathway before it. Many apartments at both razed complexes were visibly falling apart. 

Nearby, the Beltline and its city partners have ambitious plans to build an influx of housing—to the tune of 3,300 units, eventually—on parcels just west of the new trail section, also north of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard.

The finished Westside Trail now connects neighborhoods around the loop from Huff Road in Blandtown down to Pittsburgh Yards, directly south of downtown. 

Find more context and photos for what’s happening beside Bankhead’s mainline Beltline section in the gallery above. 

Proximity of the former Azalea Gardens Apartments to the Westside Trail’s Segment 4, which officially opened in June. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Approximate overview of the Beltline-adjacent apartment properties in question, prior to demolition. Google Maps; Urbanize

As shown prior to demolition, the Oak Valley Court Apartments property (in green) and Azalea Gardens (yellow), in relation to the Beltline corridor and other landmarks. Google Maps; Urbanize

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