A mixed-use development that would cast a literal shadow over an under-construction Atlanta Beltline section and popular strip club is showing signs of life. 

Project leaders with 1283 West filed paperwork this week with Atlanta’s Department of City Planning to bring the proposal before the department’s Concept Review Committee. 

The project by Atlanta-based Five Points Development would continue the groundswell of new housing that’s recently popped up in Blandtown as the Beltline carves its path around the neighborhood. 

Plans call for 200 residential units and 7,000 square feet of commercial space rising from what’s currently a vacant lot at 1283 Marietta Boulevard, about two miles west of Atlantic Station. 

The site is bordered by Elaine Avenue to the north, Marietta Boulevard to the west, a small office complex to the east, and Vivide strip club to the south.

Recent filings with the city indicate the project would stand 14 stories—or slightly shorter (roughly two stories) than what renderings released last year showed. 

Retail and a plaza would face Marietta Boulevard, while amenities including a pool would be situated near the base, per renderings.

Aerial 1283 West rendering, looking east over Marietta Boulevard toward Midtown. Picard Associates; courtesy of Five Points Development

The 1283 Marietta Boulevard site in question (middle) in relation to the Beltline section opened in 2022. Google Maps

Cassius Coleman, a Five Points Development principal, told Urbanize Atlanta last year his company closed a deal with Capital Impact Partners in January on the land required to build 1283 West. 

Twenty-five percent of the apartments would rent for prices reserved for residents earning 80 percent of the area median income or less, while 3,000 square feet of the retail and restaurant space would be leased to underserved tenants, according to Coleman. 

Beyond the pool and retail, amenities will include a fitness room, indoor lounge, common-area seating throughout the building, and an outdoor skyline view lounge up top, per Coleman. 

We’ve reached out to Coleman for an outlook on 1283 West’s potential groundbreaking and other details and will update this story should further information come. The developer forecasted last year a construction loan could close toward the end of 2024. 

According to Fulton County property records, the roughly 1.5-acre corner site sold for $6 million in early 2024 and still carries an industrial zoning designation. 

Picard Associates; courtesy of Five Points Development

Five Points Development's previous work includes the Legacy at Vine City project and two housing ventures near Greenbriar Mall, among other projects.

Four years ago, a different, shorter concept called RYM BeltLine was pitched for the Marietta Boulevard site. That called for 200 units of co-living housing geared toward students and recent graduates.

Should 1283 West come to fruition as planned, it would overlook walkers, joggers, and bicyclists on the Beltline west of Midtown. 

Construction on the first segment of the Northwest Trail began in May and is scheduled to deliver this year, according to Beltline officials. 

That .7 mile segment—one of five Northwest Trail sections that will eventually connect the West Midtown area to Buckhead—would pass directly in front of the 1283 West apartments on Marietta Boulevard and Elaine Avenue. 

Some aspects of the project on Elaine Avenue are on hold as a surprise utility is relocated by the city, but Segment 5 is on pace to deliver this fall, per the Beltline. 

Meanwhile, across the street, the northernmost section of the Beltline’s Westside Trail opened less than a block south of the site in 2022.  

The vacant property in question in 2022, with Vivide's parking lot located at right. Google Maps

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