Large-scale demolition along one of the Atlanta Beltline’s newest trails is poised to continue soon. 

According to officials with the Department of City Planning's Office of Buildings, a demolition permit has been issued for the Azalea Gardens Apartments, located at 1115 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard in Bankhead. 

That permit, issued on Oct. 30, indicates the vacant apartment complex consists of 20 buildings with 92 units total along the Beltline’s Westside Trail. 

A recent site visit showed heavy equipment on site and what appears to be the beginnings of demo work on some buildings. 

What appears to be the beginning of demolition activity at the Azalea Gardens Apartments at 1115 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Proximity of the last Westside Trail segment to be finished to the vacant multifamily property. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

City officials this week confirmed the demo process is moving forward at Azalea Gardens but provided no further information, in terms of a timeline or redevelopment plans. The 20 buildings will be removed and disposed of, followed by “seed and grass” on the property, per permitting records. 

City records indicate the Joseph E. Boone Boulevard complex has been the source of more than 90 code complaints over the past two years. 

The 3.98-acre property, valued at $7.8 million, is owned by an LLC named for the property address, Eleven15 Apartments, per Fulton County records. The owners could not be reached this week. 

Azalea Gardens is one of two neighboring, blighted apartment communities in Bankhead situated along the Westside Trail’s Segment 4, which officially opened in June. 

Another vacant complex called Oak Valley Court Apartments has been razed at 1073 Neal Place, just north of Azalea Gardens. City records indicate that 4.7-acre property was home to seven buildings and 88 total units. According to Fulton County property records, it’s owned by an LLC called Ten73 Apartments and is valued at $3.4 million. 

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

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

The site where vacant, seven-building Oak Valley Court Apartments stood in Bankhead last year, as seen March 22. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

At 1.3 miles, Segment 4 was the Westside Trail’s only missing piece before opening last summer. It provides a wooded section shaded by towering trees, views of vast templates for planned development, seating and shade structures, and easy-to-navigate connections to surface streets. But it also lent a front-row seat to residential blight like no Beltline pathway before it. 

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

In the gallery above, find more context and photos for what's happening beside the Beltline in Bankhead today. 

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

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