Another new hub of Westside infill housing is heading into the home stretch of construction, with 10 opportunities for people to actually buy the homes. 

The Brawley Commons project, a collaboration between Westside Future Fund and affordable housing agency Atlanta Land Trust, is taking shape in English Avenue where Proctor Street meets James P. Brawley Drive, due west of downtown. 

According to WFF, the project broke ground early this year and will include 10 for-sale homes across five separate duplexes, with a goal of “creating new opportunities for homeownership in the historic Westside.” 

Prices have yet to be specified, but four of the duplexes will be sold through the Atlanta Land Trust as a means of creating “affordable pathways,” per WFF. 

Where construction stood on the 10-unit English Avenue venture in late July. Atlanta Land Trust/IG

The Brawley Commons project's location where Proctor Street meets James P. Brawley Drive in English Avenue. Google Maps

According to Atlanta Land Trust officials, more specifics on Brawley Commons including pricing will be shared as the project nears completion. Down-payment assistance will be available for buyers who qualify, per the agency. 

Other English Avenue duplex units using the Atlanta Land Trust model in nearby blocks are selling in the $260,000s, which buys three bedrooms and three bathrooms in about 1,300 square feet.

With the use of the community land trust model in Atlanta, the goal of builders is to keep the duplexes permanently affordable. That means the trust will own and maintain the land it secured from the real estate market, and when it comes time to move, the homeowner agrees to resell the residence at restricted, affordable pricing to another lower-income buyer, with the price determined by an Atlanta-specific formula.

Construction progress at Brawley Commons as of late July. Atlanta Land Trust/IG

Brawley Commons joins numerous infill projects that have delivered or are in the pipeline in the traditionally underserved neighborhood. 

Nearby, WFF is also planning to break ground in coming weeks on a 54-unit project called The 404 @ Oliver Street at a cleared site immediate north of Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park. The community nonprofit is also in planning stages for an English Avenue church-conversion residential project called Proctor + Paines. 

A few blocks away, two other income-restricted WFF developments—646 Echo St. and 839 Boone Boulevard—opened in English Avenue early this year. 

Meanwhile, another WFF project in next-door Vine City—an 18-unit infill project across the street from John F. Kennedy Park and the Hollis Innovation Academy—broke ground last month. 

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