At the southern rim of Grant Park, the Atlanta Beltline’s full Southside Trail is aiming to open within the next three months, as The Beacon warehouse-retail district is angling for a comeback. 

Naturally, a seasoned intown apartment developer wants a piece of that action. 

Trammell Crow Residential has proposed an infill multifamily building at 1030 and 1040 Grant St. NE that would inject blocks near The Beacon (situated directly to the west) with nearly 300 new residences within a short walk of Beltline entrances. 

But the project is facing pushback over traffic concerns on its dead-end streets. 

Looking south, the Grant Park proposal's facade opposite The Beacon. Trammell Crow Residential; designs, Dwell Design Studio

The 2.6-acre site's proximity to the Beltline's under-construction Southside Trail, Beacon retail, and other landmarks. Google Maps

TCR’s proposal calls for a 285-unit apartment complex standing seven stories, with vehicular access in and out of the building on Grant Street only. Not surprisingly, given The Beacon's proximity, no retail uses are planned. 

The 2.6-acre site in question is home to one-story office and former warehouse buildings today. It’s immediately north of the 20-building Pratt Stacks condos property and just south of the Atlanta Police Mounted Patrol’s former horse stables, which were moved to the new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center after 30 years in Grant Park. 

TCR representatives were scheduled to present plans to the Grant Park Neighborhood Association this evening during a monthly meeting. But the company has deferred to come before that board and NPU-W again until July, according to GPNA president Robert Selby. Company officials could not be reached before press time. 

As seen in March 2025, the 1030/1040 Grant St. site in question, at left, with The Beacon at right and the Southside Trail straight ahead. Google Maps

Overview of the project's planned footprint, between the Pratt Stacks condos and former Atlanta Police Department stables property. Trammell Crow Residential; courtesy of GPNA

Selby said the developer has struggled to garner support for the apartments from immediate neighbors due to congestion concerns he called “valid,” given infrastructure The Beacon area needs but lacks.  

Any large-scale development will encounter challenges over gridlock, according to Selby, because Grant Street is the only Atlanta Department of Transportation road linking The Beacon with the rest of the city to the north. He pointed to a Beltline Subarea 3 Master Plan (from both 2009 and 2021) that called for three new connection roads to be built by developers to handle increased density the multi-use trail traditionally spurs. 

Those connectors would be from Cherokee Avenue to Grant Circle (along the TCR proposal's site); from Mead to Grant streets; and from Hill to Grant streets (currently a Beacon private driveway). 

Planned elevation at the corner of Grant Street and Grant Circle. Trammell Crow Residential; designs, Dwell Design Studio

Examples of TCR's recent intown work, as shown during a January GPNA presentation. Trammell Crow Residential; courtesy of GPNA

The apartment development, for now, is stalled because Georgia Power, which owns the former police horse stables acreage, has been uncooperative in allowing right-of-way acquisition for new street connections to Cherokee Avenue or Mead Streets, according to Selby. 

“While we wait,” Selby wrote via email, “I continue to dream that the City of Atlanta purchases the old APD stables property, turns it into a park, and adds the missing infrastructure connecting Cherokee [Avenue] to The Beacon.”

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