Due west of Midtown, a Howell Station project that’s replacing blighted properties with for-sale housing deemed relatively attainable has released pricing, its official name, and other details. 

Officially christened “Knight Walk at Howell Station,” the 1123 West Marietta St. residential venture will be priced from $499,900 to the low $500,000s, project reps tell Urbanize Atlanta. A key selling point is the location a short walk or ride from the Atlanta Beltline’s growing Westside Trail and new Westside Paper Spur Trail. 

The Atlanta-based developer, The Middle Housing Company, prides itself on infill projects that bring “missing middle” housing options—that is, homes with larger footprints than ADUs and tiny homes, but generally lower prices than top-end options—to growing intown places. 

Other projects in Middle Housing Company’s portfolio include an under-construction, 10-unit townhome project along Metropolitan Parkway and cottage and duplex projects in the Bolton neighborhood, among others.  

Clad in brick and board-and-batten siding, three-story Knight Walk at Howell Station unit floorplans include two bedrooms and two and ½ bathrooms in 1,200 square feet, according to marketing materials, which stress that “every unit is an end unit,” given the three walls with windows. 

The priciest duplex—sorry, City Home—listed to date costs $524,900. Several units remain to be built. 

How finished facades and landscaping have come together at Knight Walk at Howell Station. Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk

Example of kitchen and living-room combos at Knight Walk at Howell Station.Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk

The project replaces a long-vacant row of dilapidated buildings and empty lots near the corner of West Marietta Street and Longley Avenue. The exteriors were “inspired by the neighborhood’s industrial roots and the romance of the old train depot that once stood nearby,” per a sales announcement this week. 

Community perks are listed as a dog run and greenspace, covered rear decks with each home, a nearby MARTA bus stop, and walkability to Westside Paper eats. Inside, each unit has 10-foot ceilings on main levels, kitchens with quartz countertops, and two bedrooms described as spacious. 

Developers initially filed plans in summer 2022 for a dozen duplex buildings, or 24 homes total, on the Howell Station block fronting West Marietta Street, just east of the Beltline. Initial plans showed two rows of six buildings situated around the block, with a pervious driveway and parking spaces—but no garages, and no covered parking—in between. That was later changed.

The three-floor, two-bedroom floorplan for Knight Walk at Howell Station. The Middle Housing Company

Photography by Foto-ology/Andrew Savasuk

The semi-detached housing continues spurts of investment in the West Marietta Street corridor in recent years.  

A few blocks east, the area’s first condo tower—the glassy, 22-story Seven88 West Midtown—debuted 279 units in the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remaining unsold units there more recently switched to rental housing. 

Also nearby, the QTS Data Centers expansion project calls for roughly 400 stacked multifamily units and townhomes to eventually be built along West Marietta Street, too. So far, the data center has delivered, but housing of any type has not moved forward. 

Meanwhile, Beltline officials say the full Westside Trail is on pace to deliver sometime this spring. 

Completing the final missing Westside Trail section will provide a paved, off-street pathway from downtown, out to the mainline loop, and down to Pittsburgh Yards.

Find a closer look at Knight Walk at Howell Station and more context in the gallery above. 

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