Images: Wedge-shaped build near Atlantic Station readies for closeup

In the shadow of Atlantic Station, a wedge-shaped apartment venture several years in the making has begun leasing efforts where other developments failed to take off.

The infill project by Charleston-based Middle Street Partners—now officially christened “Westside Union”—has taken shape on a previously vacant, 1.4-acre site just north of Atlantic Station’s Target in the Loring Heights neighborhood.

With its unique flatiron design, the 400 Bishop St. development stands 11 stories on land formerly zoned for heavy industrial uses, next to active Norfolk Southern railroad lines.

The project started construction in September 2022 and will deliver 274 units, ranging from one to three-bedroom apartments, according to Middle Street.

Westside Union's 400 Bishop St. location in relation to Atlantic Station (across active railroad tracks), the Connector freeway, and residential Loring Heights. Google Maps

Westside Union's unique shape and stance along Bishop Street in Loring Heights.Westside Union/Middle Street Partners

Several outdoor amenities areas extend from Westside Union’s north and east faces, and units along Bishop Street at ground level will function as live-work properties, according to plans approved by the city in 2021.

Westside Union amenities are listed as coworking space, a two-story gym, a club room with a gaming area, and a resort-style pool, among other perks. Skyline views from the rooftop amenity spaces, meanwhile, span across Midtown to downtown and around toward Buckhead.

Current rents at Westside Union start at $1,675. That gets a studio (with relatively private sleeping quarters) in 535 square feet.

On the flipside, the largest and priciest rental option currently listed is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom space in 1,709 square feet. That’s going for $3,895 monthly.

Two months of free rent is being dangled as an incentive.

Designs for the Westside Union club room and gaming area. Westside Union/Middle Street Partners

Westside Union's "Rooftop SkyLounge," with south views across Atlantic Station to downtown. Westside Union/Middle Street Partners

Elsewhere in Atlanta, Middle Street’s debut project in the city is a mixed-use apartment venture fronting the Beltline’s Southside Trail corridor in Grant Park, where a Mellow Mushroom prototype opened last month.

The company is also building two Midtown towers—topped out at 37 and 34 stories, respectively, in a single project—on the former site of longstanding establishments Einstein’s and Joe’s On Juniper. Apartments on Juniper Street are scheduled to start delivering early this year, officials have said.

Other ideas hatched for the 400 Bishop St. site failed to move forward. (Ditto for a pedestrian bridge that would have been built over the adjacent railroad tracks for quicker access between Loring Heights and Atlantic Station.)

Plans that emerged in 2019 by another development group, Track West Partners, called for 130,000 square feet of creative offices above retail in a shorter building.

Other concepts have called for just 26,000 square feet of offices in four stories, with a “post-COVID-era wellness plan” and emphasis on city views.

The largest, three-bedroom rental option currently offered. Westside Union/Middle Street Partners