Another multifamily project is in the pipeline for a part of Atlanta that’s quietly becoming a hotbed of denser ITP growth.

Active intown developer Prestwick Development Company is planning to build 141 apartments on what’s currently a wooded, vacant 3-acre site in the Monroe Heights neighborhood, due west of Blandtown near Interstate 285.

The 1388 Northwest Drive property in question is just north of the Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy.

According to plans Prestwick submitted to Neighborhood Planning Unit-G last month, the 129,000-square-foot building would top out at five stories. Designs by Geheber Lewis Associates architects call for 115 one-bedroom apartments and 26 two-bedroom options, alongside about 3,000 square feet of amenity space.  

Site plans indicate 127 parking spaces (for a ratio of .88 per unit) are also in the works.

The 3-acre property in question, at right, along Northwest Drive in early 2023. Google Maps

How the bulk of the building would front Northwest Drive, with surface parking at left. Geheber Lewis Associates, via City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development

Prestwick is aiming to have the property rezoned from a general multifamily residential classification (RG-3) to one that allows for larger multifamily dwellings (MR-4A) up to eight stories, according to the NPU-G’s August meeting agenda.

Should the project move forward as planned, it would join hundreds of new housing options in several residential developments in the area.

The new Populus Westside Apartments are located across the street, and a townhome community by homebuilders Brock Built called The Park at Monroe is situated just northwest of the site.

Around the corner on James Jackson Parkway, a Stanley Martin Homes project called Westside Bend at Proctor Creek is expected to eventually offer 216 townhomes and standalone houses arranged around a park and communal clubhouse when finished.

The 1388 Northwest Drive site's location in relation to Interstate 285 and other northwest Atlanta neighborhoods and landmarks. Google Maps

The 141-unit site plan off Northwest Drive. Geheber Lewis Associates/Prestwick Development

Elsewhere in Atlanta, Prestwick’s recent projects have included the 160-unit The Steede and a 156-unit venture called 55 Milton. Both of those apartment developments are in Chosewood Park.

Prestwick is also a joint venture partner with Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership on a Capitol View project with 58 rentals, mostly reserved as affordable housing, at 1055 Arden Ave. That neighbors a Prestwick senior housing project, 162-unit Gateway Capitol View, that opened in 2018.

Swing up to the gallery for more context and images from Monroe Heights. 

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