The latest multifamily bet on Atlanta’s Westside is beginning to make its mark in English Avenue, continuing a wave of investment in the Northside Drive corridor between a BeltLine connecting trail and Georgia Tech.
Mill Creek Residential has begun vertical construction at a 2.3-acre site at 576 Northside Drive, formerly home to a low-rise commercial building and fenced-off parking lots due west of Midtown.
Mill Creek has named the project Modera Westside Trail, a nod to the BeltLine’s Westside BeltLine Connector trail located about a block away.
It joins hundreds of other new Westside apartment options within about a three-block radius. Those include the residential portion of Lincoln Property Company’s multifaceted, 19-acre Echo Street West project, Georgia Tech’s multi-building Science Square district that opened last month, and the under-construction second (and largest) phase of Herndon Square, an affordable housing venture.
The Modera Westside Trail project will stand eight stories total—five floors of wood over a three-level concrete podium.
Base floors for the 373-unit development's southern face. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
How the eight-level project is expected to look over the intersection of Northside Drive and North Avenue. Courtesy of Mill Creek Residential; designs, Dynamik Design
Expect 373 apartments at the latest Modera-branded build, with the majority of them—57 percent, or 214 units—being one-bedroom residences. Options will range from studios to 10 three-bedrooms, with apartments being 833 square feet on average, developers told Urbanize Atlanta when breaking ground on the project in July.
No retail component is in the plans.
The project is expected to start delivering in fall 2025. Pre-leasing has yet to begin, and rents have not been specified. But 10 percent of the units, or 38 total, will be reserved for tenants earning 60 percent of the area median income or less, project leaders have said.
In terms of amenities, Mill Creek’s plans call for an eighth-floor sky lounge with indoor and outdoor spaces and unobstructed views to downtown and Midtown.
Cranes tower over North Avenue for the beginnings of Modera Westside Trail's vertical construction this month. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Courtesy of Mill Creek Residential; designs, Dynamik Design
On the fourth floor, expect three courtyards with perks that include outdoor coworking zones, a kitchen with grilling stations, and a resort-style pool with Midtown views. A fitness center, steam room, sauna, yoga and spin rooms, a pet park and spa, and other amenities are in the works below that.
Elsewhere in Atlanta, another Modera-branded complex recently topped out at 32 stories in Midtown, and the developer has broken ground on a 402-unit community called Modera Southside Trail in Peoplestown.
Another Modera complex near the BeltLine in Reynoldstown, a two-phase project in Buckhead, and Modera Decatur mark Mill Creek’s most recently finished ITP endeavors.
In the gallery above, find more context and updated site photos for Modera Westside Trail.
The 2.3-acre development site, located on a Northside Drive bend about a mile west of Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium. Google Maps
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