A groundbreaking ceremony was held Dec. 8 for a new senior affordable housing apartment complex on the site of the long-delayed redevelopment of the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center site.
The revamp of the Civic Center site in Old Fourth Ward has been nearly a decade in the making, but city officials said Tuesday’s groundbreaking is just the beginning of a $1 billion mixed-use development
The $60-million six-story apartment building will include 148 affordable one-bedroom apartments for senior low-income residents. The development – a partnership between Atlanta Housing, The Michaels Organization, Sophy Capital and Republic Properties – is expected to open in 2027.
The 19-acre Civic Center property will eventually contain 1,500 mixed-income apartments, retail. offices, a hotel, and a supermarket, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
On Dec. 3, Mayor Andre Dickens joined city leaders and partners to mark the opening of the city’s third Rapid Housing Initiative project, The Waterworks Village, in Berkeley Park.
Transforming an underutilized Atlanta Watershed property off Northside Drive, the development features two multi-story modular buildings with approximately 100 studio units (250 square feet each) and four office spaces.