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Alpharetta's Main Street growth spurt continues with 'Uptown Rowe' Josh Green Thu, 02/27/2025 - 08:52 A residential growth spurt continues along a main Alpharetta traffic artery that’s being widened and made more approachable for pedestrians. 

Alpharetta-based Trilogy Investment Co. recently announced a 16-unit, luxury townhome venture called Uptown Rowe is moving forward along North Main Street. It’s joining other projects such as the Ronara homes and nearby mixed-use buildings bringing denser development just north of downtown Alpharetta. 

All townhomes at Uptown Rowe, the second Alpharetta project for Trilogy, will be for sale and not rentals, according to the builders. The project will be built by Rêve Homes, a homebuilding company Trilogy recently acquired. 

The wooded,  2.2-acre site in question is situated about a mile north of Alpharetta City Center in the 500 block of North Main Street, between Arrow Exterminators Pest Control and North Main Animal Hospital. 

Looking north, location of Uptown Rowe's 2.2-acre site in relation to Alpharetta City Center (bottom) and Avalon. Google Maps

Trilogy recently bought the site from Blue River Development, which is building another residential project, Mayfair on Main, on the flipside of downtown.  

A chief selling point for Uptown Rowe is walkability and “seamless access to shopping, dining, and entertainment,” according to a project announcement.  

Adjacent to the townhome site, the Georgia Department of Transportation is working on a $50-million reconstruction of North Main Street/Ga. Highway 9 that’s widening the corridor to four lanes for 3.6 miles between Upper Hembree Road and Windward Parkway. GDOT is also installing bike lanes, 10-foot sidewalks, on-street parking in places, ADA-friendly sidewalks, pedestrian lighting, and other features. 

Courtesy of Trilogy Investment Co.

Land development for Uptown Rowe is kicking off this month, according to project officials. 

The first move-ins are expected to come by the fourth quarter of 2026. No word yet on the range of townhome sizes and prices. 

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Looking north, location of Uptown Rowe's 2.2-acre site in relation to Alpharetta City Center (bottom) and Avalon. Google Maps

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Images: Gorgeous downtown ATL building makes 'Places in Peril' list Josh Green Wed, 02/26/2025 - 13:21 The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation today released the 20th edition of its closely watched 10 Places in Peril list, and two of those places are in metro Atlanta this year.

One of them—an architecturally significant, nearly century-old former substation building in the shadow of downtown skyscrapers—is facing threats of demolition for surface parking. 

Situated just east of revitalized Hurt Park, the 148 Edgewood Ave. structure was built in 1926 as a Georgia Railway and Power Company substation and “played a crucial role in powering downtown Atlanta,” according to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s recap. 

It’s part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Register District, which the statewide preservation organization also considers threatened. 

The facade of 148 Edgewood Ave. today, situated between Hurt Park and the downtown Connector. Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

The Edgewood Avenue building was purchased in 1966 by Georgia State University, which has recently proposed demolishing it to clear space for a surface parking lot. A demolition permit has been signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, according to the Places in Peril list. 

Downtown residents and Atlanta preservationists spoke out in opposition to demolition plans last fall, circulation a petition that now has more than 1,000 signatures. 

Though the building is a contributing structure in the historic district, GSU and the state’s Board of Regents have sovereign immunity “over the City of Atlanta’s zoning ordinances that would otherwise protect the building from needless demolition,” reads the petition. (Find more images of 148 Edgewood Ave. in the gallery above.)

The 148 Edgewood Ave. structure's location just east of downtown sky-rises. Google Maps

Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

For 20 years, the Places in Peril shortlist has aimed to spotlight significant cultural, historic, and archaeological resources across Georgia threatened by neglect, demolition, bad public policy, and inappropriate development.  

Also making the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s cut this year is a unique museum facility dedicated to transportation in Gwinnett County. 

Overview of Duluth's Southeastern Railway Museum today.Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

Duluth’s Southeastern Railway Museum, spread across 35 acres, includes a “remarkable collection of rolling stock” that showcases Georgia history (see: the retired MARTA train cars on site) and helps tell the story of transportation in America. Notable railcars in the museum’s collection include the 1911 Pullman Superb (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Marco Polo. 

“The museum thrives on a small staff and a team of dedicated volunteers,” noted preservation officials. “However, with over 90 pieces of historic rolling stock, the museum is limited in its capacity to restore and care for the whole collection.”

Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

The eight other sites on the 2025 Places in Peril list are:

Collier-Toomer House in Savannah (Chatham County); Crossroads Rosenwald School in Dixie (Brooks County); Gaissert Homeplace in Williamson (Spalding County); Miami Valley Peach Packing Barn in Fort Valley (Peach County); Historic Nicholsonboro Baptist Church in Savannah (Chatham County); Powell Opera House in Blakely (Early County); Historic Rock House in Thomson (McDuffie County); and Buckhead Town Hall and Jail in the town of Buckhead (Morgan County).

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The facade of 148 Edgewood Ave. today, situated between Hurt Park and the downtown Connector. Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

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Overview of Duluth's Southeastern Railway Museum today.Courtesy of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

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