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Images: Hilltop build near Atlanta Beltline ready for closeup Josh Green Wed, 01/22/2025 - 15:02 Nearly 400 more options for living at the doorstep of the Atlanta Beltline’s southern crescent have arrived.
The Upton, a multifamily build with unique skyline views and Southside Trail access, has officially begun leasing in Chosewood Park, two and ½ years after breaking ground on a vacant lot once home to warehouses.
The 430 Englewood Ave. project—situated on a 4-acre hilltop just west of Boulevard—is expected to welcome its first move-ins this month and finish construction in March, according to developers META Real Estate Partners. It continues a development surge in the area as the full five-mile Southside Trail edges closer to reality.
The Upton adds 396 rentals (but no retail) to the neighborhood. They range from 527-square-foot studios ($1,525 and up monthly) to three-bedroom, two-bathroom options (1,350 square feet) that start at $3,530.
Developers call The Upton’s amenities (16,000 square feet in the interior alone) “unmatched,” as curated by property management agency Gallery Residential. Those include a fitness concierge for the two-story gym, pool zones, rooftop hangouts, courtyards, and an edible garden with 40 plants from Atlanta’s Natural Born Tillers.
A three-bedroom plan (1,350 square feet) at The Upton. The Upton/META Real Estate Partners
Meta Real Estate Partners; designs, Dynamik Design
The building’s artist-in-residency program, “Grounded-In-Your-Light,” has put out a national call for artists and is offering 18 months of free rent, plus a stipend. Local mixed-media painter and muralist, Lacey Longino, a beneficiary of the artists residency program, will create installations for The Upton’s paseo and nearby Skylark apartments and Red’s Beer Garden, per officials.
The Upton building wraps a 539-space parking garage that stands six and ½ stories, with a rooftop amenity space on the top level of that.
It joins nearby rental options such as the Skylark on Boulevard and the comparatively massive Maverick community a little farther west on the trail. Other large-scale residential bets in nearby blocks include Empire Communities’ massive Zephyr project, which will eventually see 1,000 units of for-sale townhomes and multifamily dwellings spread across 34 acres.
Just north of The Upton, the 1.9-mile Southside Trail section linking Boulevard around to Pittsburgh is now fully under construction, with delivery scheduled for early 2026, in time for Atlanta’s World Cup matches.
The Upton’s site is just south of The Beacon, a former warehouse district turned food, drink, and retail destination. The 5-acre Boulevard Crossing Park—where the Beltline announced a 25-acre expansion in 2019—is located just to the east. (That greenspace expansion is fully designed but on hold, pending funding, per Beltline leadership.)
Meta Real Estate Partners; designs, Dynamik Design
The Upton project's Englewood Avenue facade. Meta Real Estate Partners; designs, Dynamik Design
Meta Real Estate Partners, based near Sandy Springs and formerly called SWH Residential, also counts Old Fourth Ward’s North & Line in its portfolio of residential projects near the Beltline.
The Upton’s Atlanta-based development team also includes Dynamik Design (architecture and interior design), B+C Studio (landscape architecture), Kimley-Horn (civil engineering), and Fortune-Johnson (general contractor).
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The Upton project's Englewood Avenue facade. Meta Real Estate Partners; designs, Dynamik Design
The smallest, least expensive studio floorplan currently offered at The Upton. The Upton/META Real Estate Partners
A three-bedroom plan (1,350 square feet) at The Upton. The Upton/META Real Estate Partners
The project's proximity to Southside Trail Segments 2 and 3, which are currently in design phases. Google Maps
The former vacant lot on Englewood Avenue overlooking a section of the Southside Trail. Google Maps
Meta Real Estate Partners; designs, Dynamik Design
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The Upton project's site in relation to downtown and SE ATL landmarks. Google Maps
Subtitle At The Upton in Chosewood Park, $1,525 monthly gets a foot in the door
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From the Saporta Report:
Jazz pianist Joe Alterman will lead a musical tribute to legendary record producer Milt Gabler this weekend, performing classic songs and sharing a virtual conversation with the late music executive’s nephew Billy Crystal. The Sunday event is part of the Jewish concert and culture series Neranenah. It will take place Sunday at 7 p.m. at […]
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Robot guards are bound for South Downtown. Will they help? Josh Green Wed, 01/22/2025 - 12:18 Ne'er-do-wells of downtown Atlanta, beware: The robots are coming.
As with any urban district that’s undergoing a high-dollar revival after decades of disinvestment, the sweeping, 10-block adaptive-reuse effort that is South Downtown has grappled with theft and other issues over the past year of work, prompting the addition of Flock Security cameras across the district.
Now the entrepreneur-led development is going a step further, investing in a robotic security component that wouldn’t look out of place in dystopian, 1980s sci-fi action flick RoboCop. Which, when it comes to spooking would-be crooks, might not be a bad thing.
Security tech company Undaunted is gearing up for an official launch with pre-seed funding from South Downtown owners and developers Atlanta Ventures. It will mark the first startup funded in the South Downtown district by entrepreneur and project leader David Cummings, who envisions the historic blocks south of Five Points and east of Centennial Yards springing to life as a world-class tech hub.
Bryan Dinner, Undaunted’s founder and CEO, tells Urbanize Atlanta one of the company’s robotic guards is currently operating at 222 Mitchell—the largest building in Atlanta Ventures’ portfolio that’s being converted to apartments, after an office redo by previous owners was scrapped.
Three more robotic guards are in the process of being delivered to other South Downtown construction sites and a parking lot to patrol during closed hours, according to Dinner. (His company is also under contract to sell robots to two other developers based in metro Atlanta, Perennial Properties and B. Wolf and Sons.)
This robot includes two-way audio capabilities and a two and 1/2-hour battery life. Courtesy of Undaunted
Housing component that can hold and charge up to three robotic guards. Courtesy of Undaunted
Dinner says Undaunted’s robotic tech differentiates itself by being proactive and not reactive to security situations, using fleets of human-controlled robots to mitigate situations such as theft and trespassing. (Find a can’t-miss, 41-second explainer video to see the robots in action here.)
One means of thwarting crimes before they happen is what’s called computer vision.
“[That’s] when a camera sees a person in a no-access area after hours, such as a construction site, [and] automatically alerts the remote monitoring team to review the camera and deploy the robot,” explains Dinner.
The robots—each equipped with “advanced deterrence tools" and communication systems—are designed to allow one guard to manage security across 10 times as much area as a single, traditional guard. The result is a cheaper alternative for businesses, and a safer means of patrolling for guards, per Dinner.
Reads the company tagline: “Anything your human guards can do, our complete robot guarding system can do better.”
As for costs, one “plug-and-play” guard will set a developer back $2,000 per month. That includes the ability to cover 8 acres and around-the-clock access to a monitoring center.
Screen-grab from a demo video for an Undaunted prototype. Courtesy of Undaunted
A wall-mounted robotics system that tracks movement and triggers intrusion alerts. Courtesy of Undaunted
The four-legged, futuristic patrollers appear to have made fans of downtown movers-and-shakers.
Cummings, listed as a cofounder of Undaunted, called the robots an “innovative approach from the heart of Atlanta” that pushes “the boundaries of what's possible in security technology,” per a statement.
“Historically, the commercial heart of Atlanta, where the first Coca-Cola was served and Rich’s began, South Downtown is being revitalized as a hub for innovation and startups,” added AJ Robinson, longtime president of Central Atlanta Progress. “[Dinner] and the Undaunted team not only lead the way for future entrepreneurs who will come, but they are also laying the groundwork for making downtown the safest and most secure place to live and work."
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Screen-grab from a demo video for an Undaunted prototype. Courtesy of Undaunted
Housing component that can hold and charge up to three robotic guards. Courtesy of Undaunted
A wall-mounted robotics system that tracks movement and triggers intrusion alerts. Courtesy of Undaunted
This robot includes two-way audio capabilities and a two and 1/2-hour battery life. Courtesy of Undaunted
Subtitle Robotic tech is cheaper, less risky security alternative for developing downtown blocks, supporters say
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
The Gentle Warriors Academy (GWA), the service delivery arm of Fathers Incorporated (FI), a not-for-profit working to build stronger families and communities, one father at a time, recently graduated nearly 40 fathers who participated in six weeks of classes. This is the first time fathers from FI’s various initiatives came together for a graduation ceremony, … Continued
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Westside Paper project pivots from empty office space, finds takers Josh Green Wed, 01/22/2025 - 10:42 After delivering at the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest adaptive-reuse district west of Midtown soon found itself trying to sell ice to Eskimos, as the saying goes, with its heavy emphasis on office space (albeit really cool office space) in a saturated market.
For nearly the first full year after opening, Westside Paper inked not a single office lease.
Developers FCP and Westbridge set out to find a different tactic for stabilizing the 220,000-square-foot remake of a 70-year-old warehouse on the eastern fringes of the Howell Station neighborhood.
With a strategy lead by Atlanta-based commercial real estate vets Bridger Properties, the focus at Westside Paper shifted to larger-format retail tenants, with a specific emphasis on wellness, showroom, and other commercial users.
That shift appears to have paid off.
Westside Paper signed more than 113,000 square feet of new leases in 2024, including with four major tenants, which project reps this week described as a “remarkable feat” in a challenged market “where many projects stalled or reverted to lenders.”
The latest leasing win at Westside Paper is Carbon Performance, a Nashville-based boutique fitness brand that will build a 33,500-square-foot wellness facility described as cutting-edge. It’s scheduled to open this summer.
Courtesy of Westside Paper
Carbon Performance provides strength training, cardio equipment, and classes that include boot camps, Pilates, and yoga, personal and group training sessions, and youth performance programs. Elsewhere, wellness amenities are set to include cold plunges, infrared saunas, and a café with smoothie bar.
Other significant, recent leases at Westside Paper include: a 50,000-square-foot showroom from Construction Resources, a Home Depot company; a 13,000-square-foot event venue called The Dogwood by Atlanta’s largest caterer, Proof of the Pudding; and a 24,500-square-foot padel facility by Brooklyn-based Padel Haus, which project reps call the first of its kind in Atlanta.
“Our team continues to bring best-in-class companies to Westside Paper,” Chris Faussemagne, Westbridge’s managing partner, said in an announcement. “We recognized Carbon Performance’s success in Nashville and saw an opportunity to introduce a comprehensive fitness and wellness offering that’s underrepresented in Atlanta.”
Westbridge noted the gym concept will be complemented by the new Atlanta Beltline spur trail that’s opened alongside Westside Paper, providing a direct, off-street link to downtown and the mainline Beltline loop.
How the new Westside Paper Spur Trail passes behind the mixed-use district (at left) of the same name today, with QTS' expanded data center at right.Contributed photo
The 15-acre redevelopment at 950 West Marietta St. continued the adaptive-reuse trend west of Midtown started in the nineties with King Plow—located across the street—and continued by projects like Westside Provisions District and more recently The Works.
Meanwhile, the Westside Paper retail lineup includes Dumpling Factory; breakfast hotspot Pancake Social; a traditional taqueria from chef Santiago Gomez called El Santo Gallo; and Ancestral Bottle Shop + Market, a venture by restauranteur Roxana Aguirre that focuses on Mexican spirits and South American wines. Elsewhere, homegrown favorites King of Pops operate a walk-up outpost with pops, soft serve, pop-tails, and slush-tails, plus beer and wine.
Boxcar Betty’s, Bar Diver, Glide Pizza, and the second location of Grant Park’s former Elsewhere Brewing are among Westside Paper concepts that have closed or never opened.
The property currently includes 632 parking spaces. But a section of that might be a placeholder, in that it could be replaced with hundreds of apartments in a future Westside Paper phase, as plans filed with the city in 2022 indicate.
As seen in 2023, the property's future Beltline spur frontage (below) with evolving Atlanta skylines in the distance.Urbanize Atlanta; 2023
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How the new Westside Paper Spur Trail passes behind the mixed-use district (at left) of the same name today, with QTS' expanded data center at right.Contributed photo
As seen in September 2023, how the taller Westside Paper office component stands over retail corridors.
Urbanize Atlanta; 2023
As seen in 2023, the property's future Beltline spur frontage (below) with evolving Atlanta skylines in the distance.Urbanize Atlanta; 2023
Overlooking the Westside Paper retail cove. Urbanize Atlanta; 2023
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From the Saporta Report:
Yann de Rochefort wants his Spanish tapas bar and restaurants to satisfy not only the palate but the heart and spirit of his patrons, too. The New York-based restaurateur opened Boqueria in Colony Square on Tuesday. It’s the 11th location of the Barcelona-inspired eatery. De Rochefort said Atlanta’s restaurant scene and the midtown location are […]
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