Images: English Avenue project with nearly 400 units tops out

Josh Green

Mon, 11/25/2024 – 14:59

A multifamily project that’s adding hundreds of housing options near an Atlanta Beltline spoke trail and an important Westside traffic corridor has reached its tallest point.

Active intown developer Mill Creek Residential began construction in summer 2023 on a 2.3-acre site at 576 Northside Drive, marking the latest multifamily bet on English Avenue and blocks just west of Georgia Tech.

Mill Creek named the project Modera Westside Trail, a nod to the Beltline’s Westside Beltline Connector trail located about a block away, to the west. It’s replacing a low-rise commercial building and fenced-off parking lots.

At its tallest point, Modera Westside Trail now stands eight stories total—five floors of wood over a three-level concrete podium largely hidden from public view. Other sections remain under vertical construction.

Where Modera Westside Trail has topped out at the junction of North Avenue and Northside Drive. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Courtesy of Mill Creek Residential; designs, Dynamik Design

Plans call for 373 apartments at the city’s 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 have said. No retail component will be included.

Rents haven’t 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, Mill Creek officials have said.

The project is expected to start delivering in fall 2025.

Modera Westside Trail 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, and the under-construction second (and largest) phase of Herndon Square, an affordable housing venture.

With Modera Westside Trail, Mill Creek’s plans call for an eighth-floor sky lounge with indoor and outdoor spaces and unobstructed views to downtown and Midtown.

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.

The project’s North Avenue frontage today, with Westside Beltline Connector trail entrances at far left. 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

Elsewhere in Atlanta, another Modera-branded complex has topped out at 32 stories in Midtown, and the developer has broken ground on a 402-unit community called Modera Southside Trail in Peoplestown. Officials recently told Urbanize Atlanta the latter project is still viable and moving forward despite a pause in construction.

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.

Find more context and updated site photos for Modera Westside Trail in the gallery above.

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