Following nearly a decade of big talk, scrapped development plans, and revived hope, redevelopment of the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center could start showing visible signs of progress in coming months.
That’s according to an update provided Wednesday by project spearhead Atlanta Housing, lending the clearest timeline to date for when heavy equipment might actually start work on the long-idle Old Fourth Ward property.
Atlanta Housing officials announced this week they’ve lined up Georgia 4 percent low-income housing tax credits to partially cover the cost of Atlanta Civic Center redevelopment, while additional funding sources through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Invest Atlanta are being sought.
According to 11Alive news, Atlanta Housing hopes to see excavation work begin this summer for phase one of the Civic Center redevelopment. That could be followed by actual construction in November, according to the housing authority’s tentative timeline.
The first facet of development calls for a building with 148 senior housing units that would rise on the northeast section of the Civic Center property, across the street from Renaissance Park. (See the bottom right section of the rendering below.) Consisting of all affordable, one-bedroom units with about 600 square feet each, that building would also feature a roof deck, café at street level, a plaza, about 5,700 square feet of amenities, and 75 parking spaces placed underground, according to the news station.
The breakdown of expected Civic Center uses, as seen looking southwest, into the heart of downtown Atlanta. Atlanta Housing
Other plans for initial redevelopment stages include turning the 1960s Performing Arts Center component into a cutting-edge theater for multiple arts and culture uses. The development team is also working alongside Atlanta Public Schools to build a new school on site that would be used for performing arts….
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