Changes to the planned overhaul of a tired, high-profile Buckhead corner go deeper than the addition of a vintage Porsche and Hummer in renderings.
It’s been a year since initial plans emerged for modernizing and reviving two ailing buildings on a popular Buckhead restaurant strip—a former restaurant/residential structure and low-rise offices—in the 3100 block of Piedmont Road, roughly a block south of Peachtree Road in central Buckhead.
Located where Piedmont Road meets Martina Drive, both buildings are damaged and currently share the same parking lot, according to ownership group Partina Land LLC, which bought the property for $3.75 million in August 2020.
Renovation and expansion plans call for a trendy hub of retail, restaurant, and offices melding several architectural styles called The Buckhead Collection.
Refined exterior designs for The Buckhead Collection proposal scheduled to go before the Buckhead SPI-9 Development Review Committee next week. Partina Land LLC; designs, r*development
The initial three-story plans for properties at 3121 and 3125 Piedmont Road, a block south of Peachtree Road. Partina Land LLC; designs, r*development
As of last summer, designs called for the office building to be converted to three stories of retail with a restaurant and large patio on the roof.
But plans submitted by architect Robb McKerrow of the r*development firm to Buckhead’s SPI-9 Development Review Committee ahead of a scheduled monthly meeting Wednesday indicate that portion of the property has been scaled back.
The latest renderings show two stories of retail above a new underground parking section—and generally sleeker designs overall.
The 3125 Piedmont building—a former home, constructed of brick, that’s suffered fire damage—housed popular Persian restaurant Divan for 16 years, before it uprooted to Midtown’s historic Castle building. McKerrow’s plans call for demolishing the kitchen, constructing a…
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