The redevelopment of affordable housing along Atlanta’s Boulevard is moving forward in a significant way this month, continuing the decade-long quest to transform Boulevard’s reputation as a rundown corridor saddled with dilapidated public housing and vacant lots into that of a more vibrant, but still accessible, intown community.
Wingate Multifamily—a newly formed affiliate of Massachusetts-based Wingate Companies, a longtime major property owner on Boulevard—has kicked off demolition efforts for a project called Boulevard North in Old Fourth Ward.
Spanning from 579 Boulevard to 495 Boulevard Place, roughly two blocks from Ponce City Market, the site was previously occupied by four apartment buildings, each standing two stories, that have been razed. It’s located immediately south of an Amoco gas station at the southeast corner of Boulevard and North Avenue.
Wingate recently closed on the property in question and declared construction underway.
The four buildings Boulevard North is replacing. Courtesy of Invest Atlanta
Where Boulevard’s latest City Lights project is replacing four apartment buildings. Courtesy of Invest Atlanta
For Wingate, Boulevard North marks the fourth phase of its redevelopment efforts along Boulevard—and part of the company’s broader “City Lights” masterplan for the neighborhood.
Plans call for a five-story building with 88 new units that Wingate calls “secure and well-appointed” for families previously residing in Bedford Pines, or what’s commonly described as the Southeast’s largest Section 8 housing project.
According to Invest Atlanta, which approved a $40-million lease purchase bond for Boulevard North in 2022, the new apartments will all be rented at rates attainable for households earning 60 percent of the area median income or less.
That translates to the smallest studio units (549 square feet) going for $1,275 monthly and the largest three-bedroom options (1,143…
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