Three years after site plans first came to light, Reynoldstown’s largest current development is preparing to enter a new phase of construction that couldn’t be much closer to the Atlanta BeltLine.
After breaking ground in 2021, Empire Communities’ Stein Steel project—named for a steel plant that operated on the 6.5-acre site for nearly a century—has remade property once marketed as BeltLine “beachfront” near the junction of historic, coveted Eastside Trail neighborhoods such as Cabbagetown, Old Fourth Ward, and Inman Park.
Eventually, Stein Steel’s plans call for dozens of for-sale housing units arranged around new streets, an expanded greenspace component, and popular adaptive-reuse restaurant and bar Breaker Breaker.
As part of the project’s fourth development phase, a portion called The Central Track is being prepped now to begin construction in coming months, Saba Loghman, Empire’s director of acquisitions, tells Urbanize Atlanta.
Empire’s plans call for going vertical on stacked condos facing the Eastside Trail in April, with delivery of the first units scheduled for November this year. (See the portion of the site plan highlighted by the red box below.)
Courtesy of Empire Communities
According to Loghman, The Central Track’s plans also call for 15 new townhomes and detached cottages in future phases. (Project officials have previously said the seven cottages will not include garages or any dedicated parking—a rarity in Atlanta.)
No information regarding the cost of phase four units was available this week.
How phase-two residences are expected to meet the BeltLine’s Eastside Trail, with the restaurant component in the distance. Courtesy of Empire Communities
Elsewhere around Stein Steel, the first two phases of townhomes have all sold, according to Loghman.
Meanwhile, the southernmost portion of the project—Milltown Stacks, or phase three—remains under construction but has sold more…
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