A year after site plans and initial prices were unveiled, a unique infill project that bills itself as “a new page” in Atlanta history is aiming to start delivering this year.
Continuing Atlanta’s appetite for remaking church properties, the Downing Park project is replacing the razed Jackson Hill Baptist Church and repurposing a historic Tudor mansion on a property collectively known as Pinebloom, located where Druid Hills’ southern border meets Candler Park.
Demolition work around the property has been ongoing for a couple of years, but an official groundbreaking wasn’t held until May.
The most noticeable construction progress to date has come at the circa-1914 mansion and a historically protected carriage house behind it.
The main structure’s relationship to a historically protected carriage house behind it, which is being converted to a three-bedroom home. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
According to Engel & Völkers Atlanta, the mansion is being converted to five sizable condos, priced from the high $500,000s, with initial deliveries expected in late 2023.
The priciest, largest condo option listed to date is asking $1.75 million for three bedrooms and three and ½ bathrooms in 2,730 square feet.
Overall, the project is described as a blend of Tudor design and sophisticated, modern updates. Another way of putting it, per marketing blasts on social media: “Step into a realm of eternal allure as you cross the threshold of Downing Park, where timeless architecture beckons.”
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Construction progress on the condo conversion this month, where dormers have been added to a roofline that will eventually overlook a communal pool and grounds. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Eventually, the project will offer four varieties of upscale home plans at 1585 South Ponce de Leon Avenue, ranging from the five condos and 11 attached villas to two manor houses and the repurposed carriage house—now under…
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