Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen high-rise student housing sprout across Atlanta with eye-popping skyline views (the Inspire building over Georgia Tech) and absurd amenities (hello, e-gaming theater at downtown’s Reflections tower). But in terms of refinement, The Cheetah strip club’s new neighbor could take things to another level.
Following two years of construction, Austin-based developer LV Collective declared Midtown’s latest off-campus student tower, the 25-story Whistler, open for move-ins a few weeks ago at the edge of Tech Square.
It’s one of four—yes, four—upscale student housing towers to open this summer alone in Midtown and downtown, each aiming to capture renters for the fall semester.
The others are downtown’s The Legacy and Midtown’s Hub Atlanta and the SCAD Forty Four project.
Whistler’s north-facing, glass-edge pool views over Midtown today. Whisteratl.com/LV Collective
The Whistler’s classic-leaning lobby. Niles Bolton Associates
Marketed squarely at Georgia Tech attendees, the 168-unit Whistler building brings a more sophisticated, almost classical aesthetic that its renderings had promised, all topped with a glass-edge pool that counts views for miles. As architects Niles Bolton Associates point out, the project had to make do with a tight, half-acre corner site where Spring Street meets Abercrombie Place.
Next door, The Cheetah has operated on the same block since the 1980s.
Beyond the pool, amenities include a spin studio, onsite Daydreamer coffee shop, a two-story clubhouse, bike lockers, and underground parking.
According to Whistler’s Victoria’s Secret catalogue of a website, studio and one-bedroom options have all been rented for this school year.
Which means the least expensive option for living at Whistler right now is the two-bedroom, two-bathroom Walter floorplan, starting at $1,595 per month, per person. That gets 733 square feet.
Students not opposed…
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