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The City of Chamblee offers residents and visitors alike a variety of parks to enjoy. We will do a feature post for each of the seven parks located in Chamblee. Our first installment is Chamblee Parks – Keswick Park.
Keswick park has been designed and designated the “active park” of Chamblee….meaning it is designed for major activities whereas the other parks are designed to serve as neighborhood parks.
And indeed, the park does have a lot to offer! From picnic tables and picnic shelters to tennis and trails, you can find it all at Keswick Park! The largest of the City of Chamblee parks at 45 acres, there are many active recreation facilities including walking trails, dog park, full size adult softball field, tee-ball field, soccer field, multi-purpose field, two tennis courts and an outdoor basketball court.
There is a walking trail from Keswick Park that connects to the Mid-City District. It starts near the softball field, and leads under Peachtree Blvd and Clairmont Road and comes out on Chamblee-Tucker Road near the entrance to the Walmart shopping center. (NOTE: with the construction of Parkview on Peachtree – a mixed-used residential/retail development, the trail is temporarily closed during this construction process. A cool bridge is being built over the trail that will connect the development, and access to the retail area of Parkview on Peachtree will be available from the trail! April, 2016)
Another great feature of Keswick Park is a 3,500 square foot community building that is available to individuals and groups to rent. You can find rental information for the Keswick Park Community Building HERE. The building will accommodate a group of 130 people.
Where IS Keswick Park?The park is located off of Johnson Ferry Road. If traveling South on Peachtree Blvd, turn right on Johnson Ferry Road. Then turn right on Keswick Drive. This will take you through the Keswick Village neighborhood (older homes) as well as the new Keswick Village homes being built right by the park! There is a parking lot at the Community Center and just past the Community Center you can take a left towards the soccer fields and playground for additional parking.
We will post links to our other Chamblee Park posts at the bottom of each post. And there will be a main Chamblee Parks Page as well, located under the Chamblee tab above, Under Intown Atlanta.
I was at the Design Review Committee Meeting (DRC) of the Midtown Alliance when this project was first presented.
The website, What Now Atlanta featured these renderings of the building proposed for the corner of 17th and Peachtree Streets. Keep in mind, this is NOT THE VACANT corner that exists and is owned by Dewberry Capital, but the corner where the TSW Architects office is. Think the Ansley Park side of the street! Shreek!
This new development calls for 45 stories which would make it quite a landmark building on Peachtree Street and in this area! The lower building pictured to the left will be 11 stories.
The initial proposal calls for 190,000 square feet of office space, 12,000 sq.ft. of retail, 206 “residences” and 140 hotel rooms. One would hope for condominiums that would be “for sale” but recent trends point to all rental inventory in Midtown!
This end of Peachtree Street has seen little development, with the exception of the current One Museum Place that is under construction. Most of Peachtree Street in this area is occupied with existing buildings that would NOT be ripe for a tear down and build like this corner is. And then, there is the empty Dewberry lot….that remains….
Let’s keep a watch on this one and see what happens!
The 40th Anniversary of The Atlanta Film Festival is but a memory as the festival had its closing party on Saturday and a wrap party on Sunday. Many a great conversations were had during the festival, but being in real estate, I always ask where people live. And they choose where they live for a variety of reasons.
But, as people relocate to the Metro Atlanta area, I’m also asked….
That maybe should be framed, “Where is the Best place to live in Atlanta if I’m in the Movie Business? (Google would probably have an issue with that long of a “question!”)
Well, it’s NOT an easy question to answer. As you well know, in the movie business, you don’t always go to the SAME place to work each day. Now there can be exceptions if you are on a project based in one of the major studios. But, what happens when THAT project is over and the next gig is on the other side of Atlanta? You may have a commuting nightmare on your hands, depending on your call time.
But, here is a map of the major studios in Atlanta:
(Click on the Map to Open it and see which studios are located where!)
These locations make Midtown Atlanta the most central location to most of the studios! Now, you might not think so for Atlanta Metro Studios and Pinewood Studios Atlanta, located on the Southern portion of the map, but, if you LIVE close to these studios and then have to commute into the other studios, you will have some traffic to deal with if your call times hit the morning rush hour.
But depending on your position, not everyone may be able to afford Midtown Atlanta living. As you go North, you want to consider having to navigate the Downtown Connector. At any given time of the day, the traffic here can be a crawl, but try it at 7-10AM or 3-7PM and it’s more of a parking lot. This navigation can easily add an hour to your commute time to the Southside studio locations.
But, what if you are working on location? Then you may be headed North, South, East or even West. Again, Midtown and West Midtown are your more central locations.
Here are some links to help you with your home search (buying) in the Midtown area.
It’s no secret that Atlanta condominium construction can often be lack-luster….dare we even say boring to look at from the skyline point of view. The homes may have great floor plans, coupled with awesome amenities…but let’s face it, would you not want to live someplace where people would point and say, “WHAT is THAT building?” Why, that’s Emerson.
JPX Works, LLC, an Atlanta-based real estate development firm, known for their recent project Inman Quarter, has released plans for its highly-awaited 2520 Peachtree condominium building. It has officially been named Emerson.
Called visually striking, the 21-story building will “serve as Buckhead’s newest skyline jewel.” You be the judge….
As you can see from the photo, the Emerson will offer awe-inspiring views South over Peachtree Battle and beyond to Midtown and Downtown, and the Buckhead area to the North. The design, by ODA-Architecture, is reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous “Fallingwater” with the cascading levels and homes with window walls and expansive terraces. A boutique building, there will be just 44 homes, with one to three homes per floor, served by a private elevator. (Sounds like Aqua Midtown!) Homes are scheduled to start at $1.8 million.
The location of Emerson offer the convenience of all that Buckhead has to offer..yet you are moments away from the arts and entertainment of Midtown Atlanta. Publix Markets are just North or South of the building. And, there is a Fresh Market to the South and Whole Foods to the North! And don’t forget restaurants a many!
A sales gallery is expected to open in May, 2016, to begin pre-sales of homes. Groundbreaking is scheduled for Fall, 2016. That will probably equal a completion date of late 2017 or even into 2018. The building will be located at 2520 Peachtree Road. An older condominium building was “bought out” which is an interesting take on Atlanta condo construction.
If you are looking for ultimate Buckhead condo living (and in a NEW building) then I invite you to discover Emerson.
I’d be delighted to offer you Buyer Representation on your purchase in this exciting new community.
I’ve lived in Atlanta since 1992. Shoot, longer than I lived with my parents. But when I moved here, it wasn’t anything like it is now.
First off, we’d not had the 1996 Centennial Olympics. Much happened in Atlanta right before the games with new construction. But much came after that too. I started selling real estate in 2004, and a majority of the Midtown Atlanta condo buildings you find on this website, did not even exist when I started!!! Spire, Viewpoint, Plaza Midtown, Aqua, and 905 Juniper are just a few of the new arrivals! (well, not so new now, but new after 2004!)
Atlanta is a pretty cool place to live. There is one drawback….we are a bit far from any beach! But, after that, you have the city, you have lakes, you have mountains, and all sorts of things in between you can do. Stone Mountain to Kennesaw Mountain. The Skyview to zip lines. Parks everywhere you turn. And a river running right through the middle of it all!
Take a look at Atlanta in this great video from Georgia!
If your future plans call for relocation to the Atlanta area, I’d be delighted to help you find the right neighborhood! I focus on the unique areas that make up “Intown Atlanta” or ITP (Inside the Perimeter) and there are many options from the condos of Midtown Atlanta to single family homes in Brookhaven and Chamblee. You can start your search right here!
Welcome to Georgia, The Peach State, and to Atlanta, the state capitol!
You can learn more about Atlanta at the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau website.
