The first hurdle for a 322-unit apartment building on a Kroger site on Powers Ferry Road was cleared Wednesday when the Marietta Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval.
The proposal goes before the Marietta City Council next Wednesday for final action.
The mixed-use development proposed by WC Acquisitions LLC includes 7,000 square feet of amenities for the apartment building, 6,000 square feet of retail space and a 485-space parking deck that’s six and a half stories high.
The density would be high, at more than 60 units an acre, and one of the highest in the Marietta city limits.
But it’s in keeping with density at the nearby MarketPlace Terrell Mill in unincorporated Cobb and other multi-family complexes in the Powers Ferry corridor.
The application got the support of the Powers Ferry Corridor Alliance.
The Kroger at Terrell Mill and Delk roads was built in 1982, and is the southernmost tract of land in the City of Marietta in that area.
Later this year, Kroger is moving Marketplace Terrell Mill that’s in unincorporated Cobb, and WC Acquisitions Attorney Garvis Sams said the 4.8-acre site doesn’t have a retail future.
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The city of Marietta will approve anything. Where is Goldstein on this travesty? This is totally out of place in East Cobb. A few years after this is built it will be the center of crime in Easr Cobb. Expect more of the same up and down Delk, Terrell Mill and Powers Ferry. An area you already can’t feel safe at night.
Just what we need. More ugly high rise apartments that will permanently add lots of traffic. And, all this just to help some developer who doesn’t live here make millions of dollars.
This structure and the storage facility near it look like something more suited for mid town. The brick used in the self storage facility looks builder grade- cheap. And, the parking deck is higher than the apartments. Why was that approved? Who wants to see a concrete parking deck (eye sore).
Agree with your comment. I was shocked the developers actually moved forward with that abomination of a parking deck soaring overtop the apartments. They definitely will not be showcasing this project in their portfolio–it’s a cut and run mistake that gives the complex a downmarket look. Here is what I suspect happened. When the 1970s era townhouses on the street behind the apartments resisted the density of the development so fiercely, the developers threw them a bone by reducing the overall plan by one floor –but it’s clear somebody didn’t revise the parking deck plan which was configured to go with the ‘original’ plan of one more floor. The parking deck was built first–before the apartment building. And so this truly awful looking fiasco went forward –with a six story deck attached to a five story apartment structure. They even tried to merchandise the obvious mistake as a ‘tower’, painting fake windows on it! Please. This group actually accomplished LOWERING any potential Powers Ferry improvement.