Updating a post from a couple weeks ago about the proposed redevelopment of Sprayberry Crossing:
Atlantic Residential, which has made some changes to its mixed-use proposal, also sought feedback from the community. Here’s a link to the questions and responses between the developer and members of Sprayberry Crossing Action, a Facebook group of nearby citizens.
The mixed-use proposal includes a number of changes from last fall’s site plan revision, including a national grocer, apartments, senior living and townhomes, retail shops, co-working space and a community greenspace centered by a town green.
The latest renderings show four-story buildings throughout the development.
Many of the concerns revolve around the number of apartment units. The latest revision reduced those units from 195 to 177, but one of the questions asked if there might be “a greater focus on senior and owned townhomes,” but the response was as follows:
“The current plan is optimized for the intended uses due to the requirements of the grocer location and the fixed position of the cemetery, so there are constraints on how much flexibility that we have in the site plan.”
Atlantic Residential said the proposed rents would range from $1,400 to $2,100 a month (one- and two-bedroom units, respectively) and start at 700 square feet. The same price range is being proposed for the senior apartments.
Other concerns about the project include traffic, and Atlantic Residential said an updated traffic study is in progress, and is estimated to be available to the public in 45 days:
“It is our belief that peak traffic generated by the proposed development will be materially less than traffic generated by a retail center permissible under the existing zoning.”
The Sprayberry Crossing land is on a Cobb County redevelopment list that would be eligible for tax abatements, but Atlantic Residential said it would not be seeking them.
The developer needs to get rezoning from the Neighborhood Shopping designation to an unspecified mixed-use classification.
At the Sprayberry Crossing Action Facebook group, leader Joe Glancy said neither he nor any of the group administrators could see the submissions or the developer’s replies.
The tentative timeline for the redevelopment calls for demolition and site work in the first quarter of 2021 and construction ending in the fourth quarter of 2022.
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