A few months after a church backed out of plans to build a new worship facility on a six-and-a-half acre tract on Oak Lane in East Cobb, the property has been sold to a prominent Atlanta homebuilding company.
Cobb property sale records show that JWC Interests LLC of Vinings paid $1.6 million for the land on May 15 to the Barkis Family Revocable Trust.
The land is located at the intersection of Oak Lane, Casteel Road and Bill Murdock Road and is zoned residential.
JWC Interests does business as the JW Collection, which has built more than a dozen upscale residential developments in metro Atlanta.
The “JW” stands for John Wieland, who has been building homes in the Atlanta area for more than 50 years under a number of entities.
JW Collection homes are marketed as luxury single-family detached and upscale townhomes. The company is also developing 11 acres off of Post Oak Tritt Road called The Paddocks East Cobb, with prices starting at $1 million.
The Oak Lane property was being considered by Grace Resurrection Methodist Church for a new campus, but the church withdrew a request for approval before the Cobb Board of Zoning Appeals in December.
The church’s plans were opposed by nearby residents who said a 15,000-square-foot building and a 286-space parking lot was too intense for the area, and would cause traffic, noise, lighting and environmental problems.
Grace Resurrection has said it’s looking at other options to expand its church as it’s outgrown a former Lutheran church on Indian Hills Parkway.
The Oak Lane land has been in the Barkis family for years and includes a 2,700-square foot home built in 1971.
The JW Collection also is developing a single-family detached community in Powder Springs. Its townhome communities include Woodstock, Sandy Springs, Kennesaw and Canton.
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