Construction Under Way on New High-Rise Apartment Tower Overlooking Piedmont Park
Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO
Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
Brasfield & Gorrie and Atlantic Realty Partners today announced that construction is under way on Azure on the Park, a new luxury apartment building in Midtown. The 25-story tower will include 329 luxury units overlooking Piedmont Park.
The project includes outdoor amenities, ground-floor retail space, a rooftop pool with park views and a parking deck. The tower and parking deck will comprise approximately 575,000 of the 11.7 million sq ft of multifamily space Brasfield & Gorrie has completed or is constructing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Currently, Brasfield & Gorrie has eight multifamily projects planned or under way in the city of Atlanta. These projects include over 3 million sq ft of space and have a total construction value of approximately $409.2 million.
“After the condo boom in Atlanta in the mid-2000s and the subsequent dip during the Great Recession, we’ve seen a steady increase in high-rise apartment developments with mixed-use components over the last few years,” said Brasfield & Gorrie Regional Vice President and Division Manager Roddy McCrory. “These projects have fueled the local economy, and they don’t seem to be tapering off, perhaps as a result of the city continuing to top the list of moving destinations in the country,” he said.
McCrory leads the company’s multifamily market sector. “As single-family home sales increase over the next several years, we believe the market will see an upswing in condo developments. Currently, the return of condo projects is just beginning with particular developer interest in high-end, luxury residences with extensive amenities,” said McCrory.
Serving as general contractor, Brasfield & Gorrie’s Atlanta office is teaming with developer Atlantic Realty Partners and architect Rafael A. Garcia and Associates Architects, Inc. on this project.
“We are pleased to have Brasfield & Gorrie serve as our general contractor on our second high-rise multifamily project in Atlanta,” said Richard Aaronson, Atlantic Realty Partners’ President. “We have the benefit of being able to have most of the construction team from our near-complete Cyan on Peachtree high-rise in Buckhead work on this new Midtown high-rise.”
Construction for Azure on the Park will be completed in November 2016.