GATech Student Housing Tower Planned

GATech Student Housing Tower Planned

The apartment building craze that IS Midtown Atlanta these days is not just confined to the "general public." It's also seems to be coming in the form of housing for Georgia Tech! 

Landmark Properties and Selig Enterprises have proposed a mixed-use student housing project on a 1.7 acre site they have between 3rd and 4th Street on Spring Street. The tower is proposed to be 19 stories with 280 apartments and 11,200 square feet of commercial space.

"The Standard" as the project has been named, will replace an existing Starbucks and the former Spring4th Complex, which included the venue Quad. The proposed apartments will range in size from one to FIVE, yes you heard that....FIVE bedrooms! Certainly, we know this is a student building. 

Plans call for the building to break ground this summer, and deliver the first apartments in Summer, 2018. Building amenities proposed include a fitness center, gaming lounge, bike lockers and study rooms. Additionally, there would be outdoor terraces, balconies and a pool. 

Spring Street History

Some site history....and party goers....will remember many a late night at the Spring4th venue. It's the last of the late night party places from the nightlife that Midtown knew with Backstreet, WETBar and Spring4th. 

Also, the current Starbucks was recently created from a former Arby's restaurant on that corner. 

Interesting to note is if the tunnel that goes under the Downtown Connector to the GATech Campus might reopen with this new building coming in. Time will tell. (There is a photo of this at the bottom of the post!)

Also of interest to note, is all the development that is happening down Spring Street. Starting at 15/16th Street, Going South....

• Pollack Shores Apartments at 16th Street
• Related Group at 22 14th Street (Between W. Peachtree and Spring Streets)
• Hanover West Peachtree (at 10th Street, between W. Peachtree and Spring Streets)
• University House
• SQ5
• GATech High Performance Computing Center
• The Standard (at 3rd and 4th Streets)

Here's a look at The Standard site as it looks today! This new building certainly will be a welcome change for the area! 

The arrow in the photo above is to indicate that the entrance to the tunnel is just to the left of the photo.