A downtrodden East Atlanta apartment complex is about to be transformed, courtesy of an $18-million renovation, AtlantaFi has learned.
The Edgewood Apartments, located at 1572 Hardee St. SE, is being spruced up as part of a city of Atlanta plan to retain affordable housing. The renovation work will be done by Jonathan Rose Companies, in tandem with Columbia Residential, according to Curbed Atlanta.
Atlanta leaders, including former Mayor Kasim Reed, have long stressed that affordable housing would be the linchpin to a successful and thriving city. But wholesale changes to the city’s landscape, such as the Beltline and the torrid pace of commercial redevelopment, has boosted rents across the region.
While there is no firm word on when construction will start, work is expected to be done well into 2019.