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Emory Point — a Mixed Use Project on Clifton Road
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Employees working in the Clifton Corridor who live near their work places have shorter commutes on local roads and are more likely to walk, bike and take other alternative transportation to work.
To support this concept, Emory is working to develop a new mixed use, residential-retail complex on Clifton Road across from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This project, named Emory Point, will sit on a ground lease from Emory to Cousins Properties Inc., which will build and operate the development. The project was on hold from 2008-2010 due to the economic downturn, but the first of three phases is set to resume during the summer of 2011.
In addition to helping employees of several Clifton Corridor employers (e.g., Emory, CDC, Children's Healthcare, Druid Hills High School, Ben Franklin Academy) live closer to work, this project will support alternative commuting, neighborhood activity centers and pedestrian-street improvements — all key points of focus for the CCP.
Key Facts About the Mixed Use Project:
- 50-acre site rezoned which includes:
- 25 acres of forest, now protected under Emory's land classification plan and the new rezoning site plan
- 10 acres of existing development (the Emory Conference Center Hotel, which had an expansion that was completed in May 2009, and the 1599 Clifton Road facility, formerly known as the American Cancer Society building);
- 15-acre construction site along Clifton Road that previously included a parking lot and several dozen graduate housing units. The Emory Inn also operates on the site, but in time will be demolished.
- Approximately 800 residential units (condominium units and apartments are planned). The first phase of development will include 450 apartments.
- 80,000 square feet of new street-level retail space and other amenities will be added in Phase 1.
- As mentioned above, housing will be marketed to employees who work at the large employers along Clifton Road, including Emory University, Emory Healthcare (hospital, clinics research), the CDC, Ben Franklin Academy, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Druid Hills High School.
- Emory's Cliff shuttle will provide service to all residents, visitors and shoppers.
Key Dates for the Mixed Use Project
- In July 2007, DeKalb County Commissioners approved the rezoning proposal for the mixed use development on Clifton Road.
- Summer 2011, development of the first phase begins.
Why this Project is Unique:
- It will be the first pedestrian community sub district 3 in DeKalb County. The goal of this new zoning classification is to provide a "complete and sustainable mixed use, pedestrian-oriented community" with a focus on providing a center of retail, employment and community identity for existing residential areas.
- It will incorporate the themes of the CCP's Urban Design Guidelines.
- An extensive survey (6.5MB) was conducted among local residents, students and local employees by a group named the Clifton Road Mixed Use Development Advisory Committee in order to gauge the types of services that should also be included.
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