New TOD Breaks Ground in Atlanta Area

Officials from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) announced a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new transit-oriented development (TOD) project adjacent to the agency’s Kensington Station. Josh Green describes the project in Urbanize Atlanta, writing, “In the pipeline is a residential component with 100 percent affordable senior and workforce housing, a new HADC headquarters, and other community amenities, according to MARTA.”

MARTA’s planning study estimates market demand can support 525 units of residential housing in four- to five-story buildings, and over 100 three-story townhomes with individual garages. 

The development could also support up to 22,000 square feet of retail and 30,000 square feet of ‘service-oriented’ office space and retail. “Elsewhere, project designers were tasked with reimagining the station’s stormwater pond as a usable public greenspace, increasing bike and pedestrian access with more trails and sidewalks, making access to the station’s bus bay easier, incorporating smaller-scale buildings for housing and retail, and including a permanent space for a StationSoccer field.”