Garden Hills Rezoning Decision Delayed Again

Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) B’s zoning committee will have to wait another month to examine Brand Properties’ revised plans for the former Garden Hills Shopping Center.

Brand Properties CEO Brand Morgan told BuckheadView that the latest delay came from Garden Hills, who wants the Garden Hills Civic Association to vote on the new proposal before it goes before NPU-B. The proposal was scheduled to go before the zoning committee on Tuesday night.

In August, Brand Properties asked NPU B to postpone their meeting to Sept. 29 so that Morgan could speak with the association. The two meetings were to be held at the exact same date and time, so Morgan asked for the deferment so the neighbors would not feel rushed.

The current proposal authored by Brand calls for a six story office tower with six stories of below ground parking and a separate two story retail structure.

Demolition of the Garden Hills shopping center began on March 16, and the old cinema building was mostly gone two days later.

The strip mall was severely damaged by a fire on Dec. 4, 2013. Although the fire was contained to one location inside the structure, the fire caused an estimated $1.4 million in damages and the remaining tenants in the strip mall have since left the building.

Patch reported in September of 2014 that Rex Bray of the Planners and Engineers Collaborative applied for a demolition permit for the 23,785 sq. ft. building plus the sidewalk, curbing, asphalt, paving, and utilities on the site at 2815 Peachtree Road on Aug. 11. Brand Properties, doing business as Gardenbrand, LLC was listed as the property owner. The estimated cost of the demolition was listed as $200,000.