ATLANTA, GA -- A new Midtown apartment tower is expected to break ground later this year.
The project is being developed by JPX Works, whose executives are Bruce Fernald and Jarel Portman, son of legendary Atlanta architect and developer John Portman.
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- Architect: ODA New York
- Location: Midtown, in close proximity to two historic landmarks, Fox Theatre and Georgian Terrace Hotel
- Plot: less than half acre
- Height: 24 stories
- Type: residential tower
- Units: 150 one and two bedrooms, averaging 1,016 square feet (deliberate departure from the rest of Midtown’s current apartment pipeline, wherein the trend among developers has been smaller residences capitalizing on increased demand in the city)
- Commercial: 4,000 square feet of restaurant space along Peachtree and 3rd streets
- Concept: a modern "vertical village" of transparent glass that bucks residential architecture's tired "extruded box" format
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