Question of the Day
Westside Apartment Developments: Is Howell Mill Rd Ready to Handle Increased Traffic?
A look at three apartment developments on the westside along with additional construction coming to the area of the already heavily traversed Howell Mill Road.
It’s the Midtown Patch Question and Picture and of the Day all rolled together as we take a look at development activity along Howell Mill Road on the westside of Atlanta. The pictures consist of two projects currently under construction and a third that looks to break ground this year. Plus, a shot of an additional construction project coming to the area near Howell Mill and Huff Road. First up is about a 3-acre property bounded by 9th Street, 8th Street, Brady Avenue and Howell Mill that is currently home to chef Ford Fry’s very popular The Optimist restaurant that opened last spring. Perennial Properties, which would like to deliver the project by Fall of 2014, has proposed a mixed-use development with 230 apartments and 9,000 square …
Alice Pickett
2:49 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
My current pet peeve is the corner of Howell Mill and Collier. I was so in hopes that McDonald's renovation would not include an exit into Collier at a blind spot in the road, but no, it is now back. OK, I too am guilty of cutting through Underwood and I do feel badly about it, but Huff is impossible as is HM from Huff to Collier. Back to McDonald, I do not think a drive though should be allowed … more ›