Site plan for the Morningside development.
Site plan for the Morningside development.

Fuqua Development has demolished the old Rock Springs shopping center and will soon knock down the old Taco Cabana restaurant  (and more recently Mama’s) at the corner of Piedmont and Cheshire Bridge roads for a new mixed use development called Morningside. The 6-acre property will have 300 apartments and 44,000 square feet of retail space including anchor tenant Sprouts Farmers Market.
The old shopping center before demolition. (Courtesy Google)
The old shopping center before demolition. (Courtesy Google)

Construction fencing is now up around the site. That's the old Taco Cabana/Mama's building.
Construction fencing is now up around the site. That’s the old Taco Cabana/Mama’s building.

A rendering of the new Fuqua mixed-use development at Piedmont and Cheshire Bridge.
A rendering of the new Fuqua mixed-use development at Piedmont and Cheshire Bridge.

 

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.