Community members on March 19 listened to a presentation about converting a 600,000 square-foot Perimeter Center office complex into multifamily residential housing.
The proposed development would involve the conversion of an existing 14-story office building at 64 Perimeter Center East into condominiums, along with the construction of townhomes and age-restricted apartments at 66 Perimeter Center East.
Peter Hansen of Workspace Property Trust and Charles Travis of Housing Studio discussed the project with about 15 attendees on the site, who voiced their support of the plan. Several members of the Dunwoody Development Authority and Dunwoody city staff attended the presentation.
State Farm occupied the office spaces until last year, officials said. The 64 Perimeter Center East building’s narrow layout and ample number of elevators make the conversion from office to condo an attractive and cost-effective effort.
“This trend of converting office space to residential is something that we are seeing all over the country,” Travis said. “We will create community spaces like breakout rooms, guest suites, pickleball courts and a wellness area.”
The condo units will range in size from 900 square-foot to 1,600 square-feet, while the townhomes, which will be owner-occupied, will be primarily three stories high. The age-restricted apartments, with under-cover parking, will be a mixture of 750 square-foot, 1,050 square-foot and 1,450 square-foot units.
The developers plan to file an application to rezone the property from Office and Industrial (OI) to Planned Development (PD) on April 1, a process that will take at least six months. Construction could begin as soon as the first quarter of 2026.
This is the second proposal involving the conversion of an existing office building into residential in the last several weeks. A site at 56 Perimeter Center East, consisting of one 6.3-acre parcel, and a 357-space parking lot, is in the rezoning process for the construction of a 122-condominium complex.
The building, according to a zoning application filed with the city, has a vacancy rate of 37 percent, which is declining, it said, despite a recent renovation.
