Resurgence Commercial Partners, a consortium of Atlanta-based developers, plan to transform a long-vacant site in Vine City into a mixed-use development that will include new educational facilities for historic Morris Brown College.
Located at 50 Sunset Ave. and 41 Griffin St., the 8-acre property will be anchored by a hotel, retail, and education spaces, according to a press release.
Preliminary plans call for a 100-room boutique hotel, structured parking, and a mix of retail uses aimed at addressing community needs. Proposed tenants include a small grocery store, nonprofit and mission-driven businesses, as well as retail and other long-term neighborhood services.
Residential development will be led by Prestwick Companies, Mercy Housing and Cityscape Housing and will include more than 200 mixed-income rental units and 15 for-sale homes, along with green space extending north into Vine City.
The project also includes a planned 30,000-square-foot learning and innovation facility developed in partnership with Morris Brown College. The facility is designed to support business and technology incubation, workforce development and conference programming.
In 2011, 35-acres in Vine City, including the Sunset Avenue property, was declared a historic district. The homes of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (234 Sunset) and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson Sr. (220 Sunset) were hubs of Black political, educational, and social progress. The site sits just blocks from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Georgia World Congress Center, Centennial Yards, the Russell Center for Innovation and the Reverb and Signia hotels.
Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development arm, originally acquired the property in 2014 and worked with public and private partners to assemble the site for redevelopment. Additional project details and timelines will be announced as planning continues.
