Garden apartments · Georgia

West Highlands

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedPartly retrofittedAtlanta, GA

Partial redevelopment underway with 5 projects; final phase pending, supported by regional housing market activity. · summary, model-written

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Place

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 29 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 8,159 units, Fulton County census-bps · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Includes Columbia Estates, 124 townhouses and garden-style apartments, for rent Columbia Heritage, a 132-unit mixed-income seniors housing development Columbia… record · all sites with this

New use

Housing

This site: Includes Columbia Estates, 124 townhouses and garden-style apartments, for rent Columbia Heritage, a newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Mixed use

This site: …e garden-style apartment complex Columbia Crest, a 152-unit mixed-use project with 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of retail space; an newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Park and open space

This site: 132-unit mixed-income seniors housing development Columbia Park Citi, a 154-unit mixed-income garden-style apartment comple newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Retail (continued)

This site: 2-unit mixed-use project with 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of retail space; and Columbia Grove, a 138-unit multifamily project t newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Partly retrofittednewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	Partial RedevelopedWikipedia no source
New uses	housing, mixed, retailWikipedia no source
What is there now	Includes Columbia Estates, 124 townhouses and garden-style apartments, for rent Columbia Heritage, a 132-unit mixed-income seniors housing development Columbia Park Citi, a 154-unit mixed-income garden-style apartment complex Columbia Crest, a 152-unit mixed-use project with 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of retail space; and Columbia Grove, a 138-unit multifamily project that will be the final phasenewtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Housing permits, Fulton County (GA), 2024	8,159 units in 5+ unit buildings, 481 in 2–4, 2,937 single-family; 2023: 7,096 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	29 within 10 km, 52 within 25 km: Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center site (0.0 km); 2 Peachtree Street (0.0 km); Carver Community (0.0 km); Altmore (0.0 km); One Park Tower (0.0 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	55,938 jobs in 4,327 establishments; average annual pay $50,638; employment location quotient 0.60; employment -2.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	26,902 jobs; 116 in retail trade, 3,359 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 13121011901)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 29th income percentile as adults; 3.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (690 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 55% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 35.3%; median family income $31,827; 409 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Atlanta City School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Department of Human Resources; Wesley International Academy CharterNCES EDGE
Elevation	1,047 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	266 county-logged events: 174 thunderstorm wind, 48 flash flood, 34 hail, 10 tornado; $9,525,000 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 30303, 2026-09	median list price $223,675 (+12.4% on the year); 39 active listings; median 119 days on market; 27% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	3,732 establishments (+10%); 55,757 jobs (+14%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $414,221 (-2% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,926/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	9,870 vehicles a day on Central Ave SW; (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

West Highlands closed as garden apartments in 1999. Redevelopment includes Columbia Estates (124 townhouses), Columbia Heritage (132 seniors units), Columbia Park Citi (154 units with retail), Columbia Crest (152 units mixed-use), and Columbia Grove (138 units, final phase pending). Status is partial. Nearby, 29 developments within 10km include ongoing projects like Atlanta Civic Center. Fulton County permits show 14,000+ housing units built in 2023-2024. Median rent is $1,635. Retail establishments grew 10% since 2012.

Why. Record shows active redevelopment with multiple phases underway, supported by regional housing market activity and retail growth. No new construction details beyond the listed projects.

Where it stands. Partial redevelopment ongoing; final phase (Columbia Grove) not yet completed.

For a planner

Nearby developments indicate strong regional interest in mixed-use housing.
Retail growth aligns with new retail space in Columbia Crest.

For a developer

Existing housing projects demonstrate market demand at median rent $1,635.
Final phase (Columbia Grove) represents remaining opportunity.

What we do not know yet

No timeline for Columbia Grove completion.
Traffic data (Central Ave SW) not linked to site access in record.

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retrofit already built
county grew 4.6% 2018–23
median rent $1,635
housing in the record

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History and original facts

Closed	1999newtypes-extraction
County	Fulton County
Census division	5 · South Atlantic
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Former Perry Homes were demolished in 1999 and redeveloped into West Highlands, a mixed-use community with 700 housing units and 5,000 sqft of retail.

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Timeline

1999 Perry Homes demolished
1999 Closed

Sources

Atlanta mixed-income communities · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 quoted sentences
West Highlands
Site of former Perry Homes, which were demolished in 1999.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "West Highlands, Atlanta, GA." Record n-e65ccc4924, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/ga/atlanta-west-highlands/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_atlantawesthighlands,
  title = {West Highlands, Atlanta, GA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/ga/atlanta-west-highlands/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-e65ccc4924, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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