The Atticus luxury apartment complex downtown are further underway, as developers have recently presented their site plan to the Augusta Planning Department.
Back in April, the Augusta Commission approved the amending of the Planned Unit Development zoning along an acre of property along Greene and Tenth Streets.
Owner Andrea Gibbs petitioned the county to amend the zoning to make way for a mixed-use development that would include a four-story building with 82 upscale one-bedroom, two-bedroom and studio apartments, as well as office and restaurant space and several amenities.
The Planning and Augusta Commissions concurred in granting Gibbs the amendments that allowed the project 82 units instead of 54, and early this month ATC Construction submitted the construction plans for the complex for review.
Planning and Zoning are scheduled to evaluate the plans until Dec. 19. Comments from the department as of this story’s publication include an urging for the builders to coordinate with the Augusta Engineering Department, as the Atticus project is “adjacent to a roadway planned for improvements” by Engineering.
The project is also awaiting the Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission, or HPC, as the proposed apartment building is in the Augusta Downtown Historic District.
A letter from ATC Development, dated in February, attached to the initial request approved in April, noted that the HPC reviewed and approved the project, “along with demolition of the existing structures contingent upon approved civil and building drawings and a building permit.”
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter covering business for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
