A Marietta, Ga. developer is looking to build 1,000 residential units, both apartments and townhouses, at the now-defunct Green Meadows golf course.
In early March, Cranston Engineering submitted a petition to Augusta Planning to rezone two portions, totaling some 28 acres, of a parcel at 2900 Green Meadows Dr. from R-1A One-family Residential to B-2 General Business.
The tracts, south of Lumpkin Road and west of Richmond Hill, are part of an overall property of about 125 acres.
Cranston made the request on behalf of Proterra Development LLC, a builder based in Marietta, which plans to construct a “contiguous multi-family use” development along what used to be the 18-hole course of Green Meadows Golf Club, according to the letter of intent submitted by Cranston.
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The builders would develop three-story apartment units across 35 buildings on three subdivided lots, and a subdivision of one-story townhomes, in 23 buildings, on a fourth lot.
According to current concept plans, the townhomes would be west of the Green Meadows at 2910 apartment complex, across Richmond Hill Road.
Green Meadows Country Club, which opened in the early 1960’s, closed after the death of its president, Kenneth Miles Sr., in May of 2016.
The rezoning request was originally scheduled for the Augusta Planning Commission’s meeting Monday, but the applicant postponed the item to the May meeting.
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
