Beside Atlanta's largest park, more than 130 new homes underway Josh Green Tue, 07/01/2025 - 10:07
New housing options at the doorstep of Atlanta’s largest greenspace are set to increase soon.
Another section of the West Highlands neighborhood—a project started in the 1990s that’s already one of the largest master-planned communities in the City of Atlanta—is fully underway with site development next to the main entrance of Shirley Clarke Franklin Park (formerly Westside Park).
The next flank of West Highlands, a collaboration between homebuilder Brock Built Homes and Atlanta Housing, calls for 137 units total in the Rockdale neighborhood west of Midtown.
According to reps with Brock Built, a prominent developer in the area for decades, the current park-adjacent project along Johnson Road will include 103 townhomes and 24 flats/stacks, all of them for sale and not rent.
Construction progress on West Highlands' next phase along Johnson Road, as seen from over Shirley Clarke Franklin Park last month. Urbanize Atlanta
Construction next to the park's "dinosaur ribcage" entrance last month. Urbanize Atlanta
Townhomes will range from 1,300 to 2,600 square feet in three product lines (15, 21, and 24-feet wide). The condos will all have two bedrooms and one bathroom.
The collaboration with Atlanta Housing means that 20 percent of homes will be reserved at rates deemed affordable for families earning at or below 80 percent of the area median income, according to the housing agency.
Development of the site—formerly woods between Johnson Road and Proctor Creek Greenway—kicked off several months ago, and vertical construction is scheduled to begin before the end of 2025, according to Brock Built.
Renderings for the project are still being finalized, per company reps.
Overview of Shirley Clarke Franklin Park and location of new West Highlands construction, prior to tree-removal on site. Google Maps
Location of new home construction (at right) in relation to a main park entrance, as seen in March. Google Maps
Another new section of West Highlands with 65 for-sale townhomes is under construction on the flipside of the community, on property that formerly housed the 1950s Perry Homes housing projects. West Highlands counts more than 1,300 apartments and standalone homes today.
The new housing will join the growing, 300-home townhouse project Park Vue as neighbors to Atlanta’s biggest park space, which opened its initial phase in 2021 and could see development of a unique bike park kick off later this year, as Beltline officials recently told Urbanize Atlanta.
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Overview of Shirley Clarke Franklin Park and location of new West Highlands construction, prior to tree-removal on site. Google Maps
Construction progress on West Highlands' next phase along Johnson Road, as seen from over Shirley Clarke Franklin Park last month. Urbanize Atlanta
Location of new home construction (at right) in relation to a main park entrance, as seen in March. Google Maps
Construction next to the park's "dinosaur ribcage" entrance last month. Urbanize Atlanta
The new Park Vue by Ashton Woods townhome community (center) across the street from the park. Urbanize Atlanta
The construction site in relation to a main parking area. Urbanize Atlanta
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Totality of the West Highlands project, with under-construction new sections shown at far left and, along Johnson Road, at right. Atlanta Housing
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