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of Planning & Development La Grange Place Overview Site Plan Introduction Executive Summary Narrative Summary
of Proposal

• Introduction
• Major Goals of the Project
• Assembling the Property
• Intergovernmental Agreement - Land Exchange - Traffic Improvements
• Requested Zoning Changes
• Discussion of standards
  to support text amendment to zoning
• BNSF Subarea Compliance
• Economic Case for the Project
• Discussion of Planned Development Standards
• Standards for All Planned Developments
• Additional Standards for Excellence in Design that justify modifications to allow increases in the density of Planned Developments
• Environmental Stewardship

Site Survey & Illustrations

Contextual comprehensive site plan for La Grange Place.  Click here to view full size. Warning!! This is a very large file. Not recommended for viewing on a dial-up connection, or on computers with limited memory.

Introduction

Atlantic Realty Partners, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Atlantic Realty"), for itself and on behalf of the Park District of La Grange (the "Park District"), submits this statement in support of its application for

• (i) approval of a text amendment to the C-3 district regulations of the Zoning Ordinance,
• (ii) approval of a map amendment rezoning all of the Property (defined below) to the C-3 district and
• (iii) approval of a mixed-use planned developments a form of special use in C-3 district (the "Project"),

together with related approvals for a resubdivision of the Property, approval of the applicant's site plan and design review approval.

Atlantic Realty is an Atlanta-based real estate firm that specializes in the development of institutional investment-grade residential projects and mixed-use communities.

Atlantic Realty is a contract purchaser of the former YMCA property containing 4.29 acres and located at the northeast comer of La Grange Road and Ogden Avenue (the "YMCA Parcel") and a contract purchaser of three Park District parcels to the north of the YMCA Parcel containing in the aggregate 2.83 acres (collectively, the "LGPD Parcel").

The Project will consist of:

• (a) a retail building located near the northeast intersection of La Grange Road and Ogden Avenue containing approximately 20,000 square feet (labeled as Retail Building C on the Site Plan submitted with this application) and surface parking with 121 on-grade parking spaces for the Retail Building;
• (b) two residential mid-rise buildings, lying south of Shawmut Avenue (respectively. Buildings A and B on the Site Plan), containing a total of 298 dwelling units, with the Building A containing approximately 13,000 square feet of first floor commercial space, and with an underground parking garage containing 416 parking spaces;and
• (c) 37 Townhomes, lying north of Shawmut Avenue, with 74 interior parking spaces and 12 on-grade parking spaces.