City leaders, developers, and investors broke ground on 250 affordable housing units in Peoplestown on Tuesday, marking the halfway point for Atlanta Beltline Inc.’s mission to produce 5,600 affordable homes around the multi-use trail — which is now widely regarded as an engine of gentrification — by 2030.
The Skyline Apartments, located at 1090 Hank Aaron Drive — just south of Georgia State University’s stadium (formerly Turner Field) and the rest of fast-evolving Summerhill — will be affordable for households earning 60% or less than the area median income, according to the Beltline, which contributed $2 million, along with additional state and local funding.
Future residents will have access to transit, because the complex borders the Beltline’s Southside Trail at the endpoint for a planned MARTA bus rapid transit line.
