First look: New 24-story South End tower design on the Sycamore Brewery site
South End, get ready for another 24 stories going up in the neighborhood.
Construction will start next month on a 370-unit apartment tower on the site of popular Sycamore Brewery, Atlanta-based developer Portman Residential said on Thursday. The project cost was not immediately available.
The brewery will move into Portman’s office project next door, the 16-story, 318,000-square-foot tower called The Line. The tower opened earlier this year, the developer said. Sycamore is holding a moving party event the weekend of Sept. 30 before it goes over to its new spot, according to the business’s Facebook page.
The apartment tower, named 2161 Hawkins, will sit right off the Charlotte Rail Trail and the Light Rail Blue Line.
Once done, around spring 2024, the building will share a public plaza with The Line. Sycamore along with a restaurant called Chapter 6, neighborhood market Savi Provisions and GritBox Fitness will help anchor the plaza.
A fourth-floor sky bridge will also connect 2161 Hawkins with The Line.
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Mix of retail and apartments
Portman’s apartment tower will feature 18,700 square feet of restaurant and retail space that front both Hawkins Street and the Rail Trail, the developer stated in a news release.
The tower will have a rooftop pool, co-working spaces, a game room, climbing wall and fitness centers.
Towers on towers in South End
South End continues to see these high-rise towers.
Florida developer Stiles is working with Catalyst Capital Partners out of Charlotte to build a 30-story luxury apartment tower at the former site of Price’s Chicken Coop.
Stiles is also developing 110 East, a 23-story, $186 million office tower that sits right off the East/West station of the Blue Line.
Two more 24-story towers, one for offices, another for apartments, are under construction near 1728 South Blvd.
This story was originally published September 8, 2022 at 1:04 PM.
