Columbia Ventures to Break Ground on Mixed-Use Project Near MARTA Station in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Columbia Ventures LLC plans to break ground this week on Spoke, a transit-oriented, mixed-use development situated at the Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA station in Atlanta’s Edgewood neighborhood. Demolition has begun on the site, which is currently a parking lot on La France Street. Spoke is the first of several MARTA station activation projects to break ground under the leadership of MARTA CEO Keith Parker. Upon completion in 2018, Phase I of Spoke will feature a 224-unit luxury apartment building, neighborhood park, local restaurant and a headquarters and performing arts center for Moving in the Spirit, a local youth development organization. Perkins + Will designed the Moving in the Spirit building. Future phases will include additional housing and commercial uses. Chip Sykes of HFF arranged construction financing through Mutual Bank of Omaha on behalf of Columbia Ventures.