Post Properties to Develop $96M Apartment Community in Atlanta’s CBD

ATLANTA — Post Properties has announced it will develop Post Centennial Park, a 438-unit, midrise apartment community located in Atlanta’s central business district. Development costs are expected to total $96 million. The luxury apartment project will be located adjacent to Centennial Park and within walking distance of the MARTA Civic Center and Peachtree Center rail stations and the Atlanta Streetcar. The community will include a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 808 square feet. Post Properties forecasts market rents to average approximately $1,620 per month. Ten percent of the planned units will be designated as workforce housing, with rents forecast to average approximately $1,090 per month. Atlanta-based Post Properties currently has 2,290 units in six apartment communities under construction with a total estimated development cost of $478.6 million. The company expects to complete Post Centennial Park in mid-2018.