Church-replacing Kirkwood corner project officially sells out

Josh Green

Mon, 05/19/2025 – 08:22

The final unsold residence at modern-style infill project JD Kirkwood closed Friday where Memorial Drive meets East Lake Terrace, across the street from Drew Charter School, according to listing agent Sara Lee Parker of Keller Williams Intown Atlanta.

Closings ultimately ranged from $889,000 to $929,000, according to Parker. (Initially, asking prices had been as high as $995,000.)

Between early proposals and closeout, the JD Kirkwood project had been about four years in the making. It marked the latest infill bet of many along the eastside’s Memorial Drive.

The vacant former home of Zion Pentecostal Evangelistic Church of God in Christ that JD Kirkwood replaced at 2246 Memorial Drive. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

How JD Kirkwood facades, porches, and landscaping came together at East Lake Terrace and Memorial Drive, as seen in June 2024. Wes Cummings/RealKit Photography

All JD Kirkwood units stand three stories tall. The smaller offerings have three bedrooms and three and ½ bathrooms in around 2,500 square feet, with another 664 to 719 square feet of patios and terraces, per the sales team.

The larger units brought four bedrooms and four and ½ bathroom in up to 2,761 square feet. Each house counts a rooftop deck, patios off the living rooms, two-car garages, and touches like clerestory windows.

On blocks immediately south of the JD Kirkwood project are Drew Charter School facilities and the East Lake YMCA. Proximity to parks, downtown Kirkwood, Oakhurst, the Hosea + 2nd project, East Lake Publix, and Lidl were also cited as perks of the location.

Directly across the street to the west, another former church site where more single-family housing has been proposed in recent years remains a vacant lot. Both churches had sat vacant on their respective corners for years.

Wes Cummings/RealKit Photography

As with Toll Brothers’ Oxley Edgewood project, the Empire Paintbox townhomes and 103 new townhomes called Eastwood elsewhere in Kirkwood, and the 1200 Ponce venture that transformed Druid Hills United Methodist Church, among others, JD Kirkwood marked a case of developers moving in to claim land from an intown congregation willing to sell and move on.

Swing up to the gallery for a closer look at how the five infill residences came together.

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