Massive Cypress Grove development is officially a go

Josh Green

Fri, 05/23/2025 – 14:24

Due west of Midtown and Atlanta’s largest greenspace, the initial phase of a massive residential project that could eventually bring hundreds of new residents to the area is underway.

Land-clearing has recently kicked off for a project called Cypress Grove that’s set to swap 20 wooded acres for a mix of townhomes, apartments, and commercial space in Grove Park.

All told, Cypress Grove calls for 755 total units to take shape on and around 988 Cato St. and 1005 Gun Club Road on the western fringes of Grove Park, just north of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. The site is straight west of Westside Park (now Shirley Clarke Franklin Park), which opened its first phase to acclaim in 2021.

Cypress Grove also calls for a new public pedestrian trail along the site’s southern border. The PATH Foundation hopes to eventually link that trail with the scenic Proctor Creek Greenway.

An updated masterplan showing the totality of the Cypress Grove project’s planned initial phase. Courtesy of B+C Studio/Cypress Grove.

The first component to see construction will be 70 townhomes—each with three bedrooms and two and ½ bathrooms in about 1,400 square feet—with seven of them reserved as affordable housing.

Also in the initial phase is the first section of the paved trail, plus a small community park at the corner of Hollywood Road and Mildred Place.

Plans call for delivering that in summer 2026.

The next round of housing, scheduled to open in spring 2027, calls for another 51 townhomes (six of those reserved as affordable housing) and 292 apartments, with at least 15 percent reserved as affordable at 80 percent of the area median income, according to Bowman.

No rent prices at Cypress Grove have been specified.

Part of the acreage in question along Hollywood Drive, as shown in January 2023. Google Maps

A revised masterplan provided by Bowman this week shows a standalone commercial building is also planned for a future phase.

ARC officials stressed in 2023 the project should include a “generous” amount of bicycle parking spaces, alongside more than 1,500 spaces planned for vehicles, to encourage multi-modal transportation in the area.

Several MARTA bus stops along Hollywood Road could help Cypress Grove residents with alternate transportation, the ARC noted, adding: “the city should coordinate with the developer and MARTA on the realignment and improvement of these stops as needed.”

Where Cypress Grove is underway, due west of Westside Park and Midtown. Google Maps