Plans to swap Midtown fire station with high-rise move forward

Josh Green

Thu, 08/07/2025 – 16:31

Plans to erect nearly 300 apartments above a longstanding Midtown fire station are showing signs of life this summer.

City development authority Invest Atlanta recently approved an $85-million, tax-exempt bond that will help fund construction of a residential tower above the 10th Street property currently occupied by Midtown’s Fire Station 15.

The 170 10th St. proposal would greatly densify a parcel in a subdistrict where available land has become increasingly scarce amid a decade-long development boom. It first came to light in January last year, when Atlanta Urban Development Corporation and city officials released a Request for Qualifications—an initial step toward picking developers—for the .78-acre property.

According to Midtown Alliance, the project will feature 282 multifamily units total, all stacked atop a modernized new fire station.

Rendering for the 282-unit proposal along 10th Street, just west of Piedmont Park. Invest Atlanta

Atlanta Urban Development Corporation

Of those units, 86 apartments will be reserved as affordable housing, with the bulk of them (57 units) held for households earning at most 50 percent of the Area Median Income.

The rest of the non-market-rate units (29 total) would go to tenants earning 80 percent AMI or less.

Here’s a breakdown of projected rents:

Invest Atlanta

The total cost for development is projected to be roughly $155 million. The schedule calls for delivering the building in 2028, per Midtown Alliance.

A project rendering recently unveiled by Invest Atlanta shows a building with roughly 26 stories, including a half-dozen levels of parking over the fire station. An amenity deck would be placed atop the parking podium.

Midtown Fire Station 15 as seen in January 2023, prior to vertical construction on the 32-story Modera Parkside tower next door, at right. Google Maps