Images: Project near Beltline connector trail readies for debut

Josh Green

Tue, 08/12/2025 – 15:26

Pre-leasing is scheduled to begin in early September at Modera Westside Trail at 576 Northside Drive, with the first resident move-ins set for October, according to Phil Carson, managing director of development with Mill Creek Residential, the project’s developer.

According to Carson, the initial delivery will include 127 apartments, the leasing center, and most amenities, including a fitness center, a spa with sauna and steam room, coworking spaces, and a rooftop lounge.

The building is on pace to finish construction in March.

Mill Creek began construction in summer 2023 on the 2.3-acre site, marking the latest multifamily bet on English Avenue and blocks just west of Georgia Tech. The project replaced a low-rise commercial building and fenced-off parking lots.

The site in question in early 2023, looking east along Northside Drive with Midtown and downtown beyond. Google Maps

Construction progress on Modera Westside Trail over Northside Drive as of July 17. Courtesy of Mill Creek Residential

Mill Creek named the project Modera Westside Trail as a nod to the Beltline’s Westside Beltline Connector trail located about a block away, to the west. It stands up to eight stories at its highest point—five floors of wood over a three-level concrete podium largely hidden from public view.

Plans call for 373 apartments total, with the majority of them—57 percent, or 214 units—being one-bedroom residences.

Options will range from studios to 10 three-bedrooms, with apartments being 833 square feet on average, developers have said. No retail component is included.

Rents won’t be specified until pre-leasing begins. Mill Creek officials have said 10 percent of the units, or 38 total, will be reserved for tenants earning 60 percent of the area median income or less. The project’s website advises anyone interested in workforce housing eligibility to contact leasing officials.

The Modera Westside Trail lobby is said to be inspired by upscale hotels. Courtesy of Mill Creek Residential/Modera Westside Trail

The eighth-floor sky lounge with a bar and views. Courtesy of Mill Creek Residential/Modera Westside Trail

Spin rooms, a pet park and spa, and other amenities are also in the works at the property.

Elsewhere in Atlanta, another Modera-branded complex has delivered at 32 stories in Midtown, and the developer broke ground on a 402-unit community called Modera Southside Trail in Peoplestown, but the latter project has paused construction.

Another Modera complex near the Beltline in Reynoldstown, a two-phase project in Buckhead, and Modera Decatur mark Mill Creek’s most recently finished ITP endeavors.

Modera Westside Trail joins hundreds of other new Westside apartment options within about a three-block radius. Those include the residential portion of Lincoln Property Company’s 19-acre Echo Street West project, Georgia Tech’s multi-building Science Square district, and the under-construction second (and largest) phase of Herndon Square, an affordable housing venture.

In the gallery, find more context, site photos, and fresh renderings for Modera Westside Trail.

A mural by artist Jason Graves recently completed on the building over Northside Drive. Courtesy of Mill Creek Residential