Images: Lavish Atlanta modern bound for cleared acreage

Josh Green

Tue, 02/11/2025 – 16:45

The local impact of homebuyers from pricier coastal markets exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic has hardly abated in Atlanta, nearly five years later.

That’s according to the listing team and modern-home design experts behind a new $4.5 million listing set to claim a cleared site in Buckhead near Blue Heron Nature Preserve, marking another big bet on the allure of contemporary architect around the city.

“With so many buyers relocating to Atlanta from California, Florida, and New York, we’ve seen a huge trend towards bigger and more design-forward modern homes,” notes Compass listing agent Matthew Doyle, who helps operate the @AtlantaModernHomes social media handle.

Doyle’s latest listing is planned for a .6-acre site at 3939 Ivy Road, situated just south of Wieuca Road and west of Ga. Highway 400.

The project—designed by Scott West of West Architecture Studio, and set to be built by West’s company Lucid Development—calls for five bedrooms and five and ½ bathrooms in 6,400 square feet. That’s a breakdown of $703 per square foot.

How the 6,400-square-foot project will be sited on an Ivy Road hill, just south of Wieuca Road. West Architecture Studio; courtesy of Compass

“It’s fully permitted and will take about 12 months to complete,” Doyle noted via email. “We’re promoting it as a semi-custom home, as there still is opportunity for potential buyers to work directly with [West] on selecting some of the finishes and possibly tweaking the design.”

Highlights of that two-story design call for 10-foot ceilings and large aluminum-framed windows, an owners suite with attached spa bath on the main floor, a breakfast bar in the sleek kitchen, and a sizable covered patio near the heated saltwater pool.

West Architecture Studio; courtesy of Compass