Residential options would include tiny homes and tree houses.
A creative new-urban development is planned in Fayetteville.
Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy and partners today announced details of a 234-acre master-planned residential and mixed-use project 24 miles from Downtown Atlanta.
Called Pinewood Forrest, the development is intended to be a community centered around “storytellers, the creative and the-creative-at-heart.”
The project would be a “companion community” to Pinewood Studios, located just across the street. The film complex is considered to be one of the most technologically-advanced in North America.
“We’ve been very careful to envision a community that will attract a wide spectrum of people, that will inspire folks to live well, and to honor others. I believe this is the model for future generations,” said Cathy in a prepared statement.
The team behind the project includes project management by Pace Lynch Corp. and town planning by Lew Oliver of Whole Town Solutions.
Pinewood Forrest would include a culinary district, garden district, craft district and woodland district. The development’s “village square” would to be within a five minute walk of each.
The residential component would consist of 1,300 units including single-family homes, micro-cottages (otherwise known as “tiny homes”), multi-family flats, townhomes and even tree houses.
A boutique hotel is also in the works as is 275,000 square feet of commercial office, street level retail and restaurants, which would all be located in the village square.
Over 15 miles of trails and pathways would meander through Pinewood Forrest along with 118 total acres of public green space – just a little over half of the site.
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this is just like Serenbe. can i get off a train and be in the center of it? no? then i don’t care. its not a sustainable community unless people truly CAN live AND work there. people will have to drive to/from and park here. it’s suburbia at its worst.
My employer is in Alpharetta along with basically every other IT company in the area, so….no.
It’s a great idea and a step in the right direction. I like the micro home idea!! I wouldn’t want any trains pulling through there… an invitation for “problems” nor would I commute to Alpharetta and live here. But, I think the key here is people don’t realize what is actually taking shape in Pinewood for the future. I think it’s exciting!
Car to elaborate on “an invitation for “problems””. What “problems” come with heavy rail transit?
Can I move my Tiny House (on wheels) here? I’m a freelance designer/illustrator so I can work from my house/studio! Please say yes! It’s a really cool looking tiny house!
I live 3 miles from Pinewood Studios; have lived here since 1987. Fayetteville and North Fayette county have declined significantly in the past 10 years or so. I can’t imagine why people would want to live in Pinewood Forrest. All it’s going to do is increase the traffic and wear and tear on the roads. It truly saddens me that developers continue to rape and pillage the land while claiming they are improving the community. 🙂
I’m confused. Is your problem with decline or growth? My best friend’s parents have lived walking distance from what is now Pinewood for over 10 years. That area has not been in decline at all. Of course, Pinewood has kicked things into high gear. Growth does indeed put more wear on roads. It also adds to the tax base. The mobile home on the current site is more of a quaint, country feel, but this plan seems like a great idea for improvement. The only worry I have is for how it will pull focus from the downtown area.
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Sounds risky. I hope Mr. Cathy doesn’t lose the fortune his Dad handed him.
Is there a green space set aside? Conservation Communities set aside green space to insure that wall to wall development does not occur over time and to help protect the surrounding natural resources – in a suburban or rural area that is usually a minimum of 50% of the buildable area and often more and is “contiguous” – not a patchwork of micro spaces –
Lets hope it brings more jobs then the studio did.
Sounds to me like someone has some inspiration from Celebration in FL. Similar concept….
Exciting , I would love to know more about the Micro homes ! May be just what I have been waiting on !
Looks way too crowded as far as the layout. Nothing like Serenbe.
Please, all this will do is create traffic problems that engineers have no idea to solve!! Has anyone notice the debacle that the new shopping center in Peachtree city has caused. Traffic is horrible in that area, I just don’t think these so called engineers have solutions to the problems. As for a train bringing in crime is such BS!! I lived in Roswell area where the north line ends for Marta and no increase in crime in those nice areas near the station. Having lived in Chicago suburban areas, trains don’t a to crime, what they do is allow people to get to work without adding to traffic on the roads.
Because there is such an incredible amount of employees at Pinewood Studios, I think this is the ideal place for them to live. I also think this place can be utilized for the traffic of people in the entertainment business who use temporary housing. Some projects can shoot for up to three years or more. For people who are looking for an investment, if the community will allow renting, this sounds like a money maker to me. I don’t think they are building this for people who live and work far away. Getting a commuter bus set up for the train station would solve the issue that others were talking about convenience. It also, speaks to me, of community…within the arts specifically. The people, in my world (show business) – we all “get” each other and the acceptance of that notion, connects most artists in their philosophy to live in communion. I am definitely interested into finding out more and hoping deeply for its success.