First look: Along prominent Oakhurst street, housing hub is claiming large parking lot

The years-long development trend that’s seen intown properties belonging to—or adjacent to—churches make way for housing is continuing along Oakhurst’s College Avenue.

As with a historic sanctuary in Druid Hills and, more recently, a large demolished church in Kirkwood, residential development has come to the doorstep of Thankful Missionary Baptist Church, claiming a large surface parking lot next door.

That’s where groundwork is being laid for a community called Elle at Oakhurst, where a first phase is expected to open in summer 2020, across the street from The Imperial, a neighborhood restaurant and pub.

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Alan Cablik, president of Cablik Enterprises, the project’s builder, tells Curbed Atlanta that Elle will entail three large single-family houses and 10 townhomes.

Four of the townhomes will be live-work units, lending a more active vibe at their bases.

Priced from $699,000, the townhomes will span about 2,600 square feet with three bedrooms, Cablik says.

The standalone houses, meanwhile, will ask $1.2 million and up. Turco McCarthy Architecture is handling the community’s design.

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