Chamblee design board backs large mixed‑use project with conditions, rejects painted‑brick and two utility waivers

The City of Chamblee Design Review Board on Oct. 10, 2025 voted 3‑0 to recommend approval—with conditions—for PZ2088, a proposed mixed‑use development on roughly 7.26 acres bounded by Broad Street, Peachtree Road, Ingersoll Rand Drive and Urbandale Drive. The applicant, Greystar, described a project that would build approximately 340 residential units in two multifamily buildings (reported square footage 352,165 and 62,184), about 29,010 square feet of retail, a seven‑level parking garage with 599 spaces and a publicly accessible town green.

The board’s actions moved the proposal forward to city council with three explicit recommendations: deny variance 48 (painted brick on Building 200) and waive the applicant’s request to keep overhead utilities in place (waivers 11 and 12); and require that the design for Urbandale/Ingersoll Rand (variance 39) be revised “as closely as possible” to the Downtown Chamblee PUD pattern‑book requirement that that segment be a shared street. The recommendation passed on a 3‑0 voice vote.

Why it matters: the project is one of the largest development applications the board has reviewed recently, carries multiple variances and waivers, and would reshape a block adjacent to City Hall and the planned rail‑trail. The board’s conditions specifically target materials and streetscape treatments that affect the public face of the development and future maintenance/utility costs for the city.

What the project would include The applicant described the site as eight parcels totaling 7.26 acres. Staff and the applicant presented these key figures to the board: two multifamily buildings (listed areas 352,165 sq. ft. and 62,184 sq. ft.), a seven‑level parking deck wrapped by residential units with 599 parking spaces, four retail/commercial buildings totaling about 29,010 sq. ft., and roughly 2.76 acres of open space of which about 2.01…