Design Review Board approves Phase 1 of Alpharetta District Places with conditions on hardscape, planting and eastern wall finish

The Design Review Board unanimously approved multiple elements of the Phase 1 package for Alpharetta District Places, a mixed-use project on the Roswell Street/Old Milton Parkway site, after a multi-hour presentation and extensive discussion of site circulation, utilities, landscaping and materials.

Andrew Butler of the Preston Partnership opened with a video walkthrough that showed four buildings (AA through D), two-story restaurants on the corners, a Paseo network that connects the parking lot and park, and a proposed plaza with a new outdoor fireplace between Buildings C and D. Civil engineer Steve Rowe reviewed site engineering: the project retains the existing Old Milton curb cut, adds a Marietta Street curb cut, extends sanitary sewer from Marietta and water from Old Milton, proposes nearly 99 new parking spaces on site, and locates stormwater detention under the parking with outfall into an existing system adjacent to…