Chamblee design board backs design recommendations for 61‑unit Regent Partners project with conditions

Matt Adams, planning development director for the City of Chamblee, called the design review board to order and opened a review of an application by Regent Partners LLC for four parcels near Hardy Avenue and 4th Street.

Lisa Tilvar, deputy director of Chamblee’s Planning and Development Department, told the board the proposal covers 1.81 acres and would build a 61‑unit multifamily building. Tilvar listed six requested variances — including seeking national green‑building bronze rather than the required silver certification, relief from a 6% balcony requirement, a reduction in required exterior brick or stone from 60% to 30%, and permitting off‑street parking between the principal building and 4th Street — along with seven waivers such as allowing cementitious lap siding on buildings over three stories and using wood framed (type V) construction instead of concrete and steel.

Josh Marks, a developer with Regent Partners, said the project would provide mixed‑income housing with units targeted to households earning roughly 50–60% of area median income alongside market‑rate units.…