ATLANTA (Dec. 23, 2011) - Plans for the new high school in north Atlanta, a.k.a. "Buckhead High," are starting to crystalize.
Today, plans were revealed that show Atlanta Public Schools plans to redevelop the existing IBM campus on Northside Parkside into the new high school. That much has been known for a while. (Photo courtesy of IBM.com.)
What's new is this:
"Site will be redeveloped by removing one office building and approximately 1400 parking spaces to construct a new assembly building and athletic fields," according to a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) filing made public today.
The project size will be 475,000 square feet and accommodate 1,800 to 2,200 students, the filing states. The new high school at 4111 Northside Parkway will be completed in 2013.
In February, Atlanta school board members voted to acquire the 56-acre site for more than $56 million, The Atlanta Journal-Constitition reported.
The two buildings comprise 785,000 square feet of office and traning space built in 1978. Current tenant IBM is scouting new locations for a consolidated regional office. Jamestown acquired the campus in 2003.
Since the February vote, Buckhead residents have speculated about whether both IBM building would be razed or one or both would be used to house the new Buckhead high school. Today's DRI filing sheds some light.
The school system will tear down one builing and incoporate the other. Let's deem it a half-adaptive-reuse project.
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