Church conversion to homes near Beltline rounding into shape Josh Green Thu, 10/10/2024 - 14:48 Atlanta’s latest remake of a former church property is rounding into shape at a location with enviable Beltline proximity.
A Reynoldstown building that previously operated as Free Gospel Interdenominational Church at 955/957 Wylie St. is undergoing a conversion to rental housing about a block from the Beltline’s Eastside Trail and popular trailside pitstop Breaker Breaker.
The Wylie Street project will see the church converted into six apartments with new doors and windows and a repaired exterior, according to building permit records.
The project's east facade along Wylie Street today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Overview of the former Free Gospel Interdenominational Church property and Beltline, at left, in February 2023. Fulton County Board of Assessors
The current owners are listed as an LLC called CDW Partners. They bought the .33-acre property from the church in summer 2021 for $800,000, according to Fulton County tax records. (Free Gospel Interdenominational Church has relocated to another church building on McWilliams Road in Lakewood.)
When the project might deliver and what rents might be isn’t yet known.
Attempts to reach developers for more information were not successful this week, and the apartments have yet to be listed for rent.
A well-connected neighborhood source called the project’s construction phase “a marathon” this week and said the delivery schedule isn’t clear.
Prior to construction, the property had been a source of code complaints dating back to 2019 involving overgrowth, accumulated trash, and other issues, property records show.
Windows and facades when construction began along Wylie Street in spring 2023. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Entry beside the former church to Lang-Carson Park, a tucked-away Reynoldstown greenspace. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Two doors down, another small Reynoldstown church, the 1920s Bearden Temple AME Church, was remade into a duplex called Wylie Chapel Lofts.
Both projects continue a years-long trend around intown neighborhoods that has seen numerous churches adaptively reused as offices, housing, and now a celebrated art gallery, while many others were razed.
In the gallery above, see where the church conversion stands today—and how it relates to the Eastside Trail and sprawling Hulsey Yards across the street.
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Overview of the former Free Gospel Interdenominational Church property and Beltline, at left, in February 2023. Fulton County Board of Assessors
Windows and facades when construction began along Wylie Street in spring 2023. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Progress on the former Free Gospel Interdenominational Church's Wylie Street facade today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Entry beside the former church to Lang-Carson Park, a tucked-away Reynoldstown greenspace. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
The project's east facade along Wylie Street today. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
The .33-acre property's proximity to the under-construction Stein Steel mixed-use project and sprawling Hulsey Yard across the street. Google Maps
Subtitle Stone's throw from Eastside Trail, building was previously Free Gospel Interdenominational Church
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