A year after the Skyhaven Quarry site went up for sale, the long-quiet East Atlanta property looks closer to construction than it has in years. Developer Brett Embry says the project, a mix of apartments, townhomes and preserved woods around an abandoned rock quarry, is financed and positioned to move forward. Longtime neighbors who have followed the proposal through community meetings and design sessions are expected to watch permitting closely as the team seeks local approvals.
Speaking with Urbanize Atlanta, Embry said Skyhaven Quarry "is financed and essentially ready to break ground" and cautioned that "time is killing deals" as lending conditions shift. According to the outlet, Embry's firm bought the listing last year and is now negotiating with a partner development firm, after a year that included community-driven design work and rezoning steps.
Park-first plan and rezoning wins
The public-facing plan keeps the old quarry and Ripplewater Creek as the star attractions, with roughly five acres set aside for a conservation area that developers say would be donated for a future park. According to Clark Property R+D, the firm led the site assemblage and secured rezonings both in the City of Atlanta and in DeKalb County. Clark also highlights a proposal to realign the Moreland Avenue and Skyhaven Road intersection, noting that hundreds of crashes have occurred at that corner over the past decade.
Site history and community process
Local reporting and meeting notes from SaportaReport show that the assemblage pulls together multiple parcels along Moreland Avenue, including a shuttered Family Dollar and a cell-tower parcel. Earlier materials, including coverage in Porch Press, placed the total project footprint at roughly 11 to 12 acres. Those outreach efforts fed into a conservation-oriented master plan that neighborhood leaders have pointed to in public meetings. Residents and designers have stressed trails, habitat protection and a compact building footprint that keeps the quarry woods largely intact.
What the plan would build
Public project listings on Urbanize Atlanta for 1104 Moreland Avenue SE describe a mixed package that could include up to 180 apartments along Moreland, roughly 57 townhomes, 16 standalone houses, about 9,000 square feet of commercial space and an 8,000-square-foot plaza. Marketing materials emphasize concentrating taller buildings at the site's edges so the quarry and central woods remain largely undisturbed. Final unit counts and the exact mix of uses will depend on partner agreements, permit reviews and any tweaks requested during public hearings.
Next steps and timeline
Embry Development lists Skyhaven Quarry as a 167-unit master-planned community currently in the zoning stage and says the company is negotiating with partners while pursuing permits. Before any clearing or building can begin, the team will need formal approvals from city and county agencies, along with what are likely to be several rounds of public-facing hearings. Neighbors can expect permit filings and meeting notices to start surfacing in the weeks and months ahead as the developers push toward a construction timeline.
