Developer Ackerman & Co. is quietly lining up a major shift for the asphalt seas just north of the Lee + White district, and it involves a lot more than parked cars. Filed blueprints outline room for a roughly 420,000-square-foot residential building, a curved mixed-use neighbor with about 240,000 square feet of nonresidential space, and a parking garage offering around 975 spaces. Even at that scale, the concept would top out near 90 feet in height, comfortably under the 225-foot maximum that current zoning could potentially allow.
What Was Filed And Where
City meeting materials show the owner, listed as Baltisse‑Ackerman 1200, LLLP, has advanced ordinance Z‑26‑34 to rezone the roughly 12.5-acre site at 1200 White Street SW from I‑Mix/BL to MRC‑3/BL. The request, which has already gone before the Zoning Committee for a first reading, would shift the property to a mixed-residential commercial designation that permits denser residential and commercial uses along BeltLine corridors.
Project Scale And The Developer’s Take
Documents cited in press coverage spell out the scope: about 420,000 square feet for the residential portion, an adjacent mixed-use building with roughly 240,000 square feet of nonresidential space, and close to 975 parking spaces in total under the proposal. Despite those specifics, Ackerman spokesperson Steve Webb told Urbanize Atlanta via email that there are “no specific plans right now,” casting the rezoning as keeping options open rather than signaling an imminent construction start.
BeltLine Timing Could Change The Calculus
The timing of this move is not incidental. The property sits along the corridor for Westside Trail Segment 6, and Atlanta BeltLine officials show that segment’s construction and connections moving through design toward a late-2027 or early-2028 completion window. Depending on how that work progresses, the site could be counted as BeltLine frontage, which would influence how any future project lines up its ground-floor uses and where it places doors, storefronts, and other entries.
Lee + White’s Recent Evolution
Ackerman & Co., along with partner MDH, acquired the Lee + White assemblage in 2019 and has been methodically re-tenanting and layering on public amenities ever since. The district now includes a 19-vendor food hall and a central Great Lawn. It has also drawn institutional players: Concorde Career Colleges has signed for roughly 47,358 square feet in the 929 building with plans to accommodate up to 700 students, and cosmetology operator Ogle School is already operating on-site, according to industry reporting.
What Rezoning Would Allow
A shift to MRC‑3 zoning would unlock higher floor-area ratios and development bonuses that encourage street-facing retail and mixed uses, as outlined in the city’s zoning code for MRC‑3 districts. The filings point out that while the rules could support significantly taller construction, with city mapping and documents referencing a 225-foot maximum in some scenarios, the current concept sticks to a lower, more horizontal profile.
Next steps: the rezoning application now heads to the Zoning Review Board, then on to the full City Council, with public hearings built into that process. With the applicant emphasizing that there are no specific plans yet and BeltLine work advancing nearby, neighbors and businesses should expect the proposal to evolve as it moves through the city’s review calendar.
