A 1956 warehouse that once housed Myers Carpet on Northside Drive is being transformed into The Berkeley, a mixed-use retail and office project rising directly beside the Atlanta BeltLine's Northwest Trail. The Atlantic Companies is leading the adaptive reuse of the 2.7-acre site at 1500 Northside Drive, with construction now underway and completion targeted for mid-2027.
The project, first detailed by Urbanize Atlanta, takes its name from Berkeley Park, the neighborhood that grew up around it. The Berkeley will include roughly 21,400 square feet of commercial space for retail, food and beverage, and showroom tenants, plus about 4,000 square feet of creative office space, according to the same report. A covered breezeway with skylights is planned to serve as a common area linking the BeltLine trail directly to the storefronts. Andy Johns said the project will offer, in his words, “an approachable mix of retail concepts reflecting the character of the community,” per Urbanize Atlanta's reporting.
The Atlantic Companies paid $11.2 million for the Northside Drive property in 2023, the outlet reports, and has since worked with the Atlanta BeltLine to weave the Northwest Trail through the site itself. That trail segment, known as Segment 3A, officially opened in July 2025 as the first completed stretch of the 4.3-mile Northwest Trail arc, according to Atlanta BeltLine, and was designed in close coordination with private landowners to weave between existing buildings and connect nearby neighborhoods. Urbanize Atlanta describes the broader Segment 3 as a partially opened 1.2-mile stretch that will eventually link Ardmore, Berkeley Park, Brookwood, Collier Hills, and Loring Heights, connecting the completed Northside Trail to Tanyard Creek Park in Buckhead.
A Construction Puzzle Beside an Unfinished Trail
The timing creates an awkward overlap. While The Berkeley is aiming for a mid-2027 finish, the adjacent Northwest Trail Segment 3B — which Urbanize Atlanta describes as fully under construction and set to include a pedestrian bridge over Northside Drive and an elevated pathway beneath Interstate 75 — is not expected to be fully delivered until late 2028. Atlanta BeltLine's own project updates describe Segment 3B as a 1.0-mile stretch linking Northside Drive to Tanyard Creek, featuring a 14-foot-wide paved path alongside the bridge and underpass, and call it one of the most complex infrastructure sections of the BeltLine loop because of its interstate and arterial highway crossings.
That gap leaves an open question for how tenant buildouts, site access, and pedestrian foot traffic will function at The Berkeley during the interim period before the full trail loop connects across Northside Drive, a question Urbanize Atlanta's reporting flags but does not resolve. For now, foot traffic flows through the completed Segment 3A link, which was built specifically to weave between existing structures and tie neighboring blocks together.
The Grove Already Anchors the Block
The Berkeley isn't rising in isolation. Monday Night Brewing's Grove, a 24,400-square-foot indoor and outdoor expansion next door featuring a 7,400-square-foot taproom, an amphitheater, and 17,000 square feet of communal outdoor space, opened in August 2025 and already functions as a BeltLine-adjacent point of interest, according to Urbanize Atlanta. The brewery originally moved into an abandoned warehouse on Trabert Avenue in 2011 before expanding onto the adjacent BeltLine parcel, as reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ruby Chow's also plans to open a second location at 739 Trabert Ave. next summer, per Urbanize Atlanta's reporting.
Leasing efforts for The Berkeley are already underway. SRS Real Estate Partners is handling retail leasing for the project, while Capital Real Estate Group is managing office leasing, a split that Bisnow notes reflects the development's mix of food and beverage, retail showroom, and flexible office space. Gensler is serving as architect, Westbridge is the development consultant, Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer, Peter Constructive is the general contractor, and Good Company is handling branding, according to Urbanize Atlanta.
Berkeley Park's Industrial Roots
The neighborhood taking shape around The Berkeley has deep industrial roots. Berkeley Park was established in 1921 as a working-class streetcar suburb, became an official City of Atlanta neighborhood in 1996, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, according to BeltLandia. Early residents worked in nearby industrial facilities, railyards, and the Atlantic Steel plant, the same account notes.
That industrial character is fading fast. Apartment rents in Berkeley Park averaged $1,688 a month for studios and $2,310 for one-bedrooms as of September 2026, per Apartments.com, as the neighborhood shifts from warehousing toward high-density residential and retail uses. Berkeley Park sits within the Upper Westside Community Improvement District, where the rapid conversion of former industrial buildings into commercial and residential hubs has fueled ongoing local debate over neighborhood identity, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Part of a Much Bigger Trail Network
Once finished, the Northwest Trail will stretch 4.3 miles and link 12 northwest Atlanta neighborhoods from Blandtown to Lindbergh, making it a key remaining piece of the BeltLine's push toward its 2030 loop completion goal, according to Urbanize Atlanta's coverage of the broader project. Regional planners are also eyeing a connection between Cobb County's 61.5-mile Silver Comet Trail and the BeltLine's Northwest Trail via the Whetstone Creek Trail network, as Hoodline has reported, a link that would route regional and suburban cyclists directly past Northside Drive.
The scale of investment behind that network helps explain why developers like The Atlantic Companies are betting on sites like 1500 Northside Drive. Nearly $800 million in public investment across the 22-mile BeltLine loop has catalyzed more than $9 billion in private economic development citywide as of 2026, according to WhatNow Atlanta. That public-private dynamic is playing out block by block in Berkeley Park, where Hoodline has previously covered the elevated trail segment rising over active rail lines nearby.
