Rendering of Heritage Village at West Lake (formerly Waluhaje Hotel), a modern residential building with landscaped parking and pedestrian-friendly walkways in an urban setting

In the News: Waluhaje Hotel Redevelopment Into Multifamily Housing is Full Speed Ahead

A residential-conversion project years in the making is barreling ahead for a Westside property that played an important role in Jim Crow-era Atlanta. Originally developed in 1951 as the Waluhaje Hotel and Apartment Complex, during the South’s segregated era, the property served Black patrons and residents—and housed a large ballroom where many top jazz musicians of the era performed.

The current adaptive-reuse project, Heritage Village at West Lake, is rehabbing and transforming the1950s building into five stories of multifamily residences according to developers Columbia Residential and their partners Quest Community Development Organization.

Read the full story about the restoration and reimaging of the Waluhaje Hotel »
Source: Urbanize Atlanta

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