The Apostles Church of Sandy Springs at Glenridge Drive and Hammond Drive is targeted for demolition and redevelopment into a 201-unit senior housing project in plans filed with the city.
The Apostles Church of Sandy Springs building at Glenridge Drive and Hammond Drive in a Google Earth image.
“It is luxury senior housing,” said Chip Collins, an attorney for Parc Communities, which specializes in high-end independent living projects. He said Parc already has met with local homeowners associations and “made some tweaks” to its plan. A preliminary community meeting is scheduled for Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
“It’s very sad,” said Elizabeth Dixon, the administrator at Apostles Church, whose church building was constructed only about five years ago. “Basically, it’s just that the building that we built in 2010 has been too much for us and we haven’t grown…We got in over our heads,” Dixon said. Read more