Residential project another boost to area’s re-emergence

Woodlawn’s revitalization continues with construction of a 12-unit, single-family residential development called The Cottages at Wood Station on 59th Street South near Georgia Road.

Woodlawn Foundation and ARC Realty held an open house at the development in October. One model home was finished at the time, according to ARC’s Robin Edmondson.

The three-bedroom, two-bath homes will come in three styles: the one-floor Woodlawn and the floor-and-a-half Willow and Oak Ridge models, Edmondson said. 

She said the project’s styles are reminiscent of what homebuyers would find in Hoover or Homewood.

The Cottages, to be built by Drake Homes, will share a large green space.

Prices range from $182,000 to $209,000, according to the marketing materials.

The Cottages are across the railroad tracks from the Crestwood neighborhood, and the new development may benefit from that proximity, Edmondson said.

“I believe the revitalization is coming over the tracks and spreading into Woodlawn,” she said.

The new shops and other amenities in Woodlawn make The Cottages attractive, Edmondson said.

“Where we are, you are walkable to all of that,” she said.

Edmondson said she was pleased by the mix of people among the attendees at the open house.

“We had both black and white empty nesters,” she said. “We had black and white young professionals.”

Woodlawn Foundation was also involved in the recent construction of The Park at Wood Station, a mixed-income townhouse development on First Avenue South.