Smart homes, a rooftop lounge + more retail making Devine St. more devine 🏙

There’s a new hospitality district coming to town.

"Devine District" is the new mixed-use development underway on Devine St., according to news that broke yesterday.

This thing is massive, spanning 1½ blocks on 3 acres – it covers ground from the parking lot of GranDevine condos to the former Aflac office building to an empty lot next to the Fire Station.

The new development will include:

31 “smart home” condos (some of which will be saved for Airbnb rentals)
114 luxury apartments (leasing for $1-2K/month with amenities like a rooftop lounge, coworking space, coffee bar + bike share program)
5,000 sqft. of retail space (that can also be used for restaurants)
30,000 sqft. of “modernized” office space in the remodeled “Devine Station” building (formerly the Aflac building at 2801 Devine St.)
a resident event space in a remodeled Shandon bungalow called “The House” (ft. a gourmet kitchen, library, private dining room + space for backyard entertainment)

Here's a current view of the intersection of Devine + Maple, where it will all go down. 👇

What the area currently looks like | Photo by @colatoday

It’s expected to be complete in 12-14 months. (Whew; that’s fast.)

The developer behind the project, Estates & Companies, is also behind the Brookland development in West Cola.

The Devine District Logo; credit to ByFarr

Read more about it via The State.

We’re pretty pumped about this development, to say the least. Restaurant + retail locations are already running through my head for what I’d want to see in those 5,000 sqft. Who would y’all want to welcome to the Shandon neighborhood?

–Sam

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