Client: Atlanta BeltLine Partnership / Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Contribution: Principal Urban Designer. Led analytical methodology for development capacity modeling and contributed urban design frameworks for multiple redevelopment nodes. Produced framework diagrams and coordinated visualization and analytical outputs across multidisciplinary teams.

This legacy project comprises two foundational studies completed in the early development of the Atlanta BeltLine initiative. The work helped determine the feasibility of establishing a Tax Allocation District (TAD) and subsequently formed part of the formal planning and policy framework used to create it.

The first study evaluated the feasibility and development capacity of a potential TAD encompassing approximately 6,500 acres surrounding the BeltLine corridor. A custom analytical methodology was developed to quantify existing entitlements and model future redevelopment capacity using GIS analysis, land use classification, and density-based projections. The results demonstrated the viability of the proposed TAD as a financing and implementation mechanism.

The follow-on Redevelopment Plan served as the official policy document required to designate the TAD and establish the redevelopment framework. In addition to meeting statutory requirements, the plan articulated a series of illustrative redevelopment scenarios organized into twelve development nodes along the corridor. Urban design frameworks and section studies were used to communicate potential form, intensity, and character of future development, translating policy into a spatial vision for long-term implementation.

Together, these studies helped establish the analytical and spatial foundation for the Atlanta BeltLine’s early implementation strategy, linking financial feasibility, legal designation, and urban design vision into a unified framework.

Project completed while at Urban Collage in collaboration with EDAW.