Finally, someone's doing something smart about Atlanta's missing middle housing crisis. Cottages at Midway is getting ready to start drumming up buyers for 18 new houses on a couple of underused lots on Midway Road in unincorporated Decatur.
The project is designed as a village-style community with houses arranged around shared courtyards and greenspace. It's exactly the kind of thoughtful development we need more of—especially when you consider that median home values in downtown Decatur have climbed north of $700,000. These aren't going to be cheap, but they're aiming for more accessible price points than what's currently available.
This is the kind of infill development that makes sense. Instead of another mega-development eating up farmland in Gwinnett, we're getting thoughtful density on a 2.1-acre site that's been sitting there doing nothing. The soft launch starts next week, so if you've been priced out of Decatur proper but still want to be close to the action, keep your eyes peeled.
