It has been a year in the making but trees have now been cleared on the 11.6-acre tract that will be the home of the Lafayette Square luxury apartments on Ga. Highway 54 and Lafayette Avenue in Fayetteville.
The 210-luxury apartment project located on 11.6 acres on the northwest side of Hwy. 54 at Lafayette Avenue will give the city and county a first look at apartment living complete with concierge-level services.
Project representatives met with city officials at a construction meeting on Nov. 18 and all the necessary permits for the project have been filed.
Lafayette Square represents a significant departure from the apartment complexes existing today in Fayetteville and Fayette County. The difference is not as much in some of the pricing as in the amenities that include a number of concierge services for all units with additional services available.
Lafayette Square will be a community with monitored security gates and fences and will feature a resort-style pool and deck, a 5,200 sq. ft. clubhouse, deckside cabanas and hot tubs, several parks, landscaped courtyards, a fully-equipped business center and cyber cafe and tanning salon.
The Charter Companies founder Miles Hill previously said the clubhouse building and the apartment buildings immediately surrounding it will open first.
Of the approved units, 24 are 1 bedroom/1 bathroom at 768-850 sq. ft., 174 are 2 bedrooms/2 bathrooms at 1,002-1,100 sq. ft. and 12 are 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms at 1,287 sq. ft.
The project will feature a number of pocket parks and water features. A larger public/private park with pavers and seating areas will be located on the corner of Hwy. 54 and Sharon Drive.
The road front on Hwy. 54 will feature an 8-foot sidewalk, decorative lampposts and a retaining wall that will feature additional landscaping. The idea, said Hill, is to make the streetside area one that encourages connectivity to downtown.
Hill said aside from a number of corporate apartments, all others would carry a 12-month lease. The corporate apartments would be fully furnished and would include a six-month lease, he said.
“We’re not interested in less than six months,” Hill said in 2014 of the six-month corporate leases. “We’ll let the extended-stay businesses deal with those.”
Corporate apartments are expected to cater to the emerging film industry, the medical industry and Hartsfield-Atlanta Airport.
Hill agreed to the request by council and by one nearby resident to install a privacy fence and additional evergreens in the area in closest proximity to the residences along Sharon Drive. Hill at a previous meeting said he would be happy to make that happen, adding that Lafayette Square residents would also appreciate an extra level of privacy.
Hill was not available at press time for an estimated opening date.
The proposal was approved by the Fayetteville City Council in June 2014. Original plans were to have construction began in late 2014 in time for an opening in mid-2015.
