Over the past few years, I have watched the area from 1410 to 1442 Dresden Dr. in the Brookhaven community of Atlanta, Georgia where I live go from the eyesore of a vacant lot dotted with a laundromat and some shotgun houses in disrepair to the eye-pleasingly beautiful brick building called Village Place Brookhaven.
This transformation came about courtesy of contracting and property management company Dan Woodley Communities, Inc. Owner Dan Woodley said his firm seized the chance to create the sort of mixed-use community that brings people together. “We see the desire and trend and need for a return to the lifestyle that used to be common of small communities with walkable amenities such as stores and shops and restaurants as well as offices and places to live and entertain and work out,†he states.
Dan Woodley began buying up parcels along Dresden Dr. in the mid-1990s. The company applied for and received a re-zoning of the area in 2005 and started developing it in 2007. “We did the development and the building and have done some of the real estate brokerage as well,†Woodley discloses. Village Place Brookhaven currently houses a coffee shop, a drycleaners, a home furnishings store, a home and garden store, a body spa and a nail salon. It will soon have more businesses as well as private residences and offices.
An aesthetically striking combination of historical and contemporary styling has gone into the Village Place Brookhaven. “It’s got some retro styling,†Woodley elaborates. “It’s got historical background in it with a lot of brick details like the early 1900s. Our windows are a German-engineered window product that has a very high-caliber as well as a very authentic wood grain look for the casement windows. The residential units have a somewhat contemporary look in that they have very clean, straight lines. People have the ability to customize the condominium unit: we have everything from stained concrete floors to hardwood floors to carpeted floors.â€Â
To learn more, call Village Place Brookhaven at 404-816-2323 or visit its website at villageplacebrookhaven.com.
