A rendering of the first phase of Campus 244 shows a completed five-story office building on the left and the 145-key hotel, Element by Westin, on the right. The mixed-use development, with phase one construction still underway, is expected to welcome patrons this summer.
A look at the state-of-the-art fitness center on the fourth floor of the Palladium Building at Campus 244 in Dunwoody.
A rendering shows a completed Campus 244 looking north from I-285. Developers from The Georgetown Company and RocaPoint are nearing completion of the first phase of the multi-use development, including a hotel, redeveloped office building, parking garage and restaurant space.
A look at the unleased fifth floor of Campus 244’s Palladium Building. So far, Insight Global and Transportation Insights have leased the first four floors, leaving 64,085 square feet of office space available.
Staff Reporter
A rendering of the first phase of Campus 244 shows a completed five-story office building on the left and the 145-key hotel, Element by Westin, on the right. The mixed-use development, with phase one construction still underway, is expected to welcome patrons this summer.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — With views of Perimeter, Buckhead and a sliver of the Bank of America Plaza, the developers of Campus 244 in Dunwoody are betting on its location and uniqueness.
The 12.8-acre campus, with plans for an additional office building and parking garage in phase two, is nearing completion of phase one.
With the hotel topped off and interior office build-outs underway, tenants are nearly ready to move into the new mixed-use development behind the Perimeter Expo shopping center.
By fall, the development will feature a five-story building with 405,000 square feet of Class-A office space, a 145-key boutique hotel and several on-site restaurants.
The central greenspace and two-story restaurant pavilion are yet to be built.
The plan is for phase one to open in stages, with office tenants moving in later this spring, CT Cantina & Taqueria serving by summer and the hotel and its restaurants opening in the fall.
The developers, RocaPoint Partners and The Georgetown Company, tapped Winter Construction as general contractors for the buildout of Campus 244.
A look at the unleased fifth floor of Campus 244’s Palladium Building. So far, Insight Global and Transportation Insights have leased the first four floors, leaving 64,085 square feet of office space available.
Vision Hospitality Group is constructing the Element Hotel by Westin and the restaurant space below.
Heather Tuskowski, operations director at Winter Construction, said her team oversaw construction of the parking garage and office building, which is almost wrapped up.
S9 Architecture, known for Atlanta’s Ponce City Market, designed the redeveloped, former Gold Kist headquarters.
When RocaPoint Partners and The Georgetown Company purchased the 13 acres surrounding the 1970s office complex in 2020, the site had been vacant for nearly a decade.
Following completion of a new parking garage abutting I-285, the developers popped off the roof and got to work.
Architects kept the footprint of the building but added two additional floors with a timber overbuild, Tuskowski said, creating a unique architectural draw for prospective tenants.
She said the timber is lighter but takes longer to arrive on-site with high demand across the country.
A look at the state-of-the-art fitness center on the fourth floor of the Palladium Building at Campus 244 in Dunwoody.
A state-of-the art fitness center, outdoor spaces and on-site restaurants create the atmosphere that draws white-collar workers back to the office.
Danielle Handy, government relations and development manager at RocaPoint Partners, led a tour of the redeveloped office building April 26 along with Tuskowski.
With wide stairwells and room for two more elevators, the Palladium Building underwent some significant changes during redevelopment. While maintaining some characteristics of the former Gold Kist headquarters, like wood paneling and 90,000-square-foot floor plates, architects focused on more access to open-air spaces.
“It was an older concrete structure that had less access to lighting and open air, we really opened it up significantly,” Handy said. “There’s way more access to fresh air and sunlight on terraces and balconies.”
So far, Insight Global and Transportation Insights have leased the first four floors, with 64,085 square feet of rentable office space available on the fifth floor.
Handy said a friend who works in Perimeter takes MARTA to the office from Buckhead.
She said she thinks the proximity of transit to Campus 244 attracts tenants like Insight Global, a staffing agency, and Transportation Insight, a logistics company.
Edge City 2.0, a joint effort between the City of Dunwoody and the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts, created a community-supported roadmap for development in Perimeter.
“Interconnectivity is one of the things that I was picking up on with that plan,” Handy said, pointing to a trail connection in the wood line. “We have done our part to participate in that.”
A rendering shows a completed Campus 244 looking north from I-285. Developers from The Georgetown Company and RocaPoint are nearing completion of the first phase of the multi-use development, including a hotel, redeveloped office building, parking garage and restaurant space.
The location between Hammond Drive and I-285 is a 3-minute walk to MARTA rail and a 5-minute walk to Perimeter Mall.
Handy said the goal is to have multi-family residential units built as a part of the second phase.
Developers of Campus 244 have announced Skidmore, Owings & Merrill will construct a six-story, 300,000-square-foot office building — The Stacks — to the east of the Palladium Building.
“We are looking at office at the moment, Class-AA space,” Handy said. “That’s the objective, but we will keep our options open, if that doesn’t work out, multi-family is an option there.”
She also mentioned Campus 244’s live, work and play design, which looks to keep housing, offices, shopping, recreation and amenities within one neighborhood or area.
RocaPoint and The Georgetown Company reference their development in Forsyth County’s Halcyon as an example of mixed-used development that increased connectivity and economic growth.
“Our dwell time at Halcyon is three hours,” Handy said. “People are not just going there to grab a bite to eat and leave, they want to sit on the green for a while and walk around.”
She said that’s what developers are trying to achieve at Campus 244.
The location promises even more visitors than Halcyon, with its proximity to I-285, Ga. 400, MARTA rail and Perimeter Mall.
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