About This Home:
This is a lovely 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, top-floor condo for sale in the historic Massellton building in Atlanta's popular Midtown neighborhood. Its top floor location means this unit is sunny and quiet. It has a great floorplan, with a large living room; separate dining room; and 2 private balconies. The kitchen and both bathrooms have been renovated and the 2 bedrooms are both large and have generous closet space (the front bedroom has a private door to the front balcony as well). This unit also comes with 2 deeded parking spaces in the gated lot behind the building. There's common storage space in the basement as well.
The Massellton is located on Ponce De Leon between Myrtle Street and Piedmont Avenue. From here, you are just blocks from Midtown landmarks including The Fox Theatre, Mary Mac's Tea Room, and Krispy Kreme. Midtown is an extremely popular historic neighborhood located north of Downtown Atlanta's central business district. Midtown residents benefit from the wide array of restaurants, clubs, and arts venues in the area.
This area is convenient to Piedmont Park -- one of the city's largest parks and home to major festivals and events throughout the year. There are many nearby shopping districts. The Midtown Promenade shopping center is a few blocks away and features some excellent eateries and pubs, a Trader Joe's grocery store, and the Midtown Art Cinema. There are additional shops and restaurants at the intersection of 10th and Piedmont as well as along Peachtree Street (the Midtown Mile). The area is also convenient to the main Virginia-Highland business district as well as Atlantic Station (located across I-75/85 at 17th Street), a major multi-use development that features residential, entertainment and retail components as well as hotel and office space. Businesses at Atlantic Station include (among many others): a 16-screen movie theatre with stadium seats; Dillards; Banana Republic; Old Navy; Gap; Victoria's Secret; DSW; IKEA; Pier One; Bath & Body Works; and a wide variety of restaurants and cafes. There's also a Publix supermarket, a Target, and a huge LA Fitness. If you want to go further afield, the Midtown and North Avenue MARTA rail stations provide exceptionally convenient transportation to Downtown, Buckhead, and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, among other destinations within the city. This location is less than a mile from I-75/85 from which you can easily access GA 400, I-20, or I-285.
Midtown is a lively and energetic community. It is a historic neighborhood located just north of Downtown Atlanta's central business district. The area features fine turn of the century homes in a variety of styles as well as a large number of smaller bungalows from the 1920s. Midtown residents benefit from the wide array of restaurants, clubs, and arts venues in the area. The neighborhood is politically active and boasts strong and effective neighborhood, business, and parents associations. The Midtown Alliance spends millions of dollars to provide additional community services and to improve infrastructure. Two of the organization's initiatives are Midtown Blue (a full-time, private police force staffed by off-duty police officers) and Midtown Green (an environmental maintenance crew that scours the area to eliminate debris and visual clutter).
This location also offers exceptionally easy access to I-75/85, and from there to GA 400, I-20, or I-285. The area is convenient to Georgia Tech and Emory University. To go further afield, you can take a train from the nearby MARTA rail station to Downtown, Buckhead, or the airport.
