Once a hot spot for crime in the Reynoldstown neighborhood, the Atlanta Motel at 277 Moreland Ave. now has a new life as a colorful affordable housing complex.
The 1960s property that sits right off I-20 has been revamped as a 56-unit home for the city’s most vulnerable residents, and it will be fully equipped with laundry facilities, a lounge, free internet and wraparound social services.
Stan Sugarman, co-founder of developer Styrant Construction, called the reimagined motel “a great success.”…