The city of Atlanta unveiled its first modular multifamily housing development for people experiencing homelessness Wednesday, with studio units and wraparound services.
The units were built in Clio, South Carolina, and shipped more than 300 miles to city-owned property near Waterworks Reservoir Number Two in Berkeley Park, according to developer Darion Dunn, managing partner at Atlantica Properties , which also developed downtown’s The Melody shipping container project last year.
The first-of-its-kind development, Waterworks Village, has a utilitarian design and overlooks the nearby reservoir. And the modular technology could reshape how the city produces housing for vulnerable residents in the future, Dunn said…