Weatherford Place

Weatherford Place in Roswell, GA is named after Louis Weatherford, who originally owned the property.  Mr. Weatherford was a gardner and farmer who used to recycle the seeds from the vegetables, flowers, and fruit he grew.  Following in this tradition the homes that will be built on the land will recycle as well.  The eight houses on the 1.6 acres of land bordering Crossville Creek will be net-zero energy homes.  Homes will have a price tag of around $750,000 each and have 2,500 to 3,900 square feet.

Weatherford Place is the creation of Cadmus Construction a company that is a one stop shop of architectural design, landscape, construction and development.  Three business partners make up Cadmus Construction, they are; Simone du Boise, Dan Downey, and Denise Donahue.

Each home in Weatherford Place will generate more power than it needs, thus being able to be called, net-zero energy homes. 

They will produce PV electricity which is sold to Georgia Power at 18 cents/kw hour and bought back off peak at 8 cents/kw hour.  The homes will use two thirds less energy than a typical house.

They will feature a rain harvesting 1,880 gallon cistern placed underground to catch rainwater for irrigation.  Municipal water will be used for consumption.

Lifetime Warranties on both electric and solar hot water tanks, high efficiency custom windows and doors with aluminum cladding exteriors and rich hardwood interior finishes include Zo-e-shieldT glass, the world’s best energy glass (reflects winter solar heat back into room, rejects summer sun’s heat and reduces window heat gain by 73%). 

The entire community is designed to a platinum LEED level which makes it the first platinum LEED level community in the United States.

Weatherford Place Homes for Sale

No New Redevelopment Plans to Take Place of Roswell East

The Charlie Brown Roswell East development came to a halt triggered by opponents to the plan who were concerned that its 19 high-rise towers, some as high as 27 stories, would change the city’s “small town charm” with the modernity of the plan. Many people, including opponents of the plan felt that a new project would be proposed or perhaps a more scaled-down version of Roswell East would come to fruition, however nothing has emerged to take its place.

Many business owners and Roswell residents are concerned about the city’s commitment to economic growth. Neighboring Alpharetta’s mixed-use Prospect Park is proceeding smoothly. The city of Alpharetta isn’t using the economic slowdown as a reason not to build and instead is doing just the opposite. The city is using the slowdown to prepare for the next surge, quickly making a name for itself as the most improved in North Fulton County.

One business owner in particular, Geoff Kokosza, managing partner of VIII Fifty restaurant and lounge in Holcomb Woods Village shopping center is concerned about the city’s commitment towards redevelopment. “One of the reasons we came over here was that we thought the city was serious about redevelopment,” Kokoszka said. “We wanted to get in early.” Kokosza is just one of the many business owners that are affected and concerned about the lack of redevelopment in Roswell.

As a homeowner living in a subdivision of Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell I too am concerned. No redevelopment plans could result in a decline in Roswell’s housing market fueled by more desirable neighboring communities of Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Milton.

Roswell Mayor Jere Wood mentions East Village, the 500,000 square foot commercial development off of Holcomb Bridge Road that will be anchored by a Super Target store. However, beyond that, nothing is happening. Wood stated that there is currently no communication between the city and Roswel East developer Charlie Brown.

To those that blame the economy as the reason for the lack of proposed developments in Roswell, I’d love to have an explanation why that doesn’t seem to affect the city of Alpharetta.

Alpharetta’s Prospect Park leaves Roswell in the Dust

Roswell’s planned 27-story towers of Roswell East out, enter Prospect Park.

Alpharetta’s Prospect Park is an 86-acre development by Thomas Enterprises is now being built at the northwest intersection of Ga. 400 and Old Milton Parkway. The development will be a high-end complex featuring upscale stores, dining, entertainment, luxury botique hotel, private residences and professional office space.

The Stanbury hotel will feature 143 rooms which will be interconnected Georgian-style Old South manors. There will also be 82 hotel-affiliated condominiums for sale (in Phase I) that will provide many of the same services and amenities of the hotel. These residences will provide “resort-style” living and can be purchased at a starting price of $1.5 million.