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Professor Michael Dobbins, once the city’s commissioner of planning and community development, has called Northside a very important corridor that has been “treated like an orphan.” Now, Westplan Investors is seeking a permit from the city of Atlanta to begin initial site work on a new apartment complex at 1390 Northside Drive. The property is bordered by one of the Waterworks reservoirs. Westplan would call the project Aspire Waterworks, according to the city of Atlanta. It could include as many as 160 units, say commercial real estate executives familiar with the project. For years, the West Side neighborhoods have seen an infusion of new housing, restaurants and shops led by developers such as Jamestown, among others. But areas along Northside still have many commercial properties in various states of decline.
