Third Time's the Charm? BeltLine's Murphy Crossing Reboot

Murphy Crossing Is Back on the Table in Oakland City

After multiple failed attempts, Murphy Crossing is back with a new vision, and this time the Atlanta BeltLine is aiming big.

The updated plan for the 20-acre site along the Westside Trail in Oakland City includes a mix of housing, retail, office space, light industrial uses, and adaptive reuse spread across five phases. It is one of the more ambitious redevelopment efforts currently tied to the BeltLine in Southwest Atlanta.

What makes this proposal stand out is its use of I-Mix zoning, which is designed to allow industrial, commercial, and residential uses to exist together on the same site. That opens the door for a more layered project than the average mixed-use development, with space for not only housing and storefronts, but also smaller production and business uses that could better reflect the area’s history and working character.

The latest concept also preserves several existing structures and introduces a design strategy that transitions from larger buildings near transit to a lower-scale edge closer to surrounding neighborhoods.

Still, the biggest question is not the site plan.

It is whether this version actually gets built.

Murphy Crossing has already gone through multiple redevelopment efforts that ultimately fell apart, leaving many nearby residents understandably cautious about what comes next. So while the project has scale and potential, community trust and long-term follow-through will likely shape how this one is received just as much as the design itself.

For Oakland City and the surrounding Southwest Atlanta neighborhoods, Murphy Crossing remains one of the most important BeltLine sites to watch.

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