A half-acre of cleared land in the middle of an Old Fourth Ward block came to market this month at $2 million, carrying city-approved plans for eight new homes on a site that has none today. The property sits between the Beltline's Eastside Trail and Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, on some of the most walkable ground east of downtown.
The land is assembled from three parcels — 0 Irwin St., 0 Hogue St. and 100 Hogue St. — and is listed by Keller Knapp Realty. Plans approved by the city in 2022 call for five townhomes and three duplexes arranged in the block's interior and reached by a new internal street rather than from the existing curb lines.
Per the site plans, the five townhomes would front Irwin Street immediately east of the Circle K convenience store at Boulevard. One section of the property was previously occupied by Boyd Variety Store, a small corner shop that has been vacant for a couple of years. The redevelopment is tied to the broader Homes on Hogue project, which has already delivered standalone residences next door.
The block is not developing in isolation. Henderson Place, a mixed-use project, is under way along Irwin Street just to the north, and the listing leans on that momentum, marketing the parcels as an "incredible opportunity" for developers and homebuilders in what it calls a high-growth corridor with strong demand for new construction on nearby blocks.
For anyone weighing what eight more front doors mean here, the location metrics are about as strong as they get inside the city: a Walk Score of 91 out of 100, a Bike Score of 85, and a Transit Score of 78 — the last rated "excellent transit" for this part of Atlanta. The sales pitch argues that "few sites offer this level of readiness and location strength." Approvals in hand are not the same as shovels in the ground, and the parcels still need a buyer willing to build what the plans describe.
Original reporting: Urbanize Atlanta (2026-08-17)
