SEARCH DANGEROUS DWELLINGS
Serious crimes, lax maintenance or other hazards make these among the most persistently dangerous apartment complexes in the Atlanta metro area in recent years. The designation is based on public data for addresses associated with each complex and takes into account the number of units in a complex. Read our methodology ยป
Reasons 
Reasons
Crime
Total crimes or violent crimes compared with number of units
Fire
Repeated fires, fire injuries or fire safety violations
Condition
Code complaints, inspection findings, HUD scores, DCA reports, AJC visits
Hazards
Serious threats such as gas leaks, severe structural defects
Complex / Address | Reason | Jurisdiction | Units | Year Built | Findings |
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1177 Joseph E. Boone Blvd. Apartments 1177 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 30 | 1957 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 30 Year Built: 1957 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 28 crimes at this address. They include a Jan.18, 2021, murder-suicide, 14 aggravated assaults including a January 2022 shooting and four robberies. Records list 14 code complaints for issues including bedbugs, lack of heat, leaks and interior flooding. In 2018, stairs were found unsafe and falling apart.
Owner/agent of record: Atlanta QOZ Fund LLC, 1590 Joseph E. Boone Blvd, Ste. C, Atlanta, GA 30318 | |||||
12th and James Luxury Apartments 1212 and 1241 James Jackson Parkway NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 214 | 2002 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 214 Year Built: 2002 Findings: From January 2017-July 8, 2023, police reported 98 crimes at the 1212 address. They include one homicide in July 2018, eight aggravated assaults, two robberies and two rapes. Also of note:18 reported motor vehicle thefts since January 2022. Nine code complaints were reported for issues including overgrowth and leaks.
Owner/agent of record: Deancurt Atlanta LLC, 380 Union St., Ste. 300, West Springfield MA 01089 | |||||
300 Riverside Apartments, formerly Concepts 21 Six Flags 300 Riverside Parkway; addresses on Concept 21 Circle; and 300 and 370 Six Flags Drive, Austell | | Cobb County | 220 | 1987 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 220 Year Built: 1987 Findings: From 2017-July 2023, police reported 40 crimes at 300 Riverside. They include three aggravated assaults and one arson. At 300 Six Flags, one crime, an aggravated assault, is listed. At addresses on Concepts 21 Circle, police reported 105 crimes, including an Oct. 20, 2020, murder at 817 Concepts 21 Circle; seven aggravated assaults and an aggravated assault/cruelty to a child; another cruelty to a child case-battery; and five robberies. In March 2019, three people were injured in a shooting in the parking lot of the complex at 400 Concepts 21 Circle. There were eight code complaints from 2020-July 2022, with the latest noted as pending court. Tenants had complained about a lack of code enforcement, citing problems with roaches, rats and overflowing trash. BBB has rated the complex as an F. The complex had fires in December 2022 and July 2023.
Owner/agent of record: RMG 300 Riverside LLC, 1525 Kautz Road, Ste. 100, West Chicago, IL 60185 | |||||
3112 Brookhaven, formerly Brookstone Crossing 2010 Curtis Drive; 3112 and 3132 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 199 | 1965 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 199 Year Built: 1965 Findings: At the 3132 Buford Highway address, on Jan. 22, 2023, a 44-year-old man was killed and three men wounded in a shooting, and on Feb. 12, 2022, a person was fatally shot. From 2017-July 9, 2023, police reported 49 crimes at these addresses. They include at the Curtis Drive address a February 2020 kidnapping of a minor, six aggravated assaults and three robberies. At the Buford Drive addresses they include four aggravated assaults and two rapes. In 2017, the city fined the property manager $10,000 for code violations at this property and a sister complex, Brookstone Gardens, now Sierra Gardens, citing conditions termed "immoral." When the city began a sweeps inspection program in 2018, this complex was among the first swept, with numerous violations cited. They included stagnant water, broken receptable outlets and emergency light issues. An August 2021 exterior inspection found improperly connected AC units, broken windows, sagging and clogged gutters, trash and inoperable stairway lights. Other records show eight code complaints from June 2018 to 2022 concerning issues that include insect infestation, sewage leaks and AC problems.
Owner/agent of record: Brookstone Crossing 2017 LLC, c/o Sabra Property Management, 3300 Buckeye Road, Ste. 777, Atlanta, GA 30341 | |||||
32Hundred Lenox 3200 Lenox Road NE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 447 | 1965 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 447 Year Built: 1965 Findings: On Feb. 3, 2023, a 31-year-old father and his 12-year-old son were shot at the complex, while another person was wounded, police said. Police reported 119 crimes at this address from 2017-June 30, 2023. They include 10 aggravated assaults, seven robberies, one rape and two child molestations. Atlanta lists 53 code complaints at this address from 2017-2022. Among them were repeated complaints about rats, bedbugs and roaches, water leaks and a ceiling collapsing, and lack of heat and hot water. There was also a complaint about an elevator not working for a week. Two complaints in January 2022 alleged that a gas leak affecting an entire building led to the gas being shut off. Code enforcement marked both of those complaints as unable to gain entry. The complex was on the city of Atlanta's January 2023 list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: WAH11 32HUNDRED Lenox LLC, 212 N. Naches Ave., Floor 2nd, Yakima, WA 98901 | |||||
33Ninety, formerly The Life at Marketplace 3390 Fairburn Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 330 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 330 Year Built: 1974 Findings: From 2017-June 19, 2023, police reported 118 crimes at this address, including a March 29, 2019, homicide and another homicide listed in police reports as Dec. 3, 2020 but shown in news reports as Dec. 1, 2020. Also included were 19 aggravated assaults, four robberies, a fondling, a rape and a sodomy. Code enforcement data show 39 complaints from January 2017 to July 2023 involving issues with leaks, lack of heat, exposed wires, electrical outages and strong sewer odor.
Owner/agent of record: 3390 Fairburn LLC, C T Corporation System, 289 S Culver St. Lawrenceville, GA 30046 | |||||
4100 Glenwood, formerly Decatur Gardens, Peachcrest Gardens 4088, 4100, 4102, 4112 and 4114 Glenwood Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 148 | 1963 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 148 Year Built: 1963 Findings: From 2017-July 2023, there were two homicides at these addresses: a fatal shooting at 4102 Glenwood, on Dec. 5, 2020, and another at 4088 Glenwood on June 4, 2017 during a shootout between two groups. There was also a shooting in August 2020 that wounded a 14-year-old at 4114 Glenwood. In addition, county records list 34 other crimes at these addresses. Among them were five aggravated assaults, seven robberies and two arsons. In October 2020, two fires damaged a dozen units. DeKalb records of inspections show the complex had 204 code citations in 2017, 70 in 2018 and 204 in 2019. They also show the complex was swept again in early 2021, resulting in additional citations.
Owner/agent of record: NETZ Decatur Gardens LLC, 4488 N. Shallowford Road, Ste. 201, Atlanta, GA 30338 | |||||
412 James P. Brawley Apts 412 James P. Brawley Drive NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 6 | 1962 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 6 Year Built: 1962 Findings: Police reported 18 crimes at this tiny complex from 2017-May 2023. Eleven were aggravated assaults and two were robberies. In 2015, federal prosecutors sought to seize the property, saying that drugs were being sold out of a window at the complex. The government later agreed to drop the forfeiture claim in return for the owner's meeting terms intended to stop the drug trade. This derelict-looking complex had boarded-up windows at the time of a February 2022 fire. Atlanta lists five code complaints, including leaks, junk and mold. A December 2018 report by Westside Future Fund rated the complex as being in very poor condition.
Owner/agent of record: Bettie Rose Properties LLC, 860 Johnson Ferry Road, Ste. 140-175, Atlanta, GA 30342 | |||||
609 Allen Drive, Allen Drive Apartments 609 Allen Drive, Riverdale | | Riverdale | 22 | 1957 | |
Jurisdiction: Riverdale Units: 22 Year Built: 1957 Findings: This small complex was among those with the most code violations reported in Riverdale, including roach infestations, plumbing backups, unsafe exterior steps, busted windows, rusting landings and broken sidewalks. Riverdale police list one crime at this complex in 2022, a burglary.
Owner/agent of record: 609 Allen Drive LLC, 564 Rustic Hills Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065 | |||||
Adams House Apartments and 1890 Adams House 2280 Campbellton Road SW, 1890 Myrtle Dr., 1895 Plaza Lane SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 328 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 328 Year Built: 1969 Findings: On Feb. 1, 2023, a man was found shot to death at Adams House apartments. On Dec. 25, 2022, two people were wounded in a shooting at the complex, and on Oct. 4, 2022, a woman was shot. Police reported 128 crimes at these three addresses from 2017 through July 2023. Among the 51 crimes at 2280 Campbellton were 15 aggravated assaults and four robberies. At 1890 Myrtle, there were 57 crimes, including 20 aggravated assaults, three robberies, one rape and two child molestations. At 1895 Plaza were 20 crimes, including five aggravated assaults. Atlanta shows 20 code complaints at the 2280 Campbellton address; the most recent, from August 2022, include inoperable or missing smoke alarms, an expired fire extinguisher and inoperable AC. At the Myrtle Drive address, Atlanta lists 27 code complaints; among the most recent were pests, lack of hot water and raw sewage. Atlanta lists 18 code complaints at the 1895 Plaza address; among the most recent were inoperable AC, lack of hot water and trash and debris. A July 2022 fire at the complex which damaged four units was ruled to be arson. Fire crews initially had to bring in tank water to fight the blaze because of the 800-foot distance to a fire hydrant.
Owner/agent of record: ATL 1890 Holdings LLC et al, C T Corporation System, 289 S Culver St., Lawrenceville, GA 30046 | |||||
Adar at Golden Gate, formerly Terra Creek 4900 Central Drive, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 192 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 192 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From 2017-June 2023, police reported 114 crimes at this address, including three homicides: in June 2018; May 2020; and July 2020. There were also 12 aggravated assaults, eight robberies, two rapes, a forcible fondling and forcible sodomy. From March 2017 to December 2021, there were 83 code enforcement complaints. While the cause is not listed for most, some concerned a lack of heat or air conditioning, and others concerned interior and exterior structural problems. According to county data on apartment inspections, in 2018 the complex received 123 code citations, and 385 in 2019. It also received three health code violations and was fined $69,000. In 2020, it had 22 citations, though information on fines was not provided. A fire in March 2016 forced firefighters to rescue some trapped tenants. Two children were treated for smoke inhalation. A fire Oct. 31, 2023 at the complex displaced four families.The property manager told the AJC in a 2022 email that the complex has had a complete upgrade, inside and out, in recent years. It is also gated and added a security service, according to the statement from Sharon Cohen of Golden Gate Property Management.
Owner/agent of record: Adar at Golden Gate LLC, Registered Agent Melvin L Hewitt, 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 600 Embassy Row, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30328 | |||||
Alexander at Stonecrest 100 Leslie Oaks Drive, Lithonia | | DeKalb County | 262 | 2003 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 262 Year Built: 2003 Findings: From 2017-July 2023, police reported 163 crimes at this address, including an October 2022 murder, six aggravated assaults, four robberies and two rapes. Also of note: 41 reported motor vehicle thefts in a recent18-month period. The county lists 14 code complaints from January 2018 through January 2022..
Owner/agent of record: Lithonia Acquisition I LLC, 2905 Northwest Boulevard, Ste. 150, Plymouth, MN 55441 | |||||
Alexander at the District 1750 Commerce Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 280 | 2008 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 280 Year Built: 2008 Findings: From January 2017-July 2023, police reported 96 crimes at this address, including a homicide in January 2022, five aggravated assaults and one rape. There were nine code complaints in 2021 and 2022, including reports of unsanitary conditions, homeless people burning trash in a building, and excessive insect problems. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. In an email to the AJC in 2022, Dave Albertson, a vice president at Silverpoint Management, said that safety and well-being of residents and staff are a top priority. Since taking over the property in late 2021, owners have made "dramatic security improvements," he wrote in part. Owners have invested more than $1.2 million in property improvements, including parking garage security, clubhouse upgrades, exterior building upgrades, staff training and other measures, he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: LHNH Alexander LLC, 2105 W. County Lines Road, Suite 3, Jackson, NJ 08527 | |||||
Amani Place, formerly Edgewood Court 1572 Hardee Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 200 | 1950; 2017 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 200 Year Built: 1950; 2017 Findings: From 2017-July 2023, police listed 85 crimes at this address, including homicides in March 2017 and in October and November 2020; 28 aggravated assaults; a rape, a sodomy and a child molestation; and two robberies. Among the aggravated assaults, two people were shot on July 4, 2020. In addition, in October 2022 a child was shot and the child's father arrested, charged with reckless conduct. Records show 14 code enforcement complaints from 2017 to September 2022; issues included mold, leaks, rats, sewage on property and dilapidated buildings. A fire on June 21, 2018, affected six units. The 70-year-old complex won an award in 2020 for preservation and redevelopment. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems, but a January 2023 update dropped the complex from that list. In a written statement, Columbia Residential, which manages the property, said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties.
Owner/agent of record: RAHF IV Edgewood Court LLC, 551 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY, 10176 | |||||
Amber Grove at Olley Creek, formerly Crescent Square 2050 Austell Road, Marietta | | Cobb County | 360 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 360 Year Built: 1973 Findings: From 2017-July 2023, police reported 289 crimes at this address. They included a homicide in July 2017 during a robbery, 18 aggravated assaults, three robberies, a child molestation, the rape of a minor and an arson. The family of the victim of the 2017 homicide filed suit in February 2022, alleging inadequate security. Eight code complaints are listed in county records.
Owner/agent of record: Crescent Square Apartments LLC, 882 A1A N Suite 310, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 | |||||
Apex West Midtown 1133 Huff Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 340 | 2009 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 340 Year Built: 2009 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 236 crimes at this address, including homicides on Jan. 28, 2022, and on July 14, 2022; eight aggravated assaults, two rapes and one robbery. Among the assaults, in August 2022 a woman was shot and wounded inside her apartment. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems, but in January 2023 the city removed the complex from its list.
Owner/agent of record: VP Apex Holdings Limited Partnership, 1725 16th Ave., Ste. 201, Richmond Hill on LAB4C6 Canada | |||||
Appletree Townhomes 2328 Campbellton Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 210 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 210 Year Built: 1969 Findings: From March 2017-July 2023, police reported 94 crimes at this address, including a February 2022 homicide, 31 aggravated assaults, six robberies, two child molestations and two rapes. Code enforcement lists 86 complaints from 2017-August 2023, including lack of heat, cabinets coming away from the wall, leaks, exposed wiring, electrical issues, windows nailed down, sewage backups, flooding, mold and roaches. In July, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. In an email to the AJC in 2022, the owner said that it planned to bring to the complex the same "tremendous impact and success" it has had with its other properties. The statement was not attributed.
Owner/agent of record: DMS Appletree LLC, 2233 Nostrand Ave., 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11210 | |||||
Arbor Gardens 5503 Riverdale Road, College Park | | Clayton County | 102 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 102 Year Built: 1973 Findings: In July 2022, a great-grandmother was found tied up and fatally shot. A second victim escaped. Clayton police also reported homicides at this complex in March 2020 and November 2019. Clayton did not have data available on other crimes prior to 2022 because of computer issues, but records show 20 non-traffic calls to 911 from this address over the period of 2017-2021. Preliminary police data show 16 crimes at this address from 2022-November 2023, including two aggravated assaults and a robbery. The county had six code cases involving the complex in the past five years. The complex was sold in January 2021.
Owner/agent of record: Arbor Gardens GA LLC, 100 Morrow Road, Office C1, Forest Park, GA 30297 | |||||
Arrowhead Townhomes by ICER, formerly Ashlar Townhomes 330 Arrowhead Boulevard, Jonesboro | | Clayton County | 410 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 410 Year Built: 1970 Findings: In February 2022, a 33-year-old woman was fatally shot at the complex. Clayton could not provide data on other crimes prior to 2022 because of computer issues. But from 2017 to mid-2021, Clayton lists more than 60 calls to 911 from this address about potential crimes, including a rape, a person shot in 2018 and 20 theft reports. From January 2022 to November 2023, preliminary data from Clayton police show 37 crimes at this address, including the 2022 murder, 14 aggravated assaults, three armed robberies and an aggravated stalking. Clayton data show 96 code complaints from January 2017 to January 2022, including infestations, plumbing problems, abandoned or vacant building, and a structure unfit for human occupancy.
Owner/agent of record: HB Tandem 15 LLC & Etal, 199 Lee Ave., Ste. 676, Brooklyn, NY 11211 | |||||
Ascent at Riverdale, formerly Noble Oaks and Twelve Oaks 634 Roy Huie Road, Riverdale | | Riverdale | 180 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Riverdale Units: 180 Year Built: 1972 Findings: The crimes listed by Riverdale police are assaults with firearms in 2017 and 2019 and a robbery in 2020. From 2017-2021, this complex was cited by code enforcement for numerous violations, and in August 2019 an inspector wrote that a tenant had to be moved within 24 hours because a unit was uninhabitable. Other code violations included electrical outlets and AC units that didn't work; unsecure staircases; loose handrails; bed bugs; rodent infestation; and dilapidated cabinets. The complex was to be in code court in 2018, but at a March work session of the mayor and council, the city attorney noted that the complex had been sold. In 2022, the owner said in an email to the AJC that since its purchase of the property in July 2019, it has invested a "significant amount" of money on improvements and had cleared all code violations. The name of the person who provided the statement was not disclosed. A January 2023 news release said the complex had been sold to a joint venture partnership between Kesh Capital and VMR Equity Group.
Owner/agent of record: CCP Ascent LLC, 402 Sam Snead Drive, Mebane, NC 27302 | |||||
Ashgrove Apartments 481 & 480 Hambrick Road, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 92 | 1984 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 92 Year Built: 1984 Findings: From 2017-June 2023, police reported 58 crimes at these addresses. Twenty-nine of the crimes were at 481 Hambrick, including three aggravated assaults, three robberies, two rapes and a forcible fondling. At 480 Hambrick, police also reported 29 crimes. They include a July 23, 2017, homicide, three aggravated assaults and four robberies.
Owner/agent of record: Ashgrove Investments, LLC, Registered Agent Todd Robinson, 191 Peachtree St NE, Suite 2510, Atlanta, GA 30303 | |||||
Ashley Cascade, formerly Ashley Courts 1381 and 1371 Kimberly Way, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 385 | 2000 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 385 Year Built: 2000 Findings: In a July 2022 triple shooting, a woman was found wounded at the complex, and at a nearby location police found one person dead and another wounded. In May 2022, a man who was shot multiple times at the complex died of his injuries. From 2017 through July 2023 at these two addresses, police reported 248 crimes. They include three homicides; 44 aggravated assaults; six robberies; a child molestation and four rapes. Records show 56 code complaints, including roaches, leaks, electrical wiring issues, mold, sewage, broken toilets, bedbugs, dead animals in sitting water on the ground. The HUD inspection score on Sept. 29, 2021 was 42c, a failing score. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Atlanta Housing Authority, 230 John Wesley Dobbs Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30303-2429 | |||||
Ashley West End 717 Lee Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 112 | 2001 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 112 Year Built: 2001 Findings: From 2017 through May 2023, police reported 77 crimes at this address, including 12 aggravated assaults, nine robberies and one rape. Among the crimes, a 13-year-old boy was shot while walking at the complex in March 2022. Its HUD inspection score was 70c* in April 2022.
Owner/agent of record: West End Phase III Redevelopment Partnership LP, 191 Peachtree St. NE #410, Atlanta, GA 30303 | |||||
Ashton Creek 239 New Hope Road, Lawrenceville | | Lawrenceville | 140 | 2001 | |
Jurisdiction: Lawrenceville Units: 140 Year Built: 2001 Findings: Police reported 62 crimes at this address from 2017 through February 2023. They include a June 2019 homicide where another person was wounded; three assaults; persons stabbed in February 2018, February 2020 and July 2022; persons shot in May 2020 and March 2022; two rapes and two robberies.
Owner/agent of record: Lawrenceville Leased Housing Associates, 2905 Northwest Blvd Ste. 150, Plymouth, MN 55441-2644 | |||||
Aspen Court, formerly Chastain Manor 1631 and 1700 Stanton Road SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 157 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 157 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 66 crimes at the 1631 address, including homicides in August 2018 and January 2022; as well as 23 aggravated assaults; seven robberies; and two rapes. At the 1700 address, there were 58 crimes, including a Feb. 4, 2020, homicide; 20 aggravated assaults; three robberies; and two rapes. Twenty-nine code complaints were reported between June 2017 and .March 2023 Among them were complaints of a burned apartment building, leaks, rats and roaches and raw sewage. An Oct. 20, 2022 fire displaced six families. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. In an email to the AJC in 2022, William Crawford, regional manager for Meridian Management Group, said that the complex has been under new ownership and management for just over a year. "Since our acquisition of the property, the number of incidents that have occurred is a fraction of what has been reported in the past," he wrote. That is a result, he wrote, of new security measures, including cameras and a courtesy officer who lives on site and provides daily and nightly property checks.
Owner/agent of record: Stanton Zeeba LLC, 2 April Ave., Huntington Station, NY 11746 | |||||
Aspen Woods, formerly The Pavilion Apartments and Flat Shoals Road Apartments 3379 Flat Shoals Road, DeKalb County | | DeKalb County | 218 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 218 Year Built: 1973 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 121 crimes at this address, including homicides in March 2022 and in October 2019, 32 aggravated assaults, six robberies and four rapes. In 2022, DeKalb records showed 46 code complaints. The complex had fires in September 2015 and November 2018. The 2018 fire damaged eight units.
Owner/agent of record: Aspen Equity Holdings LLC, 211 Boulevard of the Americas, Ste. 204, Lakewood, NJ 08701 | |||||
Auburn Glenn 49 Boulevard SE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 271 | 2004 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 271 Year Built: 2004 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 168 crimes at this address, including an April 2022 murder, five aggravated assaults, four robberies, an arson, two rapes and a sodomy. Seven code complaints were reported from May 2018 to July 2023, involving mold or leaks
Owner/agent of record: Auburn Glenn LP, c/o The Stallings Group, 3424 Peachtree Road, Ste. 300, Atlanta, GA 30326 | |||||
Avalon Ridge 183 Mount Zion Road SE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 222 | 2008 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 222 Year Built: 2008 Findings: From 2017 through May 2023, police reported 101 crimes at this address, including a July 2022 murder of a 17-year-old, 14 aggravated assaults, nine robberies, a rape and a child molestation. Among the aggravated assaults, in September 2022 a man was shot seven times outside the complex but survived. There were four code complaints, the most recent in May 2022 regarding air-conditioning in one unit.
Owner/agent of record: Terraces III LP, 3424 Peachtree Road, Ste. 300, Atlanta, GA 30326 | |||||
Avana on Main, formerly Uptown Square Apartments 508 and 517 Main Street NE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 364 | 2007 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 364 Year Built: 2007 Findings: At 508 Main, police reported 43 crimes from 2017 through May 2023, all of them property crimes. At 517 Main, police reported 25 crimes, including a January 2020 incident where a man was shot and a SWAT team was called to get the suspect out and a May 2022 robbery. A massive fire in 2020 forced the evacuation of 150 people. A 2022 lawsuit by one resident injured in the fire alleges the complex failed to maintain smoke alarms, fire extinguishers and fire alarms. A 2021 lawsuit by multiple tenants alleged the complex failed to ensure working heating and air conditioning or to ensure the property was free of fire hazards. A 2022 lawsuit alleged complex failed to disclose that a unit was infested with bedbugs.
Owner/agent of record: Greystar, 1545 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 700, Atlanta, GA 30309 | |||||
Avery Townhomes, formerly The Life at Avery Park 2609, 2625, 2645 and 2659 Charlestown Drive, College Park | | College Park | 220 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: College Park Units: 220 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017-2023, police reported 85 crimes at these four addresses. They include four homicides, 14 aggravated assaults and five robberies.
Owner/agent of record: Avery Townhomes Owner, LLC, c/o FCP, 4445 Willard Ave., Ste. 900, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | |||||
Avondale Forest 3330 Mountain Drive; 25 and 294 Pine Tree Circle and other Pine Tree Circle addresses, DeKalb County | | DeKalb County | 373 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 373 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 12 crimes at the Mountain Drive address, including four aggravated assaults. At 25 and 294 Pine Tree Circle, three crimes were reported, including a rape. At other Pine Tree Circles addresses there were 91 crimes, including 15 aggravated assaults, a robbery and three rapes. In January 2018, a massive fire trapped people on a third-floor balcony, and people tossed children to safety before jumping. Firefighters also rescued a woman in a wheelchair. Another fire was reported in July 2018, displacing about 60 people. In 2022, the county listed eight code complaints at the Mountain Drive address; at all addresses on Pine Tree Circle, there were 42 code complaints. County records of inspections show that in 2017 there were 190 code citations at the complex. The complex was sold in early 2018, and tenants were sent notices that their leases would not be renewed, according to a county report. The property manager said the goal was to eliminate crime and bring the complex up to code.
Owner/agent of record: Avondale Georgia Apartments LLC, P.O. Box 2008, Mishawaka, IN 46546 | |||||
Avondale Reserve 260 Northern Avenue, Avondale Estates | | DeKalb County | 156 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 156 Year Built: 1969 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 29 crimes at this address, including a homicide in June 2020, six aggravated assaults and one robbery. DeKalb County lists five code complaints but causes are not listed. County apartment inspection data show that in 2017, the complex had 73 code citations and in 2019 it had 37.
Owner/agent of record: 2MDS Investments LLC, 129 S. 129 11th St., Nashville, TN 37206 | |||||
Avondale Village, formerly The Village at Kensington, Oak Tree Villas and Kensington Station 3465 Kensington Road; 3507, 3513, 3520, 3529, 3532 and 3542 Clubhouse Drive; 883 and 886 White Pine; and various Clubhouse Circle addresses, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 977 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 977 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 392 crimes at these addresses, including four homicides, 57 aggravated assaults, 28 robberies, 12 rapes and two arsons. The complex had fires in February 2017, June 2017, January 2018, May 2019, March 2022 and May 2022. One person died in the May 2022 fire. As of 2022, DeKalb showed 14 code complaints at the Kensington Road address. At the White Pine addresses were 43. At addresses in the 800 block of Gatehouse there were 30. County data show 191 code complaints at addresses on Clubhouse Circle. In 2017 inspections, the county listed 501 code citations at the complex, the most of any in unincorporated DeKalb. A county fire inspection report in August 2022 noted that there was not current annual fire hydrant inspection paperwork; that emergency lighting was not working at the leasing office; that the fire extinguisher in the kitchen of the leasing office was out of date; and that the property manager could not produce the smoke alarm log.
Owner/agent of record: Kensington Village Apartments LLC, 1200 Clinton Ave., Irvington, NJ 07111 | |||||
Avri Hills, formerly Mountain Oaks 4719 Central Drive, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 168 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 168 Year Built: 1972 Findings: On Dec. 28, 2022, a 12-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting at the complex. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 88 crimes at this address, including homicides in February 2023 and December 2021, 18 aggravated assaults, 12 robberies and a January 2022 arson. A fire in January 2023 displaced at least 29 people and heavily damaged one building. Fire damage was also reported in 2019. DeKalb County lists 39 code complaints between Feb. 16, 2017 and Feb. 4, 2022. Another county report of inspections shows that the complex received 67 code citations in 2017, 106 in 2018, and 96 in 2019, resulting in fines totaling $39,800. In 2021, the county shows it was inspected 17 times and cited 13 times, but information on fines was not provided.
Owner/agent of record: FB Mountain Oaks LLC, 4145 Powell Road, Powell, OH 43065 | |||||
Azalea Park at Sandy Springs 8805 Dunwoody Place and addresses on Cedar Run, Sandy Springs | | Sandy Springs | 447 | 1984 | |
Jurisdiction: Sandy Springs Units: 447 Year Built: 1984 Findings: This complex had fires in September 2017, March 2021 and June 2023. In the 2021 fire, firefighters reported being thwarted by a broken hydrant. In the 2017 fire, a mother had to throw her three children from a second-floor balcony to escape the flames. The June 2023 fire destroyed 24 apartments, and firefighters had to rescue some residents from their balconies Sandy Springs police reported 13 crimes at the Dunwoody Place address from 2017-2022, including two aggravated assaults and a robbery. Addresses from 1 to 28 Cedar Run had 112 additional crimes from 2017 through July 2023. They included six aggravated assaults, a 2017 arson and nine robberies, including a February 2023 home invasion. The complex had two rapes at Cedar Run address, in June 2023 and in 2021
Owner/agent of record: D W P D LLC, 2922 Hathaway Road, Richmond, VA 23225 | |||||
Barcelo at East Cobb Apartments, formerly Ten35 Gateway, View 75 and Marquis View 1035 Franklin Gateway, Marietta | | Marietta | 214 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta Units: 214 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 80 crimes at this address from 2017 through Aug. 5, 2023. They included 16 aggravated assaults, four robberies, two rapes and two child molestations. Marietta had listed 117 code complaints about this complex from 2017 to October 2021. They included 36 complaints marked as housing/residential; 23 described as "general nuisance"; and seven complaints of trash or obnoxious vegetation. The complex was sold in late 2020 after some renovations..
Owner/agent of record: Nighthawk Ten35 Holdings LLC, 500 Westover Drive, Number 18313, Sanford, NC 27330 | |||||
Bedford Park 2739, 2729 Shallowford Road. Building addresses are odd numbers from 2731 to 2795, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 272 | 1965 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 272 Year Built: 1965 Findings: Chamblee police reported 134 crimes at these addresses from 2017 through Aug. 2, 2023. They include a May 2021 homicide which police said was drug related. In addition to the murder were nine aggravated assaults, 10 robberies, a child molestation and four rapes. Also of note were dozens of auto thefts. A December 2020 code enforcement sweep noted multiple violations including problems with exterior lights, graffiti, trash and debris, electrical boxes, gutters and storm water maintenance system.
Owner/agent of record: Bedford Park SPE 2019 LLC, 3300 Buckeye Road, Ste. 777, Atlanta, GA 30341 | |||||
Bedford Pine 461 Boulevard NE; 447, 453, 463, 496 Blvd NE. Also in the complex are 504, 529, 537 and 543, but were vacant, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 157 | 1928 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 157 Year Built: 1928 Findings: From 2017 through July 2022 at these addresses, police reported 64 crimes, many of them crimes of violence. They included 23 aggravated assaults, eight robberies, three rapes and one child molestation. A March 2022 lawsuit by Ronald Taylor alleges inadequate security in an incident where he was shot while riding a bike on a street in front of the complex. City records show at least 25 code complaints, including complaints about roaches, rats, a collapsed wall and a ceiling caving in. The HUD inspection score was 74c in April 2022 for Bedford Pine III; the latest score was 75b in July 2023. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems, but in January 2023 the city removed the complex from its list. Management firm Wingate Companies told the AJC in 2022 that since 2015 it has employed private security and has installed 22 security cameras, which are integrated with the Atlanta police department's camera system. The company said vacant buildings couldn't be demolished because of city restrictions but the parcels will be part of a new building in the future.
Owner/agent of record: Gustavia Holdings LLC, 100 Wells Ave, Newton, MA 02459; Also First Bedford Pine Apts LTD, c/o Jay, 100 Wells Ave., Newton, MA 02459 | |||||
Belle Vista, formerly Ashley Vista 100 Camellia Lane, Stonecrest | | Stonecrest, DeKalb County | 312 | 2002 | |
Jurisdiction: Stonecrest, DeKalb County Units: 312 Year Built: 2002 Findings: DeKalb police reported 210 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include 10 aggravated assaults, two rapes, a sexual assault and four robberies. Also of note: 38 motor vehicle thefts over a recent 19-month period. County records list two code complaints, both in 2017. A representative from management company Dayrise Residential of Houston, Texas said in a 2022 written statement that it took over in August 2022 and no code enforcement violations have taken place since then. Officers who live in the complex patrol the area while off duty. and its $2.8 million in planned improvements include an upgrade of exterior lighting in addition to roof replacement, exterior painting and solar panels. The name of the person who provided the statement was not disclosed.
Owner/agent of record: Belle Vista Multifamily Ltd. Partnership, Registered Agent Solutions, Inc., 900 Old Roswell Lakes Pkwy, Suite 310, Roswell, GA 30076 | |||||
Bellingham Apartment Homes 1625 Roswell Road, Marietta | | Cobb County | 200 | 1999 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 200 Year Built: 1999 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 69 crimes at this address. They included three aggravated assaults, a robbery and a child molestation.
Owner/agent of record: Bellingham Gardens Lp, c/o Harborside Group International LLC, 999 Waterside Dr, Ste. 2300, Norfolk, VA 23510 | |||||
Belmont Crossing 1940 Atlanta Road, Smyrna | | Cobb County | 192 | 1963 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 192 Year Built: 1963 Findings: From 2017-2021, police reported 104 crimes at this address. They included seven aggravated assaults, two robberies, two cases of child molestation, the rape of a minor and cruelty to a child - aggravated assault/battery.
Owner/agent of record: Simfa Belmont Fee Simple LLC , Registered Agent Solutions Inc., 900 Old Roswell Lakes Pkwy, Ste. 310, Roswell, GA 30076 | |||||
Birch Run, formerly Highland Enclave 1203 and 1204 Brockett Road; Summerwood Drive from 1001 to 2110, Clarkston | | Clarkston | 198 | 1983 | |
Jurisdiction: Clarkston Units: 198 Year Built: 1983 Findings: Clarkston police reported two crimes at the Brockett addresses, both property offenses. At the Summerwood Drive addresses from 2017-2021, police reported 25 crimes, including a December 2019 murder, 10 aggravated assaults and three armed robberies, and from 2022 through October 2023, police listed 35 crimes, including five aggravated assaults, two robberies and one rape. A massive apartment fire in August 2016 resulted in the injury of two firefighters when an awning collapsed. At least 10 units were damaged, according to news reports. The complex was renovated in 2018.
Owner/agent of record: FP Birch Run LLC, 4145 Powell Road, Powell, OH 43065 | |||||
Bloom at Dresden Park, formerly Huntington Creek 2200 to 2236 Plaster Road, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 180 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 180 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 2, 2023, at the even numbered address from 2200 to 2236 Plaster, police reported 90 crimes. They include 19 aggravated assaults, six robberies, two kidnappings, six rapes and a first-degree arson. A carbon monoxide leak at the complex on March 28, 2020, resulted in several residents being hospitalized. Residents were allowed to return April 1 after the issue was reportedly addressed, but the problem persisted and on April 2, 2020, firefighters again ordered residents out.
Owner/agent of record: Plaster Road Residences LLC, P.O. Box 450233, Atlanta, GA 31145 | |||||
Bradford Gwinnett 100 Castor Drive, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 284 | 1980 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 284 Year Built: 1980 Findings: Police reported 105 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023, including a homicide in November 2020, 26 aggravated assaults, two robberies and four rapes. The homicide case resulted in a March 2022 lawsuit by the victim's mother, who alleges he was killed as a result of inadequate security measures. This complex has had a long history of crime issues, and in December 2011 police said that the complex was an epicenter of gang activity. This complex in 2018 received a failing score of 39.7 from HUD and a score of 30 in February 2020. It received a passing score of 75c in 2021, but the score fell to a failing 40c in October 2022. A consultant's exterior inspection in 2017 noted debris and litter; falling gutters; detached and broken screens; falling soffit on roofs; vegetation growing in gutters; and graffiti as among the violations.
Owner/agent of record: Bradford Gwinnett One LLC, 4488 N Shallowford Road, Ste. 201, Dunwoody, GA 30338 | |||||
Brannon Hill 6603 Old Singleton Road, 1000 Old Hampton Drive and other addresses, Clarkston | | DeKalb County | 369 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 369 Year Built: 1973 Findings: On Feb. 2, 2023, a pregnant woman was shot at the complex, and she later died, police said. Doctors delivered her baby, but the infant later died. Then in April 2023, two people were found dead inside a burned-out unit of the complex, and police were investigating the deaths as homicides. This notorious, derelict complex has had numerous violent crimes, including a shooting in May 2022 that killed three people and wounded three others; and homicides in April 2017 and November 2021 at the Old Singleton Road address. DeKalb police reported nine crimes at the 1000 Old Hampton address. They include one aggravated assault, four robberies, and a rape. At other addresses in the 6600 bloc of Old Singleton were 14 other crimes, including the February 2023 murder, an aggravated assault, a robbery, and a forcible fondling. Fires in January 2015, April 2016, November 2016, May 2017, January 2022 and April 2023. Two people reportedly died in the April fire, and poice were investigating their deaths as possible homicides. Some units were demolished in 2017, and others in 2019.
Owner/agent of record: Willow Bend Joint Venture, C/O The Considine Company, 2285 Peachtree Road NE #100, Atlanta, GA 30309-1121 | |||||
Breckenridge 5530 Old Dixie Highway, Forest Park | | Forest Park | 208 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Forest Park Units: 208 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Police reported 55 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023, including a May 2021 homicide, 13 aggravated assaults and four robberies. There were five code complaints.
Owner/agent of record: TWG Breckenridge LP, 1301 East Washington St., Ste. 100, Indianapolis, IN 46202 | |||||
Brentwood Meadows, formerly Brentwood Alison Court 2060 Alison Court, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 48 | 1960 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 48 Year Built: 1960 Findings: From 2017 through July 5, 2023, police reported 24 crimes at this address, including an apparently accidental fatal shooting of an 8-year-old in December 2021, 11 aggravated assaults and three robberies. From 2017 through August 2023, there were 34 code complaints, including reports of rodents, sunken floors, leaks, open and vacant units, peeling paint, possible wiring hazards and electrical wires exposed. In January 2023, Atlanta added the complex to its list of those that would be targeted for crackdown because of chronic crime of housing code violations.
Owner/agent of record: Brentwood Alison Court LLC, Registered agent: Parviz Khansari, 11555 Medlock Bridge Rd. Suite 190, Johns Creek, GA 30097 | |||||
Bridgewater at Mt. Zion 3156 Mt. Zion Road, Stockbridge | | Clayton County | 200 | 1993 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 200 Year Built: 1993 Findings: In August 2022, a murder was reported at this address. In September 2017, a 28-year-old was fatally shot. Clayton could not provide data on other crimes from 2017-2021. But county records list more than 270 calls from this address to 911 about potential crimes in that period.They included at least 47 reported thefts; reports of a person shot in January 2020 and a person down in December 2020; a rape investigation in July 2020; an apartment fire in December 2017; and firearms discharged in March and April 2019. Between January 2022 and November 2023, preliminary data from Clayton police list 17 crimes at this address, including the 2022 murder, six aggravated assaults, two rapes and an arson. In 2023, nine households from the derelict Forest Cove complex were placed at Bridgewater.
Owner/agent of record: Bridgewater Mt. Zion Property Owner LLC, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington DE 19801 | |||||
Brittany Place 3246 Covington Drive and even numbered addresses from 3248 to 3320, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 216 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 216 Year Built: 1969 Findings: At this group of addresses listed in assessor records as owned by Maple Key LLC, there have been 88 crimes reported from 2017 through July 2023. They include an April 2019 homicide, 22 aggravated assaults, three robberies and three rapes. DeKalb listed a total of 39 code complaints at these addresses over a recent five-year period. The causes were not listed for most, but some involve electrical system problems and interior and exterior structural problems.
Owner/agent of record: Maple Key LLC, Northwest Registered Agent Service, Inc., 300 Colonial Center Parkway, STE 100N, Roswell, GA 30076 | |||||
Brooks Crossing 8050 Taylor Road, Riverdale | | Riverdale | 224 | 1990 | |
Jurisdiction: Riverdale Units: 224 Year Built: 1990 Findings: Riverdale police data show an assault with a firearm on 11/21/2021 and robberies on 1/29/2020 and 12/6/2021. From January 2022 to April 2023, police list nine crimes at this address, including three assaults. Code enforcement data shows that the complex was repeatedly cited for issues including trash and debris. Among other violations in some units were interior doors that were not operable and water damage. This complex was the topic of a 2022 Washington Post article saying it bombarded residents with hundreds of eviction notices throughout the pandemic, and a congressional committee announced it was investigating why its management companies pursued evictions. The committee's investigation reported that Ventron was among four corporate landlords that used what it called "abusive tactics" to remove tenants during the pandemic. In a 2022 email to the AJC, owner Ventron Management said the safety and security of residents are top priorities, and that it has invested tens of millions of dollars in capital improvements at its Atlanta-area properties, including installing and maintaining security cameras, fencing and gates. The congressional committee found no unlawful conduct in Ventron's eviction filings during the pandemic, said the email from Erez Hon, chief financial officer with the company.
Owner/agent of record: Brooks Crossing Atlanta and Apartments LP; 2500 N. Military Trail, Ste. 285, Boca Raton, FL 33431 | |||||
Cambridge Court 3700, 3704 and 3682 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 100 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 100 Year Built: 1968 Findings: City inspection reports paint a damning picture of the complex. Its Feb. 20, 2020 annual inspection failed 53 of the complex's 100 units. Among the violations were smoke detectors that needed replaced, propane tanks stored in the basements of several units, loose handrails and leaks. A sweep of the complex noted numerous exterior problems, including that one entire building was vacant and uninhabitable, and that it either needed to be brought up to code or demolished. Another building had gutters falling off, flaking paint, junk vehicles, rotted fascia, missing shingles and other violations. But the required annual inspection dated March 26, 2021,showed that all units passed. Police reported 14 crimes at the 3700 address through July2023, including three aggravated assaults, two robberies and a rape.
Owner/agent of record: Cambridge Court Apts Inc., 3700 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-1073 | |||||
Camden Vantage 180 Jackson Street NE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 592 | 2009 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 592 Year Built: 2009 Findings: On Dec. 1, 2022, police said a 25-year-old man was shot multiple times at the complex. On Aug. 28, 2022, a 7-year-old girl died in a shooting at the complex. From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 189 crimes at this address. They included the 2022 slaying, a double homicide in November 2021, where a man and a woman were stabbed to death, and a fatal shooting in October 2021. There were also six robberies, five aggravated assaults, a December 2021 accidental shooting of a 5-year-old; and two rapes. Only two code complains are listed for this address, and no violations were found.
Owner/agent of record: Camden Vantage LLC, 11 Greenway Plaza, Ste. 2400, Houston, TX 77046 | |||||
Camelot 5655 Old National Highway; also addresses on Camelot Drive including 308, 311, 413, 514, 613, 1107 and 1505, South Fulton | | South Fulton | 338 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: South Fulton Units: 338 Year Built: 1970 Findings: This deteriorating complex, sometimes referred to as The Trenches, has a reputation for crime, squatters and fires. Among recent crimes were six fatal shootings in 2023 as well as a fatal shooting in June 2022. Crime data also show three homicides in May 2021 and one in March 2019. From 2022 through July 2023, police list 132 crimes at the Old National address and addresses on Camelot Drive. In addition to the homicides, they include 26 aggravated assaults and 18 robberies. The city has said that most of the crimes in the complex are drug related. Critics say this is the most dilapidated complex in South Fulton. In July 2022, the city reported that its municipal court was scheduled to hear some 30 charges involving Camelot. Many of the cases, the city said, involve internal problems, such as plumbing, electrical mechanical and structural issues. There were also 10 cases pending before the city code board. In September 2023, city officials were reportedly investigating whether the city could shut down the complex. The city also said that fire marshal inspections found violations that could produce conditions for fire, and that the fire marshal recommended operational security gates be put back in working order and the sprinkler be restored to proper working conditions. During a fire in January 2020, two people had to be rescued and a family was forced to jump from a balcony, and a fire in January 2021 resulted in nearly two dozen people being displaced. While this is structured as a condominium, some units are not owner occupied..
Owner/agent of record: Camelot Club Condominium Association, 1017 Camelot Drive, Atlanta, GA 30349. Also Camelot Holdings LLC, 4780 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Ste. A178, Atlanta, GA 30339 | |||||
Canopy Glen, formerly Canopy by Cortland and Oakbrook Pointe 1635 and 1606 Pirkle Road NW. Also 170, 219, 305, 502, 810, 924, 1529 Hampton Ridge, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 684 | 1986 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 684 Year Built: 1986 Findings: On Jan. 22, 2023, a man was killed in a shooting at the complex, police said. In April 2022, three people were wounded in a shooting at the complex, and a suspect was charged with home invasion and aggravated assault. From 2017 through May 2023, police reported 64 crimes at the 1635 Pirkle address. They include the January 2023 homicide, five aggravated assaults, three of which involved a gun; an aggravated battery; two rapes; and three robberies, including a home invasion in May 2020. At the Hampton Ridge addresses, there was one other crime, a burglary. An exterior inspection by a consultant in 2017 found peeling paint, a failing roof, a broken deck frame, falling siding, torn screens, a broken window, and graffiti as among the violations.
Owner/agent of record: PRCP-Atlanta Canopy LLC, 10455 Riverside Drive, Ste. 200, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410-4332 | |||||
Chamblee Heights 3255 Chamblee Dunwoody Road; Associated addresses include 3265, 3267, 3269 and 3271 Chamblee Dunwoody and multiple addresses on in the 100 block of Wiggins Way, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 172 | 1964 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 172 Year Built: 1964 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 24 crimes at the Chamblee Dunwoody addresses, including seven aggravated assaults, seven robberies and two rapes. In the 100 block of Wiggins Way, there were 20 other crimes. They include two homicides in September 2021 and 11 other crimes involving aggravated assault. Also at this complex was a homicide in September 2018, where a man was shot in the stomach and died outside his apartment. The complex had a fire in April 2023.
Owner/agent of record: Sabra Chamblee Heights LLC, 3300 Buckeye Road, 777, Atlanta, GA 30341 | |||||
Chapel Run 4522 Snapfinger Woods Drive, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 172 | 2000 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 172 Year Built: 2000 Findings: From 2017 through July 7, 2023, police reported 123 crimes at this address. They included three aggravated assault, one arson, five robberies and a rape. DeKalb in 2022 showed nine code complaints.
Owner/agent of record: CHC Decatur LLC, 2040 Boston Road, Ste. 20, Wilbraham, MA 01095 | |||||
Chatsworth 4700 North Hill Parkway. Apartment buildings are numbered by the hundreds, from 100 to 4600 North Hill Parkway and include individual addresses, such as 3101 and 3102, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 410 | 1983 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 410 Year Built: 1983 Findings: Police reported 78 crimes at these addresses from 2017 through Aug. 7, 2023. They include 21 aggravated assaults, five robberies, three rapes and a child molestation. A September 2020 exterior sweep by the city found windows needing repair; exposed wires in electrical panels; trash and debris. The complex was sold in June 2022. The exterior of the complex in November 2022 appeared good, other than having a broken gate.
Owner/agent of record: LHNH Chatsworth LLC, Southwind DeKalb LLC, 2100 Powers Ferry Road, Ste. 200, Atlanta, GA 30339 | |||||
Chroma Park, including the former Fields East West Commons 2100 and 2105 Mesa Valley Way, Austell | | Cobb County | 360 | 1999 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 360 Year Built: 1999 Findings: At the 2100 address, police reported 97 crimes from 2017 through June 2023. They included five aggravated assaults, three robberies, a rape and two incidents of sexual assault of a minor. At the 2105 address through July 2023, police reported 93 crimes, including a May 2019 homicide of a 16-year-old which police said was the result of gang violence; a month before that shooting, a 17-year-old robbed a 14-year-old and beat him with a metal pipe, police said. In addition, in May 2020, there was a negligent manslaughter case, police records show. There were also four aggravated assaults, the sexual assault of an adult, the rape of an adult, the rape of a minor, and a cruelty to a child case. Police records don't list an arson at either of these two addresses, but in February 2019, police said that a disgruntled apartment resident set a fire inside an apartment. That fire displaced several residents of one of the buildings. Records show the complex made 117 eviction filings during the pandemic, through April 2022. In a 2022 email to the AJC, a public relations company representing the operator said that no residents were evicted who submitted a CDC declaration, and that there were none at all from March 10, 2020 through June 2021.The statement also said that the owners have made security improvements, including hiring armed security to patrol the property in 2019 and 2020, installing security cameras at entry gates and common areas, adding Flock cameras with a recording feature and maintaining controlled access gates.
Owner/agent of record: Mesa Valley Owner LLC, C/O Federal Capital Partners, 4445 Willard Ave., Ste. 900, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | |||||
City Views at Rosa Burney Park 259 Richardson Street, 570 Windsor Street, 250 Fulton Street SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 180 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 180 Year Built: 1973 Findings: From 2017 through July 8, 2023, police reported 48 crimes at the 259 Richardson address, including 10 aggravated assaults, two robberies and two rapes. At the 570 Windsor address, police reported seven crimes, including three aggravated assaults. At the 250 Fulton St. address, there were four crimes, including an aggravated assault. This complex received a passing score on its last inspection for HUD. In 2023, there were only two code complaints, including an apartment flooding. Among the complaints from 2022 are roach infestations, water leaks, and homeless people sleeping in the halls and in front of residents' apartments. There were also complaints in prior years of rats and roaches, leaks, sewer backups and inoperable lights. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems, but in January 2023 the city dropped the complex from its list. In a written statement, Columbia Residential said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties.
Owner/agent of record: City Views Preservation LP, c/o Columbia Residential LLC, 1718 Peachtree St. NW, Ste. 684, Atlanta, GA 30309 | |||||
Clarkston Station, formerly Wyncrest 3629 Montreal Creek Circle and other address from 3600 to 3629, Clarkston | | Clarkston | 356 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Clarkston Units: 356 Year Built: 1972 Findings: The complex has been beset by violence. Two days after Christmas in 2020, two children, ages 5 and 8, were wounded during a shooting. In April 2021, during a domestic dispute where a man fired shots at cars in the parking lot, the suspect ran over a police officer. On Christmas Eve 2021, a 16-year-old was shot in the head. In June 2022, two people were injured in a shooting. From 2017-2021 at these addresses, police listed 111 crimes. They include 20 aggravated assaults, an aggravated battery, 14 robberies, a home invasion, an arson and three rapes. From January 2022 through October 2023, police listed 118 crimes, including 10 aggravated assaults, four robberies and one rape. Code enforcement data in 2022 showed 90 complaints including rats, plumbing, holes in the ceiling, stagnant water, defective plumbing. In June 2022, one tenant reported he had waited more than a week to have his air conditioning fixed. Tenants in 2022 circulated a petition calling on management to respond properly to maintenance requests and ensure all units were kept to adequate standards, including controlling pests and ensuring AC and heating worked.The owners in 2022 said that about four months ago they recognized that the complex "possessed outdated, failing security measures along with a variety of other areas of opportunity for repair and renovation." Also of note, from January 2022 through October 2023, 26 motor vehicle thefts were reported. In a 2022 email to the AJC, management said the complex now has on-site security personnel every day and has begun recent repair and installation of a new entry, along with addressing the most immediate deferred maintenance, according to the statement from a spokesperson for Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners.
Owner/agent of record: Three owners: 3629 Montreal Creek Circle Owner LLC, 1400 16th St. NW, Ste. 430, Washington DC 20036; Judson Crane, 5047 Radford Ave., Valley Village, CA 91607; Scott Philbrook, 66 Creswell Court, Greensboro, NC 27407 | |||||
Cobblestone 347 and 330 Pat Mell Road, Marietta | | Cobb County | 242 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 242 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through March 5, 2023, police reported 37 crimes at the 347 address. They included five aggravated assaults and eight robberies. At the 330 address, police reported 29 other crimes, including three aggravated assaults, two robberies, a cruelty to a child case and a rape. After a resident in 2020 complained that their apartment had flooded with fecal matter twice in six months, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs closed the complaint because new management was in place. Records show six code complaints on exterior conditions, including steps falling apart from dry rot.
Owner/agent of record: Diversified Tr Cobblestone LLC, 1460 Walden Ave., Lakewood, NJ 08701 | |||||
Colonial Square 2637 Old Hapeville Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 192 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 192 Year Built: 1966 Findings: From 2017 through July 1, 2023, 75 crimes were reported at this address, including an October 2018 homicide, 21 aggravated assaults, nine robberies, two rapes and a child molestation. Records show 13 code complaints, most for leaks. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. In a 2022 email to the AJC, the complex owner said that in the February 2022 shooting, the suspect ran from police and drove his car into the property by breaking through the front gate. The email also said that the owners have taken new safety measures, including installment of surveillance cameras, new light and gates, and employment of a full-time security officer.
Owner/agent of record: B & Y Apartments LLC, 5042 Wilshire Blvd., #20267, Los Angeles, CA 90063 | |||||
Columbia Commons 2524 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 158 | 2002 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 158 Year Built: 2002 Findings: Police reported 74 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included the Aug. 4, 2022, fatal shooting of a 48-year-old maintenance worker at the complex, who was caught in crossfire; 14 aggravated assaults; five robberies; and a rape. Atlanta has had five code complaints, most involving mold. In a written statement in 2022, Columbia Residential said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties.
Owner/agent of record: Columbia Commons LP, P.O. Box 7888, Atlanta, GA 30357-0888 | |||||
Columbia Mechanicsville 500 McDaniel St. SW. Associated addresses: 505 Fulton St SW; 525 Fulton, 455 Fulton St SW. Also 740 and 748 Ira St. SW and addresses in the 600 block of Garibaldi St. SW, per assessor listing, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 174 | 2007 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 174 Year Built: 2007 Findings: On Aug. 8, 2022 at 500 McDaniel, a man walking in the area was shot after he refused to allow another man to use his phone. In April 2020, one man was fatally shot and another wounded in an apparent robbery. In November 2019, a Navy veteran and mother of three was killed in a carjacking. The complex has been sued by others alleging that inadequate security resulted in crime. In December 2021, Antonio Sledge filed a suit alleging that he was walking from his car at the complex when an assailant shot him repeatedly in the left leg and right arm. A suit filed in March 2022 for the estate of Renae Alexander alleges that the complex failed to implement and maintain adequate security. Overall from 2017 through July 2023, police reported 41 crimes at the 500 McDaniel address, including seven aggravated assaults, one kidnapping/abduction and one rape. The Fulton St. addresses had another 154 crimes listed, including the November 2019 homicide at 505 Fulton and a November 2021 homicide at 520 Fulton St., as well as 10 aggravated assaults and a rape. Addresses in the 600 block of Garibaldi St. SW had 26 crimes, including two aggravated assaults. Records show 27 complaints to code enforcement. In a written statement in 2022, Columbia Residential said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties.
Owner/agent of record: Columbia Mechanicsville Apartments LP, P.O. Box 7888, Atlanta, GA 30357-0888 | |||||
Columbia Peoplestown 222 Tuskegee Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 99 | 2003 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 99 Year Built: 2003 Findings: From 2017 through May 2023, police reported 34 crimes at this address, including a December 2021 double homicide, three aggravated assaults, two rapes and an attempted rape. The complex had one code complaint in 2019, one in 2020 and none in 2021. But in 2022 there were three, and in the first six months of 2023 there were five. In a written statement in 2022, Columbia Residential said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties.
Owner/agent of record: Columbia at Peoplestown LP, P.O. Box 7888, Atlanta, GA 30357-0888 | |||||
Columbia at South River Gardens 3450 Forrest Park Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 124 | 2010 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 124 Year Built: 2010 Findings: From 2017 through April 16, 2023, police reported 69 crimes at this address including four aggravated assaults and two robberies. In a written statement in 2022, Columbia Residential said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties. No code complaints are listed.
Owner/agent of record: Columbia Hill Apartments LP, Columbia Residential, P.O. Box 7888, Atlanta, GA 30357 | |||||
Columbia at Sylvan Hills 1150 Astor Avenue, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 191 | 2007 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 191 Year Built: 2007 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 124 crimes at this address including six aggravated assaults, four robberies and two rapes. Four code complaints were reported, the most recent, in August 2022, concerning loose carpet. In a written statement in 2022, Columbia Residential said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties.
Owner/agent of record: Columbia at Sylvan Hills LP, P.O. Box 7888, Atlanta, GA 30357-0888 | |||||
Commons at Camp Creek, formerly Crystal at Camp Creek, Diplomat Townhomes 2700 Camp Creek Parkway, College Park | | College Park | 124 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: College Park Units: 124 Year Built: 1971 Findings: This complex had homicides in July 2017, January 2021, May 2022 and August 2023. The homicides were among 48 crimes at this address from 2017-2023. They also include two arsons in 2020 and 11 aggravated assaults.
Owner/agent of record: Crystal at Camp Creek LLC, 5180 Roswell Road, Ste. 100, Atlanta, GA 30342 | |||||
Conley Square, formerly Canyon Creek 925 Conley Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 72 | 1975 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 72 Year Built: 1975 Findings: Police reported 22 crimes at the 925 address from 2017 through July 2023, including four aggravated assaults. Records show 24 code enforcement complaints, most of them in 2019. Ten of those are for all units being open and vacant with damaged siding in various buildings and say "court complied," indicating that violations were addressed after a case went to court. The most recent complaint, in August 2023, concerned flooding and mold.
Owner/agent of record: Falcon Conley CV20 LLC, 175 Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07505 | |||||
Constitution Apartments 960 Constitution Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 168 | 2006 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 168 Year Built: 2006 Findings: On Jan. 10, 2023, a man was shot at the complex. Police reported 87 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023.They include 13 aggravated assaults, seven robberies, a rape and two child molestations. Nine code complaints were listed in recent years, including two complaints about bedbug infestations and one on exposed wiring. In a 2022 written statement, Columbia Residential said that its security measures include cameras, fencing, lighting and patrols "as appropriate." It also uses tenant screening, leasing requirements, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company, it said, "is known and respected" for turning around distressed properties.
Owner/agent of record: Constitution Avenue Apartments LP, P.O. Box 570722, Atlanta, GA 30357 | |||||
Copper Social, formerly Stadium Village 3044 Hidden Forest Court, Marietta | | Cobb County | 198 | 2015 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 198 Year Built: 2015 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 115 crimes at this address including an October 2019 murder of a KSU student. Two other teens were wounded in that shooting. Also during that period were four aggravated assaults, including a stabbing at the complex in January 2019 and a shooting in March 2017 that left two men wounded. There were also two sexual assaults Of note, police records also show 44 cases of drug/narcotic violations from 2017-mid-2022. In an unsigned email to the AJC in 2022, the current owners said they acquired the complex in November 2020 and that most of the crimes occurred before that date. The owners also said they have "implemented significant changes to vastly improve the conditions of the property."
Owner/agent of record: Plato GA Propco LLC, c/o Ryan, P.O. Box 56607, Atlanta, GA 30343 | |||||
Country Pines 15 Booth Road, Marietta | | Cobb County | 112 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 112 Year Built: 1966 Findings: Police reported 39 crimes at this address from May 2017 through June 2023. They included three aggravated assaults,the rapes of two adults, the rape of a minor, and two child molestations.
Owner/agent of record: Country Pines LLC, 1818 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Ste. 294, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-7415 | |||||
Creekside Corners, formerly Turnberry Place 5301 W Fairington Parkway. Also addresses on Turnberry Place, from 1101 to 17308, Stonecrest | | Stonecrest, DeKalb County | 444 | 2001 | |
Jurisdiction: Stonecrest, DeKalb County Units: 444 Year Built: 2001 Findings: On Jan. 27, 2023, a man was found dead in the complex after firefighters extinguished what was said to be a suspicious blaze. From 2017 through April 2023, DeKalb reported 37 crimes at the W. Fairington Parkway address. including five aggravated assaults and five robberies. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 270 crimes on Turnberry Place. They include an October 2021 homicide, 12 aggravated assaults, 16 robberies and a rape. Also of note: 49 motor vehicle thefts reported 2022-2023.The city received six code complaints from 2018 to November 2022, all resolved. The complex also had an October 2018 citation for not submitting the required third-party inspection report and obtaining a business license. Records show the case went to court and was resolved in December 2019.
Owner/agent of record: Creekside Corners Owner GA LLC, 31 Hudson Yards, Floor 11th 37, New York, NY 10001 | |||||
Creekside Vista 3100 and 3102 Lumby Drive, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 208 | 2006 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 208 Year Built: 2006 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 121 crimes at these two addresses, including a homicide in October 2021, four robberies, two rapes and eight aggravated assaults. DeKalb shows 13 code complaints.
Owner/agent of record: B9 MF Lumby Owner LLC, 345 Park Ave., Floor 42, New York, NY 10154 | |||||
Creekside, formerly Creekside Forest 3000-3030 Ember Drive, Doraville | | DeKalb County | 276 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 276 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 90 crimes at the Ember Drive addresses. They included a November 2021 homicide, 28 aggravated assaults, five robberes, four arsons and two rapes, as well as forcible fondlings and sodomy reported in July 2023. In 2016, a DeKalb judge issued a bench warrant for the owner, because the complex had more than 300 condition violations. In 2017 inspections resulted in 217 citations and fines of $27,000, records show. In 2018, the owner agreed to pay $3 million involving a death at the complex, after a lawsuit claimed lax security contributed to a shooting that killed a 15--year-old. There was a fire at the complex in January 2017. In November 2022, a plywood, unpainted, unmanned guard shack was next to a sign that still said Creekside Forest. The playground and pool area were in very poor shape.
Owner/agent of record: 3000 Ember Drive CV 2021 LLC, 175 Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07505 | |||||
Crestmont 500 Williams Drive, Marietta | | Marietta | 228 | 1986 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta Units: 228 Year Built: 1986 Findings: Police reported 42 crimes at this complex from 2017 through July 2023. They included three aggravated assaults and a robbery. The city lists 12 code cases for this address, including improper garbage/waste disposal. This complex had two fires in recent years. In August 2015 a fire triggered by an explosion destroyed 15 units; three people were hospitalized. The other fire was December 2017, and it displaced about two dozen people. Also of note, an apartment manager alerted police about drug paraphernalia in the parking lot near one apartment and concerns about traffic in and out of an apartment, resulting in police making a significant drug bust. The complex was sold in December 2021, and the owner said it is unaware of the incidents prior to its purchase. The name of the person who provided the 2022 statement was not disclosed.
Owner/agent of record: Crestmont Residences LLC, 999 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Ste. 701, Naples, FL 34108 | |||||
Crogman School Lofts 1093 West Avenue SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 105 | 1923 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 105 Year Built: 1923 Findings: Police reported 93 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included six aggravated assaults and a rape. Other records show 20 code enforcement complaints on issues involving leaks, bedbugs, roaches, rats, lack of AC, collapsing ceiling, flooding; and trash and debris.
Owner/agent of record: Balfour Crogman School LLC, 4488 North Shallowford Road, Atlanta, GA 30338 | |||||
Crystal Heights 3440 Boulder Park Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 120 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 120 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 52 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023, including a Nov. 2021 homicide, 14 aggravated assaults and three rapes. Code enforcement records show 27 complaints. They include lack of hot water, boarded-up windows, leaks, flooding, and furniture and debris on the grounds.
Owner/agent of record: Crystal Heights Apartments LLC, 5180 Roswell Road, Ste. 100, Atlanta, GA 30342 | |||||
Crystal Townhomes 3804 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 120 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 120 Year Built: 1969 Findings: Police reported 64 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include 15 aggravated assaults, three robberies and four rapes. This complex was the target of 31 code enforcement complaints from 2017 to July 2023 They included reports of plumbing backups; rodent infestations, flooding in apartments, open and vacant apartments, junk, trash and debris, damaged windows, rats and junk vehicles. In July 2018, tenants told WSB-TV that they were going to take legal action against the property owner after a plumbing issue left them without any running water.
Owner/agent of record: Crystal Townhomes LLC, 5180 Roswell Road, Ste. 100, Atlanta, GA 30342 | |||||
Crystal at Cascade 2900 Landrum Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 232 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 232 Year Built: 1974 Findings: Police reported 115 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023. They include 19 aggravated assaults, seven robberies and two child molestations. The complex has had 28 code complaints, on topics such as rats, bedbugs, leaks and flooding. A fire in April 2022 damaged several units.
Owner/agent of record: Crystal at Cascade LLC, 5180 Roswell Road, Ste. 100, Atlanta, GA 30342 | |||||
Crystal at Harwell, formerly The Preserve at Collier Ridge and Harwell Place 1021 Harwell Road, and 200, 208 and 212 Harwell Place NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 419 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 419 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Atlanta police reported 13 crimes at the 1021 Harwell Road address from 2017-2022, including two aggravated assaults and one robbery. At 212 Harwell Place, in July 2021, a woman was killed and her mother wounded in a shooting at the complex, and four other crimes were reported. At 208 Harwell Place in June 2017, a 1-year-old died and police later arrested the mother's boyfriend and charged him with murder. At 200 Harwell Place, police list five crimes, including a December 2017 homicide, a robbery and a rape. There have been 59 code complaints listed at the Harwell Road address since January 2017. They include complaints about leaks, mold, raw sewage, flooding, AC problems, inoperable refrigerator and lack of hot water. In October 2021, residents told WSB-TV that repairs and cleanups had been ignored for months. The complex was sold in 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Crystal at Harwell LLC, 5180 Roswell Road, Ste. 203, Atlanta, GA 30342 | |||||
Crystal at Riverdale, formerly Highland Woods 5751 Riverdale Road, Atlanta | | Clayton County | 224 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 224 Year Built: 1969 Findings: In April 2017, a 20-year-old man died after being shot at the complex. Clayton could not make other crime data available for 2017-2021 because of computer issues. But from 2017-2021, county records show more than 85 calls to 911 about potential crimes. They include a report of a drive by shooting in October 2019, four reports of firearm discharges, and seven reports of apartment fires. Preliminary crime data from Clayton police for January 2022 through November 2023 show 16 crimes, including six aggravated assaults, one of them upon a peace officer. There were also two aggravated stalkings listed and one armed robbery.There was a massive fire at the complex in May 2017. A 2019 complaint to BBB, which the complex did not answer, said that the common area was unsanitary, with lights not working and a fire alarm chirping. Clayton County had 26 code cases involving the complex in a recent five-year span. Some involved interior structure, plumbing or stairs. All cases were subsequently closed.
Owner/agent of record: Crystal at Riverdale, 5180 Roswell Road, Ste, 100, Atlanta, GA 30342 | |||||
Decatur Lofts, formerly The Life at Pine Village 2889 Panthersville Road; 2867 Panthersville Road; and 2891, 2893, 2895, 2897 and 2899, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 76 | 1975 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 76 Year Built: 1975 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 36 crimes in the 2800 block of Panthersville Road. They include an aggravated assault and six robberies. This complex illegally filed eviction notices during a federal eviction ban, according to a ProPublica investigation. The complex said the filings were in error and had been halted. The complex had a fire in June 2023.
Owner/agent of record: Decatur Lofts LLC, 30 N. Gould St., Ste. R, Sheridan, WY 82801 | |||||
Dunwoody Exchange 4211 North Shallowford Road. Also odd number addresses from 4205 to 4313 and 4314, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 285 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 285 Year Built: 1966 Findings: Police reported 67 crimes at these addresses from 2017 to July 1, 2023. They included eight aggravated assaults, six robberies and three rapes. A February 2021 exterior sweep found rusty balconies, stairs and other metalwork; improperly maintained electrical equipment; exposed wiring; graffiti; clogged gutters; damaged doors; cracked brickwork; rubbish and garbage; debris on stairways; missing handrail at stairs; deteriorated stairs; damaged lights, a tarp-covered roof and structural problems. An attorney representing the owner said in 2022 that a $1.9 million project to repair and replace stairwells and balconies was halfway through completion, and $4 million from a recent refinancing was earmarked for additional capital expenditures during the next 30 months. The attorney, John Christy, also said the owner was unaware of the crime data but would look into it.
Owner/agent of record: Dunwoody Holdings 1 LLC, 7 Penn Place, Ste. 1400, New York, NY 10001 | |||||
Dunwoody Glen 6800, 6750 and 6806 Peachtree Industrial, Dunwoody | | Dunwoody | 512 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Dunwoody Units: 512 Year Built: 1973 Findings: Police reported 256 crimes at these three addresses from 2017 through July 2023. At 6800 Peachtree Industrial there were 110, including six aggravated assaults and seven robberies. At 6750 Peachtree Industrial there were 127 crimes, including seven aggravated assaults, five robberies, four rapes, two other sexual offenses, an aggravated stalking and three cases of cruelty to a chid. At 6806, 20 crimes were reported. They include a September 2020 shooting that killed a mother and her adult daughter and wounded another person; four aggravated assaults; and eight robberies. In 2022, during a court hearing about conditions at the complex, the management company was given 11 additional citations, and in February the city put the company on probation and ordered it to develop a comprehensive plan to handle its trash problem. City records show repeated citations dating back to 2018 about accumulation of trash, debris and household items at the complex.
Owner/agent of record: 6750 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. LLC, 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001 | |||||
Dunwoody Village 2311, 2313 and 2325 Dunwoody Crossing, Dunwoody | | Dunwoody | 794 | 1981 | |
Jurisdiction: Dunwoody Units: 794 Year Built: 1981 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 19 crimes at the 2311 address, including a homicide in May 2020, one robbery and one aggravated assault. At 2313 and 2325 police reported two other crimes, both aggravated assaults. One assault, in February 2018, was a triple stabbing involving roommates. The complex had fires in January 2014, December 2015, January 2017, and December 2020.The 2020 fire came while Atlanta Gas Light was working on a damaged line at the complex, and four people were injured: two workers and two residents. In 2021, Dunwoody Code Enforcement did a property maintenance sweep and worked with the complex's management to correct all violations, according to city spokeswoman Jennifer Boettcher. Bridge Investment Group acquired the complex in late December 2021, after the cited crimes and fire, and was rebuilding the property, said Charlotte Morse, a managing director at Bridge and head of investor relations and marketing. The company is focused on fostering a safe and secure community, she wrote in a 2022 email to the AJC.
Owner/agent of record: BMF V GA Dunwoody Village, LLC, 111 E. Sego Lily Drive, Ste. 400, Sandy, UT 84070 | |||||
Dwell @ 750 750 Franklin Gateway SE, Marietta | | Marietta | 306 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta Units: 306 Year Built: 1972 Findings: Police reported 112 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023. They include 10 aggravated assaults, eight armed robberies, a rape, a sexual battery and four child molestations. The city lists 10 code complaints for this address, three of which were classified as general nuisance.
Owner/agent of record: 58 Notting Hills LLC, 1156 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, Ste. 3, Atlanta, GA 30318 | |||||
Dwell @ Westside, formerly Westside 3 1090 Hollywood Road; 200 and 300 Brooks Ave NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 64 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 64 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 15 crimes at the Hollywood Road address from 2017 through July 2023, including a homicide in November 2017 of a 45-year-old; three aggravated assaults; and one child molestation. One crime was reported at 300 Brooks Ave. In addition, in 2019 an undercover DEA agent was robbed, leading to a shootout with suspects in the parking lot. Among the few code enforcement complaints were ones about rodents, about an open and vacant unit, and about a building at the rear of the complex collapsing.
Owner/agent of record: Westside 3 LLC, Registered Agent Everett Baker, 750 Franklin Road, SE, Attn: Leasing Office, Marietta, GA, 30067 | |||||
Eagles Run 2000 Bouldercrest Road. Property records also list 1996 and 2032 Bouldercrest, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 234 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 234 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 200 crimes at the 2000 Bouldercrest address, including homicides in July 2021 and April 2022; 39 aggravated assaults; seven rapes, four of them in 2021; 18 robberies, and arsons in February 2017, October 2019, May 2021 and April 2022. In addition, in a May 2021 shooting, two teens were wounded, and in a Nov. 4, 2022 shooting, two men were injured. Two lawsuits filed in October 2022 by shooting victims allege that owners failed to maintain adequate security. DeKalb shows 141 code complaints. In June 2022, a balcony at the complex collapsed, injuring a woman. The BBB has rated the complex a grade F. The complex had fires in August 2022, October 2019 and June 2018.
Owner/agent of record: Infinity Eagles Run LLC, Registered Agent Edward J. Bauer, Esq., 438 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 | |||||
East Ponce Village, Formerly 13Ten and Landmark at Mountain View 1310 Wood Bend Drive, 5134 Ponce De Leon Ave., 1778 Wood Bend, 4900 Russwood, 4824 Brown Bark, 4736 Russwood, Tucker | | Tucker, DeKalb County | 975 | 1987 | |
Jurisdiction: Tucker, DeKalb County Units: 975 Year Built: 1987 Findings: This complex has had a history of violence, including the homicides of at least seven people over the past five years. A June 2023 homicide was at 1737 Wood Bend. A Dec. 26, 2022 homicides was at 4750 Russwood. An April 24, 2019, homicide was at 4749 Russwood. A January 16, 2018 homicide was at 4736 Russwood. An April 1, 2018 homicide was at 1778 Wood Bend Drive. A May 17, 2018 homicide was at 4824 Brown Bark Cove. Police records list more than 100 other crimes at addresses in the complex. From 2017 through July 2023, there were 26 crimes at the 1310 Wood Bend address, including two aggravated assaults, an arson, three rapes and two robberies. In the 4700 block of Russwood, police records show 31 crimes, including the three homicides, five aggravated assaults, five robberies, one rape and an arson. In the 1700 block of Wood Bend Drive there were 66 crimes, including the June 2023 homicide, 11 aggravated assaults, and three robberies. The 4800 block of Brown Bark had nine other crimes, including two aggravated assaults. The complex also has addresses on Bent Tree Loop, where in the 5000 block there were 53 crimes, including four aggravated assaults and two robberies. In April 2022, a 4-year-old with autism was found dead in a pond at the complex; there was no barrier around the pond, which was filled with debris. Fires in 2014 and 2018. In the 2018 blaze, residents had to jump from balconies to escape flames; the property's hydrants didn't work, and the complex had previously been cited for issues with fire alarms, extinguishers, the sprinkler system and fire hydrants. Online sites show numerous complaints, including rats and slow response from maintenance. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Brian Adams, owner of the complex, said that the crime statistics over a number of years were disturbing. Most largely predated his ownership, he wrote, but left him with a tough task. He attributed crimes to "bad people" who try to come in. "Since we have taken ownership, there is no doubt that when we've been calling police, response time on many occasions has been very slow, sometimes over an hour, and this gives criminals a chance to get away with crime," he wrote. Since the February 2021 acquisition, security cameras and operational security gates have been added and nightly security patrols initiated, he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: AIGP 13Ten LLC, 99 Aldan Ave., #44, Glen Mills, PA 19342 | |||||
Edgewater at Sandy Springs 7600 Roswell Road and addresses on Cimarron Parkway, Sandy Springs | | Sandy Springs | 760 | 1985 | |
Jurisdiction: Sandy Springs Units: 760 Year Built: 1985 Findings: In October 2018, the city threatened to place a lien against the owner after code enforcement had to visit the complex two dozen times since March 2016 because of trash buildup. City officials complained that the owner is absentee and hadn't stepped forward to resolve the problem. City records show more than three dozen code complaints from 2017-2022. They include multiple complaints about trash, as well as complaints about rats, roaches, sewage backup, windows that won't open, green swimming pool water, AC issues, mold and leaks. There were 15 crimes at the Roswell Road address from 2017 through July 2023, including three robberies. In addition, in July 2023, police said that as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant at an apartment in the 7600 block, officers shot the suspect after confronting them with a gun. In April 2021, a boy was accidentally shot, and the gun owner was later charged. Sandy Springs police would not provide data on any sexual offenses, but a city website shows two rapes at this complex in 2021. Bridge Investment Group acquired the property in August 2019 and since acquiring it has focused on fostering a safe and secure community environment and continuously making improvements, Charlotte Morse, managing director and head of investor relations and marketing for the company told the AJC.
Owner/agent of record: BMF IV GA Edgewater LLC, 111 E. Sego Lily Dr., Ste. 400, Sandy, UT 84070 | |||||
Elevate at Jackson Creek Apartments, formerly Ashford Jackson Creek 3201 Sunrise Village Lane, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 640 | 1984 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 640 Year Built: 1984 Findings: Police reported 18 crimes at this address from 2017-2022. They include an incident in August 2020 where a man was shot by Gwinnett police after pointing a gun at an officer responding to a domestic incident. Also among the crimes were three aggravated assault. Online are complaints about roaches, slow response from maintenance, and leaks. Gwinnett lists a dozen code complaints but doesn't provide a description for most. A consultant's inspection report of exterior conditions in 2017 found buildings were not being maintained; fences were in disrepair; graffiti on several buildings; holes in siding and missing siding; rusted balconies; peeling paint; rotted boards of a balcony; and other violations. An October 2019 fire nearly destroyed one building, firefighters said. A November 2021 fire displaced more than 30 people. Bridge Investment Group acquired the property in January 2019 and since acquiring it has been focused on fostering a safe and secure community environment and continuously making improvements, Charlotte Morse, the company's managing director and head of investor relations and marketing, told the AJC in a 2022 email.
Owner/agent of record: Bridge WF GA Ashford Jackson Creek L, 111 E. Sego Lily Drive, Ste 400, Sandy, UT 84070-4422 | |||||
Elevate at the Pointe, formerly Liberty Pointe and Franklin Gateway 707 Franklin Gateway, Marietta | | Marietta | 181 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta Units: 181 Year Built: 1968 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 49 crimes at this address, including a homicide in June 2017 later ruled to be self-defense; 10 aggravated assaults; two robberies; two child molestations; a cruelty to children case; and an aggravated sodomy. Also in June 2017, a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a suspect who was being arrested on a warrant for drug trafficking. Marietta lists 22 code complaints, and Cobb County lists two. The current owners purchased the complex in December 2021. Those owners told the AJC in a 2022 statement that they are not aware of the incidents at the complex. The name of the person who provided the statement was not provided.
Owner/agent of record: 707 Franklin Apartments LLC, 1934 Old Gallows Road, Ste. 350, Vienna, VA 22182 | |||||
Elite at 285, formerly Willow Way Apartments; 5890 Riverdale Road, Atlanta | | Clayton County | 296 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 296 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From January 2022 through July 2023, preliminary crime data lists 32 crimes at this address. They included nine aggravated assaults, nine armed robberies, a rape and a statutory rape. In addition, police had reported in April 2022 that a 20-year-old man was fatally shot at the complex. Clayton County could not provide data on most crimes from 2017-2021, but it lists more than 45 calls to 911 about potential crimes from this address from 2017 to mid-2021. They include a reported stabbing in January 2019 and 11 calls regarding thefts. Clayton code enforcement data in 2022 showed 80 complaints, including problems with interior structure, hot water heaters, trash and debris, electrical system hazards, stairs and plumbing.
Owner/agent of record: Willow Way Apartments GA LLC, Read Property Group LLC, 4706 18th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11204 | |||||
Elite at City Park 415 Fairburn Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 216 | 1991 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 216 Year Built: 1991 Findings: Police reported homicides at this address on April 11, 2023, and on Dec. 8, 2022. Police also reported that another man was shot on July 31, 2022, at the complex. In February 2022, several shots were fired at an officer during an incident involving a suspected stolen vehicle. Police reported 136 other crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include 34 aggravated assaults; four robberies; a rape; a sodomy; and a child molestation. Other records show more than 100 code complaints from 2017 through August 2023. They include bed bugs, rodents; loose railing; holes in exterior walls of one building; interior structural damage; and an open and vacant apartment with unsanitary conditions, all in 2017 and marked court complied, indicating that violations were corrected after a case went to court. Again in 2018 there were numerous citations marked as court complied. They included apartment flooding and leaks, roaches, and exterior damage. In 2020 complaints included roaches; a ceiling caving in; and no heat for weeks in a unit. In 2021, complaints included bathroom flooding; AC not working for weeks; and trash and debris. A fire in June 2020 displaced about 30 people; another fire was reported in April 2021 at this address.
Owner/agent of record: Sunny Cascade Apartments LLC, 4706 18th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11204 | |||||
Elite at Lakeview, formerly The Legends at Laura Creek Apartments and The Life at Lakeview 3200 Lakeview Place and other addresses on Lakeview Place. 3200 Lakemont Drive; 3781 Lakemont Drive, East Point | | East Point | 326 | 1976 | |
Jurisdiction: East Point Units: 326 Year Built: 1976 Findings: From 2022 through July 15, 2023, there were 90 crimes reported by police on Lakeview Place. They include a July 14, 2023 homicide; 16 aggravated assaults; two robberies; and one rape. In 2021 alone, there were eight violent crimes reported by East Point police at these addresses. They included four aggravated assaults, three robberies, a rape and a child molestation. Data on earlier years was not available.
Owner/agent of record: Life at Lakeview MBC LLC and Life at Lakeview Hurley TIC LLC, 4706 18th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11204-1356 | |||||
Elliot Norcross, formerly Vida Apartments by ARIUM 1355 Graves Road and addresses on Sparrows Lane, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 687 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 687 Year Built: 1972 Findings: Police reported 188 crimes at the Graves Road address from 2017 through June 2023, including a 2018 homicide, 54 aggravated assaults, five rapes and 31 robberies, including home invasion robberies. In October 2021, more than two dozen people at the complex were poisoned by carbon monoxide, and several were transported to a hospital. Gwinnett lists 13 code complaints through fall 2022. A court hearing was scheduled for February 2023 on a code citation. The owners said in 2022 that while the crimes occurred prior to their ownership, they were working closely with local police to address crime and have implemented courtesy patrols. They also would be adding controlled-access gates, according to the statement sent by Peter Jakel, vice president of strategy at LinnellTaylor Marketing, a public relations firm. In July 2023, a fugitive wanted by ICE set fire to an apartment; Gwinnett fire officials said about six apartments were affected. On Nov. 1, 2023, a fire damaged eight units and displaced at least 49 residents. A resident said fire alarms weren't working, so neighbors knocked on doors to warn residents to evacuate.
Owner/agent of record: Vida Borrower LLC, 461 5th Ave., Floor 16, New York, NY 10017-7718 | |||||
Embarcadero Club 2210 Sullivan Road, College Park | | College Park | 404 | 1975 | |
Jurisdiction: College Park Units: 404 Year Built: 1975 Findings: Police reported 106 crimes at this address from 2017-2023. They include a March 29, 2020, homicide, 24 aggravated assaults and 14 robberies. BBB rated the business as an F for failure to respond to five complaints. Among them was a complaint about living conditions at the entire complex. According to news reports, Embarcadero was reportedly the top eviction filer in Fulton County during the pandemic, initiating 92 cases even though it received federal relief funds. In a 2022 email to the AJC, owner Ventron Management said the safety and security of residents are top priorities, and that it has invested tens of millions of dollars in capital improvements at its Atlanta-area properties, including installing and maintaining security cameras, fencing and gates. The company said it also has hired courtesy police officers who live on site, and that it ensures that vacant apartments are locked. A congressional subcommittee investigating evictions found no unlawful conduct in Ventron's eviction filings during the pandemic, says the email from Erez Hon, chief financial officer with the company.
Owner/agent of record: Embarcadero Club Atlanta Apartments LLLP, 2500 North Military Trail, Ste. 285, Boca Raton, FL 33431 and Embarcadero Associates Fund XIV LTD, C/O Fellers, Schewe, Scott & Roberts, Inc., P.O. Box 450233, Atlanta, GA 31145. | |||||
Enclave on Cushman 3164 Cushman Circle, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 48 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 48 Year Built: 1973 Findings: Atlanta police listed 31 crimes at this address from 2017 to May 2, 2023. They included nine aggravated assaults, one robbery and one rape involving a gun. In one of the aggravated assaults, in May 2017, a man was shot at the complex. Atlanta reported 24 code complaints from 2017 through September 2023. Among them were reports of exterior structural damage, several reports of ceilings caving in and reports of rodent infestations, flooding in apartments, lack of heat and lack of water. The complex was on the city of Atlantaรขโฌโขs 2023 list of apartment complexes with chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Ron M. Lawrence Inc., 3164 Cushman Circle SW, Atlanta, GA 30311 | |||||
Fairburn Townhomes 400 Fairburn Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 240 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 240 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, February 2022, police reported 73 crimes at this address. They included 13 aggravated assaults, two robberies, an attempted rape and a child molestation. Of note also were 17 motor vehicle thefts in 2022 and 2023. There have been 10 code complaints, most involving leaks
Owner/agent of record: Fairburn Towne Houses Inc., c/o Business Office 400 Fairburn Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 | |||||
Fairburn-Gordon I & II 193, 195 and 213 Fairburn Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 160 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 160 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From 2017 through May 2023, police reported 92 crimes at 195 Fairburn, including a June, 1, 2021 homicide in a drive-by shooting, the April 14, 2023 discovery of a woman dead inside an apartment closet, and a man found fatally shot Sept. 2, 2023; 30 aggravated assaults; nine robberies ;and four rapes. At 213 Fairburn, police report 38 crimes, including 10 aggravated assaults, and eight robberies. The most recent HUD inspection score for Fairburn Gordon II was 40c* up from 20c* in 2021 but still a failing grade and among the lowest in Georgia. The score for Fairburn Gordon I was 80c. At the 193 address there have been 68 code complaints, including an open and vacant unit, roaches, leaks, lack of heat, damaged windows and trash. At 195 Fairburn, there are a dozen more complaints on similar issues, while at the 213 address, there were 55, many of them deemed highly hazardous.They include exposed wires, decayed walls, decayed porch and stairs, open and vacant units.. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. Prosecutors filed nine civil citations in April 2023 and repairs were made. In a 2022 email to the AJC, the apartment management said that capital improvements include installation of surveillance cameras and loudspeakers and employment of full-time security officers. Owners had spent millions in capital improvements over the past 10 years, according to the email. The name of the individual who sent the email was not disclosed.
Owner/agent of record: A&B Apartments LLC, 5042 Wilshire Blvd., #20267, Los Angeles, CA 90036 | |||||
Fairway Court 1237 and 1247 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 64 | 1960 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 64 Year Built: 1960 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, at the 1247 address, police reported 29 crimes at these two addresses. They included eight aggravated assaults, a robbery and two rapes. In 2020, 10 units of the complex flooded with wastewater. Atlanta shows seven code complaints at the 1247 address since 2017.
Owner/agent of record: Green Leaf QOZ F1001 LLC, P.O. Box 450233, Atlanta, GA 31145 | |||||
Fairway Gardens, formerly The Life at Fairway Gardens, Golf Vista and Colony Creek 445 Cleveland Avenue, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 200 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 200 Year Built: 1971 Findings: On Nov. 24, 2022, a man was fatally shot at this address. On April 30, 2022, one person was killed and four wounded in a fight outside the complex, and on April 21, 2022, a man and a woman were shot after an apparent dispute with another person. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 122 crimes at this address, including 27 aggravated assaults, two robberies, a rape and a child molestation. The complex has had 48 code complaints, some marked as court complied, such as one regarding severe raw sewage odor. Recent complaints involve pipes bursting, mold and a rat infestation, each deemed highly hazardous. The complex is on the city of Atlanta's 2023 list of apartments to be targeted for chronic crime or condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: 445 Cleveland LLC, 4488 N. Shallowford Road, Ste. 201, Atlanta, GA 30338 | |||||
Five 7 Five Riverside, formerly Hunters Grove 575 Riverside Parkway, Austell | | Cobb County | 200 | 1989 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 200 Year Built: 1989 Findings: Police reported 76 crimes at this address from 2017-2022. They include five aggravated assaults, four battery/assault offenses, three robberies, two carjackings, a cruelty to a child case and one arson. Records list seven code complaints. This complex is one of three owned by the same landlord where tenants in 2019 described dealing with rats, leaks and other issues. At the time, Cobb County said the landlord had racked up 85 county citations for the three complexes and had a history of being uncooperative with code enforcement. He subsequently sold the complexes. In a 2022 email to the AJC, the owner who recently acquired the property it planned to bring to the complex the same "tremendous impact and success" it has had with their other properties and surrounding communities. The name of the person who provided the statement was not provided.
Owner/agent of record: Five 7 Five Riverside LLC & Mmre Management Patriot Place LLC, 135 Rockaway Turnpike, Ste. 105, Lawrence, NY 11559 | |||||
Flats at Riverview, formerly The Villas at Duluth 1470 Boggs Road NW, Duluth | | Gwinnett County | 164 | 1991 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 164 Year Built: 1991 Findings: Police reported 63 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023. They included 12 aggravated assaults, 12 robberies and a rape. Gwinnett County received seven code complaints from 2017-2022, though at that time it did not handle complaints for issues inside individual apartments. As of early December 2022, the complex had an active code case for trash outside of a dumpster and insufficient dumpster enclosure. A 2022 lawsuit alleges that the complex failed to address water damage and mold growth despite repeated notifications by a resident. The complex was sold in April 2022. In June 2023, the County Board of Commissioners approved a new property maintenance code that allowed for interior inspections of rental properties.
Owner/agent of record: Villas at Duluth Owner LLC, 750 Hammond Drive, Bldg 16-350, Atlanta, GA 30328-6106 | |||||
Flint River Apartment Homes, formerly Flint River Crossing and Williamsburg South 240 Flint River Road, Jonesboro | | Clayton County | 200 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 200 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Clayton could not provide data on most crimes from 2017-2021. But records show 28 calls about potential crime from this address to 911 from 2017-2021. From January 2022 to November 2023, preliminary data from Clayton police show 11 crimes at this address, including three aggravated assaults and one rape. Clayton County code enforcement data shows numerous violations in 2021, including plumbing fixtures, mechanical appliances, waste and debris; foundation walls, infestation, heat supply requirement and more, as well as several violations in previous years. In all there were a total of 51 complaints. An April 2020 fire damaged 20 units.
Owner/agent of record: PM Flint River Jonesboro LLC, C/O Praxis Capital Inc., 3550 Round Barn Blvd, Ste. 104, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 | |||||
Flipper Temple 2479 Abner Terrace NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 163 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 163 Year Built: 1969 Findings: On April 3, 2023, police reported that one person was dead and three others injured after a shooting at the complex. On April 20, 2023, police found a 19-year-old fatally shot in the parking lot outside an apartment building. On Aug. 28, 2022, police reported that a man was shot in the leg after being approached by a man demanding money. From 2017 through April 2023, police reported 71 crimes at this address. They include in addition to the fatal shootings listed above a July 2020 homicide where another man was injured after both were shot multiple times; 31 aggravated assaults; three robberies; a sodomy; and a child molestation. In one incident in 2018, a woman was shot by a man allegedly trying to break up a fight at the complex. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime.
Owner/agent of record: Flipper Temple 2009 Associates LP, 832 Germantown Pike, Ste. 5, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 | |||||
Forest Cove 900 New Town Circle and other New Town addresses, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 398 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 398 Year Built: 1974 Findings: This derelict complex has been notorious for crimes, including multiple homicides. Most recently, in April 2022 on person was killed. Previously, four people were killed in 2021, one in 2019, one in 2018 and one in 2017. Also, five people were wounded in a shooting July 2022 at the complex. Records show 69 aggravated assaults from 2017-2022, on New Town Circle as well as 22 robberies. Among other crimes at the complex, there have been 11 rapes, a sodomy and five child molestations. This complex at one point had the lowest HUD inspection score of any multi-family in the nation, and the last score, in 2018, was a failing 32c*. A premises liability lawsuit filed by one tenant said a mother and her child both fell through a floor and suffered injuries. Repeated fires at the complex include those in November 2017, May 2019 and July 2019. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems. Residents were relocated to other complexes in October 2022. In October 2023, the complex owner sued the city, alleging it was blocking redevelopment, then the city sued filed a lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of residents of a complex Atlanta officials called "a horror show." On Nov. 30, 2023, a heavy fire broke out at the condemned complex. Another fire Dec. 18, 2023, caused a partial collapse of the vacant building involved. On Dec. 1, 2023, in Atlanta Municipal Court, complex owner Millennia Housing Management was fined $7,500 for nine housing code violations related to unsafe conditions.
Owner/agent of record: Phoenix Ridge GA TC LP, 4000 Key Tower, Cleveland, OH 44114-1309; Millennia Housing Management | |||||
Forest Ridge on Terrell Mill 1557 Terrell Mill Road, Marietta | | Cobb County | 406 | 1983 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 406 Year Built: 1983 Findings: Police reported 148 crimes from 2017 through July 2023 at this address. Among them is a May 7, 2021, homicide, 11 aggravated assaults, three robberies and a rape. Eleven code complaints were listed as of 2022, including raccoons inside walls, a falling ceiling, inoperable stove, and a broken gate. The owner purchased the complex in December 2021, property records show.
Owner/agent of record: Forest Ridge Property Owner LP, 1865 Palmer Ave., Ste 203, Larchmont, NY 10538 | |||||
Forty15, formerly Waterford Manor 4015 Covington Highway, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 110 | 1963 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 110 Year Built: 1963 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 90 crimes at this address, including homicides in July 2017 and December 2018; 20 aggravated assaults; three arson reports; and seven robberies. DeKalb lists 23 code complaints between January 2017 and September 2021. In 2017, inspections resulted in 126 code citations, resulting in a fine of $12,600. Records also show citations/inspections in 2020 but don't provide a breakdown on any fines.
Owner/agent of record: 4015 Covington LLC, 2602 Kicking Bear Court, Murfreesboro, TN 37127 | |||||
Freedom Park, formerly Hickory Park 4900 Delano Road, South Fulton | | South Fulton | 150 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: South Fulton Units: 150 Year Built: 1974 Findings: Among the crimes at this address are a June 2020 homicide, a September 2017 homicide, an October 2021 shooting that injured six, a September 2020 shooting that critically injured a man, a January 2020 shooting that left one person wounded; and an April 2019 homicide that left three people wounded, including a 1-year-old. Police reported a total of 107 serious crimes at the complex from July 2018 through July 2023. They included 43 aggravated assaults, eight robberies and three child molestations. Of note: From 2017-2020, police received 65 reports of a weapon being fired. The complex has faced lawsuits alleging inadequate security and health and safety issues. While the complex received a passing HUD score of 89 in August 2021, there have been about 20 code complaints about the complex in recent years.
Owner/agent of record: Hickory Park Apts LLC, 46 Main St., Ste. 339, Monsey, NY 10952 | |||||
GE Tower 490 Glenn Street SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 201 | 1960 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 201 Year Built: 1960 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 116 crimes at this address. They included 11 aggravated assaults, three robberies and one rape. The city lists 19 code complaints, including ones for leaks, rodents and the elevator. A public relations representative for the current owners said in 2022 they could not address incidents that took place before they purchased the complex Dec. 29, 2021. But since then, the owners have "undertaken an extensive review of the situation and have implemented or signed contracts for numerous upgrades," the representative wrote. They include a monitored security camera system, access controls and on-site security.
Owner/agent of record: GE Tower Owner LP, 401 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 1070, Santa Monica, CA 90401 | |||||
Gardens at Briarwood 3540-3588 Buford Highway NE, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 130 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 130 Year Built: 1967 Findings: Police reported these addresses had 50 crimes from 2017 through July 2023. They included 14 aggravated assaults and nine robberies. A September 2019 inspection of 43 of the 130 units for an occupational license showed all units passed.
Owner/agent of record: Gardens at Briarwood 2015 LLC, 3300 Buckeye Road, Ste. 777, Atlanta, GA 30341 | |||||
Glen Hollow, formerly The Life at Glen Hollow and Serenade 3859 Flat Shoals Parkway; 83, 255, 299, 316 and 338 Glen Hollow Drive, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 336 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 336 Year Built: 1972 Findings: Complete address information for the complex could not be determined, but at these addresses, police reported 63 crimes from 2017 through July 2023, including four homicides. Police reported 30 crimes at the 3859 address, including 12 aggravated assaults and four robberies. At 316 Glen Hollow, police reported nine crimes, including an April 2017 homicide of a 10-year-old who was drowned in a bathtub, two rapes and two aggravated assaults. At 255 Glen Hollow there were nine crimes, including a December 2017 homicide of a 21-year-old woman, three aggravated assaults and a rape. At 299 Glen Hollow there were 12 crimes, including a May 2021 homicide and four aggravated assaults. At 83 Glen Hollow there were 14 crimes, including a homicide in December 2021 during a shootout where more than 60 shell casings were found; and six aggravated assaults. At 338 Glen Hollow there were 15 crimes, including three aggravated assaults. The county listed six code complaints at the 3859 address in 2019 and 2020. There were 38 other code complaints for addresses on Glen Hollow. The complex was sold in December 2021, and problems declined significantly under the new ownership as it continues to make improvements, according to Joe Weinstock, manager of Glen Hollow Equities, in a 2022 statement.
Owner/agent of record: Glen Hollow Equities LLC, 211 Boulevard of the Americas, Ste. 204, Lakewood, NJ 08701 | |||||
Grande Club 3740 Club Drive, Duluth | | Gwinnett County | 264 | 1998 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 264 Year Built: 1998 Findings: Police reported 41 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included three aggravated assaults and two rapes. An August 2020 fire displaced 58 residents and prompted a lawsuit by renters who alleged that the complex failed to maintain the premises and provide fire safety equipment. According to the lawsuit, the complex failed multiple fire inspections for faulty fire alarms and sprinklers within a few months of the fire.
Owner/agent of record: Sreit Grand Club Apartments LLC, 1601 Washington Ave., Ste 800, Miami Beach, FL 33139-3165 | |||||
Griffin Street 20 Griffin Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 13 | 1961 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 13 Year Built: 1961 Findings: At this small complex, on Jan. 12, 2022, there was a homicide with a teenage victim. Overall, police report 10 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023. They include a rape and a robbery. Atlanta listed six code complaints. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems, but in January 2023 the city removed from the complex from the list.
Owner/agent of record: Alves Investment Group Atl LLC, 3850 Xenophon St., San Diego, CA 92107 | |||||
Grove at Stonebrook 1405 Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 188 | 1986 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 188 Year Built: 1986 Findings: Police reported 55 crimes at this address from 2017 through May 2023, including a September 2019 homicide, 16 aggravated assaults, eight robberies and three rapes. In addition, there was a July 2021 homicide in its parking lot. A 2017 exterior inspection by a consultant noted erosion issues affecting the foundation; missing siding; wood rot; deficient paint; cracked windows; bent and falling screens; loose and falling siding; a falling walkway; and other violations. A Dec. 1, 2022 exterior inspection identified no violations.
Owner/agent of record: Grove At Stonebrook Owner LLC, 112 S. French St., Ste 105-MP, Wilmington, DE 19801-5035 | |||||
Harvest Oaks 2948-2980 Delmar Lane, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 76 | 1960 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 76 Year Built: 1960 Findings: From 2017 through April 2023, police reported 66 crimes at the 2980 address. They include a September 2019 homicide, 30 aggravated assaults, eight robberies and a rape. Among the 33 code complaints are ones by a caller who said her windows were shot at and had holes in them; a sewer backup; and a stove that was inoperable. Residents told a local TV station in August 2022 that they are fed up with the trash, rodents and unanswered maintenance requests. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime and code condition problems. A fire in September 2021 destroyed 12 units.
Owner/agent of record: 2948 Delmar Lane PCPRE LLC, 12945 Seminole Blvd., Bldg/Ste 1 15, Largo, FL 33778 | |||||
Haven Hill Exchange, formerly Brookstone at Grove, Markeys Grove 3524 Buford Highway; 3520, 3530, 3532, 3534, 3536, 3630, 3632, 3638 and 3640 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 128 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 128 Year Built: 1972 Findings: Complete address information could not be obtained, but police reported 23 crimes at these listed addresses from 2017 through May 2023. They include a homicide in November 2021 at 3638 Buford, two aggravated assaults, a robbery and a child molestation. An exterior sweep of the complex at this address in April 2022 found numerous violations, including trash and debris; broken windows; missing exterior lights; broken and loose railings; junk vehicles; and an AC unit that had fallen on the ground. A fire in August 2020 damaged 12 units.
Owner/agent of record: Grove New Hope Multifamily 1031 LLC, Property Tax Consulting LLC, 1801 Peachtree St. NE, Ste. 225, Atlanta, GA 30309. | |||||
Heritage Pointe 1350 Mayson Turner Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 84 | 1963 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 84 Year Built: 1963 Findings: From 2017 through April 2023, police reported 33 crimes at this address. They included 11 aggravated assaults, five robberies and a rape. The city lists 38 code complaints, many of them marked as court complied, indicating that conditions were addressed after a case went to court. The most recent complaints involved flooding sewage.
Owner/agent of record: 1350 Mayson Turner LLC, 449 E. 18th St., Paterson, NJ 07524 | |||||
Heritage Station Family 765 McDaniel Street SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 220 | 2007 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 220 Year Built: 2007 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 223 crimes at this address, including homicides in July and November 2019, 29 aggravated assaults, 11 robberies, two rapes and two child molestations. City records show 23 code complaints. Among those were pest infestations and interior walls and ceiling soiled. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems. In an email to the AJC in 2022, Kathy Walker with Heritage Station Family LLC said it didn't own the property during the period of 2017-2021 when most all of the crimes occurred.The current operator of the complex also was not involved with the property at that time, she wrote.
Owner/agent of record: Heritage Station Family LLC, 1000 Parkwood Circle SE, Ste. 320, Atlanta, GA 30339 | |||||
Hidden Creste, formerly Windjammer 3200 Stone Road SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 280 | 1975 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 280 Year Built: 1975 Findings: Police reported 193 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included a homicide in June 2020, 22 aggravated assaults,15 robberies and a child molestation. A total of 30 code enforcement complaints were listed, some marked as court complied. Leaks, mold and trash were among the complaints.
Owner/agent of record: Hidden Creste Housing Partners LP, Registered Agent ROBERT G. HOSKINS, 227 SANDY SPRINGS CIR., D103-184, ATLANTA, GA, 30328 | |||||
Hidden Valley, formerly Spring Valley 2807 Misty Waters Drive; 2800, 2801, 2823 and other addresses in 2800 block of Misty Water, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 250 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 250 Year Built: 1970 Findings: At the four listed addresses, police reported 69 crimes from 2017 through June 2023. There were 24 crimes reported at the 2807 address, including homicides in October 2018, May 2019 and April 2022 and two aggravated assaults. Twelve other crimes were reported at the 2823 Misty Waters address, including two aggravated assaults. At 2800 Misty Waters there were 14 crimes reported, including an aggravated assault and a robbery. At 2801 Misty Waters, there were 19 crimes, including five aggravated assaults, three robberies and an arson. DeKalb listed 12 code complaints as of 2022. In June 2015, two people were injured after a fire destroyed several apartments at the complex. A fire Nov. 17, 2022 displaced more than a dozen people.
Owner/agent of record: Sureste Hidden Valley LLC, 3475 Lenox Road, Ste. 705, Atlanta, GA 30305 | |||||
Hidden Village, formerly Villages of Cascade. Listed as Landrum Arms by Atlanta 3041 Landrum Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 180 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 180 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 121 crimes, including homicides in April and July 2019, 37 aggravated assaults, five robberies, two rapes and two child molestations. In December 2021, a 1-year-old girl was in critical condition after an accidental shooting at the complex, and in 2017 a 9-year-old was shot in a drive-by shooting at the complex. This complex has had 214 code complaints. A number of them in 2019 were marked as court complied, indicating that conditions were addressed after a case went to court. Several in 2023 were shown as having a civil process begun to get repairs.Overall, the issues included rats, roaches, snakes and other pest infestrations; ceilings caving in; bullet holes; leaks; open and vacant units; stagnant water; electrical issues; lack of AC; and windows shot out; The complex had a fire in December 2021. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Hidden Village Group LLC, 3041 Landrum Drive, Atlanta, GA 30311 | |||||
Highland Circle 201 Northwood Drive NE, Sandy Springs | | Sandy Springs | 133 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Sandy Springs Units: 133 Year Built: 1966 Findings: Police reported 46 crimes at this address from 2017 through January 2023. They include an October 2020 homicide, seven aggravated assaults, three robberies and an arson. Sandy Springs would not provide information about any sexual offenses at this address. Sandy Springs reported 18 code cases at this address in a recent five-year period. Among them were complaints about rats and roaches.
Owner/agent of record: Highland Circle Apartments LLC, c/o Sabra Property Management, 3300 Buckeye Road Ste. 777, Atlanta, GA 30341-4234 | |||||
Highlands at East Atlanta 2051 Flat Shoals Road SE, Atlanta | | DeKalb County | 250 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 250 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 175 crimes at this address, including homicides in November 2022 and January 2023, 55 aggravated assaults, 16 robberies and one rape. DeKalb showed 11 code complaints between February 2018 and Jan. 19, 2022. Note that during an August 2015 fire, firefighters reporting being hampered because of problems with water pressure in the hydrants.
Owner/agent of record: Housing Authority of DeKalb County, 750 Commerce Drive, Ste. 201, Decatur, GA 30030 | |||||
Hillcrest at Brookhaven 3446 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 108 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 108 Year Built: 1967 Findings: Police reported 46 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023, including seven aggravated assaults and 12 robberies. Of note: From January 2022 through July 2023, the only crimes listed by police were three robberies. An April 2022 sweep exterior inspection report of the apartments noted several violations. They included damaged or clogged gutters throughout the complex; soffit damage on several buildings; damaged decks and railings; missing or damaged exterior lights; loose handrails; and graffiti.
Owner/agent of record: Villas Multifamily Holdings LLC, 1801 Peachtree St. NE, Ste. 225, Atlanta, GA 30309 | |||||
Hollywood Shawnee, Hollywood West 1033 Hollywood Road and 1220 Gun Club Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 112 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 112 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 78 crimes at the Hollywood address. They include homicides in December 2018, August 2019, and March 2022; 25 aggravated assaults; eight robberies; and two rapes. At the 1220 Gun Club Road address, there were 17 additional crimes, including seven aggravated assaults and a robbery. The March 2019 HUD inspection score was 63c*. Among the 33 code complaints are ones for lack of running water, rats, flooded apartments, raw sewage and broken stairs. A 2018 complaint that the playground was dangerous and causing harm to children was marked as court complied. In March 2022, a construction worker died after a concrete stairwell collapsed at the complex. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Hollywood Shawnee Housing Partners LP, C T Corporation System, 289 S Culver St., Lawrenceville, GA 30046-4805 | |||||
Huntington Station 2560 New Haven Drive and 2559-2593; and addresses in the 2500 block of Pilgrim Way, New Bedford Lane and Nantucket Drive, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 330 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 330 Year Built: 1972 Findings: In the 2500 block of New Haven, police reported 56 crimes from 2017 through July 2023. They include homicides at 2560 New Haven on 5/25/2020 during the hijacking of a motor vehicle, 13 crimes involving aggravated assault, 12 robberies, three rapes and three statutory rapes. On Pilgrim Way, there were 42 crimes, including six aggravated assaults and six robberies. On New Bedford there were 22 crimes, including six aggravated assaults, a rape and four robberies. On Nantucket Drive, there were 13 crimes, including three aggravated assaults and two robberies, both of which were home invasions.
Owner/agent of record: AV Huntington Station LLC, Registered Agent David Weissmann, 3490 Piedmont Road, Ste. 650, Atlanta, GA, 30305 | |||||
Indian Valley 741 Northern Ave. and 3520, 3524, 3528, 3532, 3536, 3540 and 3546 Indian Creek Way, Clarkston | | DeKalb County | 208 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 208 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 53 crimes at the 741 Northern address, including three homicides in May 2019, one in May 2021, and one in May 2023; 11 robberies; three aggravated assaults; and a rape. At the Indian Creek Way addresses, police reported 38 crimes. They included four aggravated assaults, 10 robberies and a rape DeKalb listed one code complaint at these addresses as of 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Clarkston Valley LLC, 4525 Stone Mountain Highway, Lilburn, GA 30047 | |||||
JSD 1929 Sarah Court; 2232 Sarah Court NW; 6134 Singleton Road, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 140 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 140 Year Built: 1968 Findings: In a 2018 aggravated assault, police arrested a man who fired several shots into a car at the complex. At addresses from 1929 to 2232 Sarah Court from 2017-2022, Gwinnett police reported 19 other crimes. They included five aggravated assaults, eight robberies and a rape. In May 2021, a fire at the complex killed a woman. In 2022, there was an active building permit and ongoing construction to repair a burned structure, the county reported.
Owner/agent of record: Casteel Electric Company, 2720 Doster Road, Madison, GA 30650 | |||||
KRC Hilltops 5651 Brook Hollow Parkway and addresses on Lia Hills, Norcross | | Norcross | 395 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Norcross Units: 395 Year Built: 1973 Findings: Norcross listed 45 code enforcement complaints from 2017 to 2022 at the complex for issues concerning trash, illegal dumping and inoperable cars. The complex had a fire in July 2018 when the sprinkler system was not operational. A resident told firefighters that the sprinkler system was turned off in late March due to water leaking in her apartment. Firefighters who responded to that leak in March instructed management to conduct a fire watch and to notify their sprinkler company for repairs, and a spokesman said it is unknown why the system wasn't functional. Complete address information for Lia Hills buildings was not available.There was a SWAT standoff at the complex in September 2020. Police listed three crimes at the Brook Hollow since 2017, including an arson in March 2023 and a robbery in June 2023. Along LIa Hills Drive from 2022 through July 2023, there were 16 crimes, including two aggravated assaults and a rape; from 2017-2021, there were 41 crimes listed, including nine aggravated assaults and a rape.
Owner/agent of record: KRC Hilltops LLC, 111 Broadway, Rm 1703, New York, NY 10006-1914 | |||||
Kings Glen 2129 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 36 | 1960 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 36 Year Built: 1960 Findings: Police reported 20 crimes at this address from 2018 through June 2023, including an August 2020 homicide, eight aggravated assaults, two robberies and a child molestation. Fourteen code complaints are listed, Including roach infestations, electrical malfunctions, and unsanitary conditions.
Owner/agent of record: Malia Realty LLC, 9606 Brook Isles Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33446 | |||||
LaCota Apartments 6664 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. and other addresses from 6646-6698, Dunwoody | | Dunwoody | 266 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Dunwoody Units: 266 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Police reported 161 crimes at these addresses from 2017 through July 2023. They included the June 2018 fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old, the deaths of two brothers in a shooting at the complex in May 2022, 12 aggravated assaults, four robberies and three rapes. In 2021, Dunwoody Code Enforcement performed a property maintenance sweep at the complex and worked with its management to bring all the issues into compliance, Jennifer Boettcher, the city's communications director, told the AJC in 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Sterling Lacota LLC, 2900 Edison Lakes Parkway, Ste. 201, Mishawaka, IN 46546 | |||||
Lake Crossing 1325 Riverside Parkway, Austell | | Cobb County | 300 | 1987 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 300 Year Built: 1987 Findings: Police reported 227 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023. They include an April 2023 homicide, 20 aggravated assaults, 24 robberies, two sexual assaults and one arson. The complex had a fire in April 2023 that displaced dozens of people.
Owner/agent of record: Belmont Crossing LLC, 129 S 11th St., Nashville, TN 32706 | |||||
Lake Placid Village 5801 Kingsport Drive NE, Sandy Springs | | Sandy Springs | 99 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Sandy Springs Units: 99 Year Built: 1969 Findings: Police reported 24 crimes at this complex from 2017-August 2022. They include five aggravated assaults and three robberies. Sandy Springs would not provide data on any sexual offenses. The city listed 24 code complaints in a recent five-year period. Among them were complaints in 2020 that management had not fixed air conditioning in some units
Owner/agent of record: Lake Placid Heights LLC, 3300 Buckeye Road, Ste. 777, Atlanta, GA 30341 | |||||
Lakeview 1401 N. Hairston Road, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 284 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 284 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, 140 crimes were reported at this address. They include 16 aggravated assaults, seven rapes, a robbery and three arsons. The complex had a fire in September 2019. DeKalb shows 24 code-enforcement complaints from October 2017-January 2022. In a 2022 email to the AJC on behalf of owners, Peter Jakel, vice president of strategy for LinnellTaylor Marketing, said that criminal activity is taken very seriously. The company does full background checks for criminal history, hires courtesy patrols as needed and takes additional possible measures on a "case-by-case basis," he wrote. Since taking over management, millions of dollars in improvements have begun, he said, including new exterior lighting, controlled-access doors and surveillance cameras in key areas.
Owner/agent of record: SMP Lakeview Spe LLC, 8120 Woodmont Ave., Ste. 520, Bethesda, MD 20814 | |||||
Las Palmas 1023 Seasons Parkway, 1025 Seasons Parkway; 1 Seasons Parkway. Every address from 100 to 2246 is in the complex, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 202 | 1986 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 202 Year Built: 1986 Findings: News reports show that one person died in a shooting in November 2020, and another died in a shooting in March 2021. Police reported that the apartments on Seasons Parkway have had 142 crimes from 2017 through May 2023. In addition to the two homicides there were nine aggravated assaults,18 robberies and four rapes. A fire in March 2017 heavily damaged 10 units. Another fire in April 2021 displaced about two dozen people. A lawsuit filed in 2023 alleged that the complex failed to install proper fire suppression devices and to maintain worn-out electrical outlets. A consultant's exterior inspection in 2017 noted violations that included furniture in the parking lot, a building down due to a fire, rotted window frames, roof issues, falling gutters, rotten wood, graffiti, missing and damaged screens; broken. boarded-up and missing windows and other violations. On a 2022 visit by the AJC, the complex had two burned buildings that had not been demolished, dumpsters were overflowing and trash bags were strewn inside breezeways. The county issued a warning in October 2022 that the complex was in violation of code. In a 2022 email to the AJC, owner Ventron Management said that the safety and security of residents are top priorities and that it has invested tens of millions of dollars in capital improvement at its Atlanta-area properties, including installing and maintaining security cameras, fencing and gates. The email, from Ventron Chief Financial Officer Erez Hon, also said it has has hired courtesy police officers who live on site, and that it ensures vacant apartments are locked.
Owner/agent of record: SW FL Atlanta Condo LP, 2500 N. Military Trail, Ste. 285, Boca Raton, FL 33431-6322 | |||||
Legacy Commons, formerly Westwood 6259 S. Norcross Tucker Road, Lawrenceville | | Gwinnett County | 288 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 288 Year Built: 1974 Findings: Police reported 84 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023, including 14 aggravated assaults, one rape, and nine robberies, including home invasions in October 2019 and October 2020. A 2017 exterior inspection by a consultant found excessive rubbish; noncompliant steps; numerous broken windows; peeling stucco; damaged or missing screens; damaged gutters; and improper storage as among the violations. A Nov. 23, 2022 exterior inspection by the county identified no violations.
Owner/agent of record: Villa Nueva-2008 LLC, 3300 Buckeye Road, Ste. 777, Atlanta, GA 30341-4234 | |||||
Legacy at West Cobb, formerly The Life at West Cobb and Caswyck Trail 2665 Favor Road, Marietta | | Cobb County | 395 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 395 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 327 crimes at this complex from 2017 through July 2023. Among the crimes were a homicide in May 2019, 26 aggravated assaults, nine robberies, a rape of an elderly /disabled person, the sodomy of an adult, three sexual assaults and two cases of child molestation. Cobb listed 12 code complaints as of 2022. Among them were trash and abandoned vehicles. In 2021, some of the buildings were to undergo renovation, and the residents were told they would have to move out.
Owner/agent of record: Deancurt West Cobb LLC, 34 Greenwich Road, Longmeadow, MA 01106 | |||||
Leyland Pointe, formerly Laurel Ridge 2900 and 2990 Laurel Ridge Way, East Point | | East Point | 276 | 2005 | |
Jurisdiction: East Point Units: 276 Year Built: 2005 Findings: Crime stats are only available for 2021 through July 2023, and in this period police reported 111 crimes, including 11 aggravated assaults, three robberies and a child molestation. Among other crimes, in April 2020, police reported an aggravated assault and a robbery when a man held a knife to an ex-girlfriend's throat and threatened to kill her. A premises liability lawsuit was filed in March 2022 concerning an October 2020 parking lot shooting of a man during a robbery. The lawsuit alleges that in 2017-2019, the apartment complex was the location of a "staggering" number of violent crimes, including armed robberies, a carjacking, home invasions and a rape. Police also responded to a number of complaints about shots fired at the complex.
Owner/agent of record: Laurel Ridge at Washington Road Apartments LP, 2905 Northwest Boulevard, Ste. 150, Minneapolis, MN 55441 | |||||
Lillie R. Campbell House 1830 Campbellton Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 96 | 2007 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 96 Year Built: 2007 Findings: Police reported 17 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. Conditions at the complex were labeled unacceptable by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. In 2019, complaints included no pest control for six months, rats and cockroaches, overflowing trash. There were also 17 code complaints to the city of Atlanta. Among them were ones regarding leaks, rodents, roaches, and lack of heat or air. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Philip E. Searles, manager of the general partner of the complex, said that owners have worked to address any concerns and changed property management companies in 2019. "Currently, there are no outstanding issues...(and) the number of criminal incidents has dropped significantly," he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: Lillie R Campbell House LP, 5030 Nesbit Ferry Lane, Sandy Springs, GA 30350-1116 | |||||
Linden Ridge 5400 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 210 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 210 Year Built: 1972 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 89 crimes at this address, including 13 aggravated assaults; five rapes, three of them in 2020; eight robberies; and one arson. DeKalb shows seven code complaints between October 2018 and July 28, 2021. County records of inspections show that in 2017, the complex had 148 code citations. In 2020, it had 28. The county didn't have data on 2021 and 2022. The current owners acquired the complex in early March 2022 and since then its local management teams have been implementing capital improvement and safety measures, according to a 2022 email from Nathan Nelson, senior vice president of Peak Capital Partners. The teams are in the process of implementing other measures, including adding security patrols and having strict no-loitering regulations, Nelson wrote. The complex had a fire in July 2023 that displaced 65 people.
Owner/agent of record: PC Linden Ridge LLC, Peak Capital Partners LLC, 4956 North 300 West, Ste. 300, Provo, UT 84604 | |||||
London Towne Houses 308 and 311 Scott Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 200 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 200 Year Built: 1967 Findings: Police reported 14 crimes at the 308 address from late 2020 through July 2023. There were another 71 crimes at the 311 address from 2017 through July 2023. They included seven aggravated assaults, two robberies and a May 2023 kidnapping. On a 2004 HUD inspection, the complex scored a grade of 52c. The city listed four code complaints, including a complaint about a burned structure.
Owner/agent of record: TBG London Townhomes LP, 6780 Roswell Road, Ste. 200, Atlanta, GA 30328 | |||||
Luther's Landing 1981 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 20 | 1965 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 20 Year Built: 1965 Findings: From 2017 to August 2022, police reported that this small complex had 16 crimes. They included 10 aggravated assaults, three robberies and a child molestation. Code enforcement lists 20 complaints from 2017 to October 2023. They include some for interior structural damage, missing and broken doors and rats. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: B&D Apartments LLC, P.O. Box 35089, Los Angeles, CA 90035 | |||||
Maggie Russell Towers 400 Ralph McGill Boulevard, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 150 | 1982 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 150 Year Built: 1982 Findings: This nine-story complex received a failing HUD inspection score of 36c* in January 2022 but a score of 65c in May 2023. Atlanta shows two code complaints, but none since 2019. Police reported 15 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023. They included two aggravated assaults.
Owner/agent of record: Residences at Maggie Capitol LLC, 3520 Piedmont Rd. NE, Ste. 410, Atlanta 30305 | |||||
Magnolia Park 60 Paschal Blvd. Associated addresses also include odd numbers from 777 to 817 Magnolia Way, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 400 | 2001 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 400 Year Built: 2001 Findings: On Jan. 6, 2023, a 27-year-old was critically wounded in a shooting at the complex. Police reported 22 crimes at the Paschal address from 2017 through July 2023. They included seven aggravated assaults, two robberies. an arson and a rape. At Magnolia Way addresses associated with the complex, police reported 139 crimes from 2017 through July 2023. They included an Aug. 21, 2021 homicide, a May 2021 homicide, 29 aggravated assaults, nine robberies and a rape. Code enforcement lists 93 complaints at the Paschal address. They include interior structural damage, a falling ceiling, leaks and a pest infestration.The HUD inspection score, from February 2022, was failing at 38c*. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: CCH John Eagan II Homes, L.P. , National Registered Agents, Inc., 289 S. Culver Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046-4805 | |||||
Manchester Ridge, formerly South Hampton Estates 3100 and 3110 Godby Road, College Park and South Fulton. | | College Park, South Fulton | 344 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: College Park, South Fulton Units: 344 Year Built: 1970 Findings: College Park police reported 182 crimes at these two addresses from 2017-2023, including 44 aggravated assaults, most of which involved a gun; and homicides in July 2017, March 2019 and June 2020. There were also 11 robberies, a carjacking and an arson. A 2022 lawsuit by a tenant shot during a robbery accuses the complex of negligence. Code enforcement data is limited but it shows that the complex failed to pay its trash bill from July to November 2021 and owed more than $14,000, resulting in a warning from the city about the situation and citations. But in April 2022, tenants complained to a local TV station that trash had been piling up for months, attracting rats and other problems.
Owner/agent of record: Trinity South Hampton LLC, 101 Colony Park Drive, Ste. 300, Cumming, GA 30040 | |||||
Manor III 1483 Arthur Langford Jr. Place, 262 Arthur Langford Jr. Place, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 126 | 1963 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 126 Year Built: 1963 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 28 crimes at the 1483 Arthur Langford address. They included 13 aggravated assaults, two robberies and a rape. In addition, there were 31 crimes reported at the 262 Arthur Langford address. They included an August 2022 homicide and 18 aggravated assaults. Code enforcement has had 36 complaints about these two addresses. They include leaks, rats, sewage backup and a lack of mailboxes. In October 2022, a resident sued the complex for negligence, alleging that a porch railing collapsed, causing him and his cousin to fall and suffer serious injuries. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: B&R Apartments LLC, 352 S. Lapeer Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 | |||||
Martin Manor 2950 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 64 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 64 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 47 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023, including 22 aggravated assaults, one robbery and one rape. City records list 25 code complaints, including complaints about faulty wiring, a gas leak, roaches, a lack of window screens and broken windows. One December 2020 complaint from a woman said that the apartment above hers caught fire and caused damage to her apartment, but the landlord did not provide her with a different apartment. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: B&L Apartments LLC, 352 S. La Peer Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 | |||||
Martin Street Plaza, also known as Summerhill 600 Martin St. SE; 142 Georgia Avenue, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 60 | 1979 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 60 Year Built: 1979 Findings: Police reported 43 crimes at the 600 Martin address from 2017 through May 2023, including 14 aggravated assaults, two robberies and a rape. Note that in March 2020, when police responded to car break-ins, the suspect was said to drive aggressively at them, and one officer fired at them. In a June 2022 inspection, HUD scored it a 77c*. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Atlanta Housing Authority, RE: Martin Street Plaza, 230 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303-2429 | |||||
Midway Manor 3626 Midway Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 80 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 80 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 3, 21023, police reported 40 crimes at this address. They include four aggravated assaults, one robbery and one rape. County data from inspections show 166 code complaints in 2017, resulting in fines of $11,600. Code data in 2022 showed 34 complaints, including several for interior/exterior structural issues.
Owner/agent of record: Infinity Midway Manor LLC, 9520 Harding Avenue, Ste. 1, Surfside, FL 33154 | |||||
Midwood Pines, formerly Winwood or Windwood 6970 Shenandoah Trail and other addresses including 6881, 6883, 6891, and 6900-6984, Austell | | Cobb County | 200 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 200 Year Built: 1973 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 217 crimes at these addresses. They included 20 aggravated assaults, 19 robberies, one arson, one sodomy and one rape. In 2022, Cobb County listed eight code complaints, including broken windows; stairs and balconies in disrepair; overflowing trash; and units without AC during the summer.
Owner/agent of record: Midwood Pines LLC, 750 Hammond Drive, Bldg. 16-350, Atlanta, GA 30328 | |||||
Mirador at Peachtree, formerly Ashford Gardens 2203 Plaster Road, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 164 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 164 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 5, 2023, police reported 63 crimes at this address, including a Feb. 23, 2022, homicide;11 other crimes involving aggravated assault. a sexual battery and five robberies. An exterior sweep by the city in November 2020 found erosion, insect nests, clogged gutters, storage of old mattresses and other rubbish in the dumpster area and damaged dryer vents among other violations. The complex had a fire in November 2016 that destroyed two buildings with about two dozen units. After acquiring the complex in March 2019, the new operators installed Flock Safety cameras with a recording feature and new security cameras, along with enhanced lighting, according to a PR firm representing the owners in 2022. It also re-worked trash areas to address dumping issues and installed gutter guards, the representative said.
Owner/agent of record: Mirador at Peachtree LLC, 4445 Willard Avenue, Ste. 900, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | |||||
Montrose Brookhaven Apartments, formerly Madison Brookhaven 3078 Clairmont Road, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 288 | 1984 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 288 Year Built: 1984 Findings: Police reported 54 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include 11 aggravated assaults, one robbery, a rape and one cruelty to a child first degree case. A September 2021 exterior sweep found many emergency lights not working; trash on stairs; loose railings; and outdoor storage among the violations.
Owner/agent of record: Brookhaven LL LLC, C/O Investcorp International Realty Inc., 280 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 | |||||
Mountain Crest 1075 N. Hairston Road, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 280 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 280 Year Built: 1967 Findings: From 2017 through July 4, 2023, police reported 151 crimes at this address, including a homicide in October 2017, 39 aggravated assaults, five robberies, two forcible fondlings and five rapes, three of them in 2018. Among the assaults, in January 2020 police reported that a 19-year-old was shot at the complex, and in July 2022 a 16-year-old was reportedly shot. DeKalb County shows 65 code complaints between Aug. 26, 2017 and March 22, 2022. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Preservation Management said it became the property manager in June 2021, and that the pandemic posed challenges for the complex. Increased criminal activity in the surrounding area also at times has affected the property, wrote Michele Folino, vice president of operations for the company. Management has increased monitoring, she wrote, including enhanced video surveillance, and resumed evictions of tenants who violate lease terms.
Owner/agent of record: Registered agent: Mountain Crest LP, Corporation Service Company, 2 Sun Court, Ste. 400, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 | |||||
Nirvana Laurel Springs, formerly Laurel Park and The Life at Pine Grove 5758 Highway 85, Riverdale | | Clayton County | 387 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 387 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Police reported three homicides at this address from 2017-2021. They were in May 2019, June 2021 and October 2021. There was also a February 2019 shooting that wounded one person. Clayton could not make other crime data available for 2017-2021, but records show 73 calls from this address to 911 about potential crimes, including four rape investigations and 20 thefts. Preliminary crime data for January 2022-November 2023 show 38 crimes at this address. They include 17 aggravated assaults and one armed robbery.The complex has been the target of 72 code complaints. In early 2022, seven code complaints were filed, including ones on rodents, infestations, plumbing, and sanitary system maintenance. There were fires at the complex in September 2018, January 2019 and April 2019.
Owner/agent of record: 5758 Highway 85 Riverdale LLC & Uncommon Laurel LLC, 400 Madison Avenue, Ste. 12D, New York, NY 10017 | |||||
Nirvana at Glenrose; The Terraces at Highbury Court; formerly Crystal Apartments 50 Mount Zion Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 172; 142 | 1976 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 172; 142 Year Built: 1976 Findings: Two neighboring complexes are listed at 50 Mt. Zion Road: Nirvana Glenrose and Terraces at Highbury Court. On Oct. 2, 2022, police reported that a man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at this address. On Sept. 11, 2022, a man was wounded in a shooting, and on Aug. 7, 2022, a man was shot during a dispute with another man. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 151 crimes at this address, including a February 2019 homicide; 38 aggravated assaults; 11 robberies; a rape; and a sodomy. On Jan. 9, 2023, fire destroyed a building at the Terraces complex, the fire department reported..On Dec. 13, 2023, nine people had to be rescued by firefighters when another fire broke out at this address. Atlanta lists 30 code complaints at 50 Mount Zion Road, including 2023 complaints about lack of security, no water after a pipe burst, interior structural damage, rodents, leaks, trash and overgrowth. At 50 Mt. Zion Road, it listed 37 complaints. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that Terraces at Highbury Court was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Nirvana Glenrose LLC, 3279 Yorktown Drive, Roswell, GA 30075; Terraces NC LLC & Terraces WR LLC, 2233 Nostrand Ave., Floor 3rd, Brooklyn, NY 11201 | |||||
North Cliff Valley 1344-1376 N Cliff Valley Way NE, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 57 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 57 Year Built: 1972 Findings: Addresses from 1344-1376 N. Cliff Valley Way had 16 crimes reported by police from 2017-2021. They include two homicides in June 2017, two aggravated assaults, six robberies and an arson.
Owner/agent of record: Townsend at Brookhaven Community Association Inc. 1630 Military Cutoff Road, Ste. 216, Wilmington NC 28403 | |||||
Oak Forest 324 Hatton Drive and even-number addresses from 300-338, Scottdale | | DeKalb County | 150 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 150 Year Built: 1974 Findings: In August 2023, a 45-year-old man died after being caught in the crossfire between two other people. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 86 crimes at these addresses, including homicides in November 2018, January 2021, June 2021 and August 2022; 16 aggravated assaults; six robberies and a forcible sodomy. In one aggravated assault in August 2018, a 10-year-old girl was asleep in her bed when a bullet struck her arm from a shootout in the parking lot. In another shooting, in October 2019 a man was critically wounded in a shooting. DeKalb County listed 50 code complaints between January 30, 2017 and Jan. 3, 2022. In June 2023, residents told WSB-TV that plumbing issues had left their apartments flooded for weeks and they were left to contend with mold issues.
Owner/agent of record: Oak Forest Scottdale LP, 310 E. 96th Street, Ste. 400, Indianapolis, IN 46240 | |||||
Oakland City, West End Apartments 1191 Oakland Lane SW and 1165-1197 Oakland Lane; 1280 to 1288 Oakland Drive; 979 Howell Place; 978 Peeples St SW; 1031, 1035 and 1039 Dimmock Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 111 | 1983 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 111 Year Built: 1983 Findings: Police reported that a man was killed in a fatal shooting in August 2023; that a man was shot dead at the complex in July 2023; that one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting at the complex in April 2021, that one person was killed in June 2020; and that two toddlers were murdered at the complex in October 2017. In addition, in March 2022, a 15-year-old boy was shot. All told, police report 69 crimes at these addresses from 2017 through July 2023. There were also 33 aggravated assaults at these addresses, six robberies, an attempted rape and two child molestations. Atlanta records show 25 code complaints at 1191 Oakland, including complaints in October 2023 about leaks, electrical issues, lack of heat, pest infestations, broken appliances, open and vacant units, and damaged roof and doors. Other addresses at the complex had 22 code complaints.In a 2022 email to the AJC, Sarah Bagley with the nonprofit Chisom Housing Group that owns the complex said it strives to provide safe and clean homes and to support residents with programs that include providing food. "We have worked collaboratively with code enforcement to be responsive to issues in our community and will continue to do so," she wrote
Owner/agent of record: CHG Oakland City LLC, Incorporating Services Ltd., 900 Old Roswell Lakes Parkway, Suite 310, Roswell GA 30076 | |||||
Orchard Walk 3800 Flat Shoals Parkway, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 204 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 204 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 14, 2023, police reported 139 crimes at this address, including homicides in April 2019, September 2019, December 2020 and July 2021. Also included were 26 aggravated assaults, eight robberies, three rapes and three other sexual assaults. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs received a complaint in 2021 that apartments had no access to heat or AC from May to August 2021, and that when a resident was hospitalized with COVID, during her hospital stay her hot water heater burst and she had to wait three weeks for management to send maintenance to dry vac the unit. DeKalb listed 76 code complaints between Jan. 20, 2017 and Jan. 26, 2022, and in April 2022, tenants told a local TV station they were tied of the deplorable conditions, including leaking ceilings, the lack of hot water and bullet holes in walls. BBB rated the complex as D- A massive fire February 2022 resulted in three people being hospitalized. A mother and three children had to jump out of their windows to escape flames.
Owner/agent of record: Orchard Walk LP, 210 University Boulevard, Suite 460, Denver, CO 80206 | |||||
Oxford Village 2980 Jonesboro Road SE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 188 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 188 Year Built: 1974 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 119 crimes at this address, including 40 aggravated assaults,10 robberies, two rapes and a child molestation. The property's most recent HUD inspection score was 53c*, a failing grade. Atlanta lists 36 code complaints, some marked as court complied. They included exposed wiring, broken windows, exterior structure damage, leaks and flooded apartments. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. In an email to the AJC in 2022, Paul Ponte, with the management agent for the complex, said his company was working with the owners and with HUD "to turn this apartment complex around." He said they have invested in a sophisticated surveillance system and made the gates operational, among other changes.
Owner/agent of record: Oxford Village Townhouses Inc., Attn: William Henley, 2980 Jonesboro Road SE #23, Atlanta, GA 30354-2476 | |||||
Paradise East, formerly Summit Hill 1480-1504 Bouldercrest Road SE, Atlanta | | DeKalb County | 352 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 352 Year Built: 1974 Findings: Police reported 78 crimes from 2017 through May 2023 at this block of addresses, including a March 2022 manslaughter by negligence case and the homicide of a 19-year-old in April 2018. There were also 17 aggravated assaults, three rapes and eight robberies. In 2021, a resident went public with complaints about crime, saying that there were teenage boys with assault rifles and that security gates were always open. The HUD inspection score at the complex was 87C* in January 2022. There were 17 code complaints at these addresses as of 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Paradise Housing Partners LP, 1700 7th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA 98101 | |||||
Parc 1000, formerly Marquis Parc 1000 Montreal Road, Clarkston | | Clarkston | 284 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Clarkston Units: 284 Year Built: 1973 Findings: In one of the most recent violent crimes reported by police, a 14-year-old boy was shot to death in early September 2022 at the complex; the suspect was another teen. This is also the complex where a 1-year-old was abducted in a car theft in November 2021 but was later found safe. Police reported 98 crimes at this address from 2017-2021, including 10 aggravated assaults, five robberies, a kidnapping and four rapes. From January 2022 through October 2023, police listed 60 crimes. They included four aggravated assaults, five robberies and a rape.This complex has had more than 50 code complaints. They include rats, lack of hot water, broken windows, open and vacant units, graffiti, pests, and mold. At a meeting in June 2021, some tenants complained that conditions in apartment complexes on Montreal Avenue are terrible.
Owner/agent of record: 1000 Montreal Road PCPRE LLC, 12945 Seminole Boulevard, Bldg. 1 15, Largo, FL 33778 | |||||
Park 35, formerly Robins Landing 3491 Glenwood Road and addresses on Robins Landing Way, ranging from 3480-3545, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 304 | 1965; 1973; 2000 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 304 Year Built: 1965; 1973; 2000 Findings: On Sept. 26, 2022, a woman was shot to death at the complex. A man was killed by gunfire on Feb. 22, 2021. Another person was murdered on Oct. 16, 2020, and on Nov. 17, 2020, a person was found dead inside a vehicle. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 160 crimes at the Robins Landing Way addresses. In addition to the murders, there were 34 aggravated assaults, 17 robberies and five rapes. The county in 2022 listed 93 code complaints at addresses on Robins Landing Way. A fire in April 2022 was contained to one unit but three other units sustained smoke and water damage. The current owner acquired the property in October 2022 and immediately began improvements, according to a 2022 statement from Karen Widmayer of KW Communications, on behalf of the owners. Improvements included 24/7 security, planned installation of controlled access and Flock Safety cameras with a recording feature, as well as the addition of other standard security cameras. The owner also was working to install additional lighting and adding security fencing, she said.
Owner/agent of record: Park 35 Owner, LLC, Registered Agent Corporation Service Company, 2 Sun Court, Suite 400, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 | |||||
Park Estates, formerly Maple Walk Apartments 1150 Maple Walk Circle and other address from 1120 to 1247; 3265 Covington Drive, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 100 | 1985 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 100 Year Built: 1985 Findings: Police reported 35 crimes at these Maple Walk addresses from 2017 through May 2023. They included an August 2017 homicide, seven aggravated assaults, two robberies and an arson. The August 2017 homicide at the complex came in an exchange of gunfire between police and a suspect; a police officer was wounded and a man was killed. Code enforcement in 2022 listed seven complaints. In 2017, residents were trapped on a top floor and required emergency rescue after the complex removed the stairs. That prompted code enforcement and the fire marshal to inspect, and they said they found issues at every building. Among them were a sagging balcony with missing supports, gutters with trees growing out of them, missing siding and a dirty pool. Residents said they had tried for three years to get the owners to address numerous problems. County records of inspections show the complex had 65 citations in 2017; 15 in 2018 and five in 2019; In 2020 there were 14. The complex also had two fire citations in 2018 and 15 in 2019, records show.
Owner/agent of record: Sureste Park Estate LLC, 55 Mineola Boulevard Ste. 7, Mineola, NY 11501 | |||||
Park South 2612 Steele Ave SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 36 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 36 Year Built: 1966 Findings: On Oct. 2, 2022, two people were shot at the complex, one of whom died of his injuries. Police reported 29 crimes at this address from 2017-2019 and from 2021-February 2023 (no 2020 data is listed). The crimes included 18 aggravated assaults and two robberies. The city received 38 code complaints, including in 2023 five complaints about vacant units not boarded properly, decayed door frames, broken windows, exposed sires, damaged cabinets and damaged roof gutters. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: New Path Investments LLC, Registered Agent Sanja Cooper, 1479 Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta, GA, 30310 | |||||
Park Valley, formerly The Park on Candler 2571 Candler Road; 2931 Panthersville Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 236 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 236 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 116 crimes at the 2571 Candler address, including a May 2022 homicide, 17 aggravated assaults, seven rapes, one arson and seven robberies. At the 2931 Panthersville Road address, there have been 55 other crimes, including nine aggravated assaults, one robbery and one rape. At the 2571 Candler addresses, DeKalb listed 116 code complaints between Jan. 20, 2017, and Feb. 7, 2022. At the 2931 Panthersville Road address, DeKalb lists 35 more code complaints between August 2017 and February 2022. Other county data on inspections show that the complex had 97 code citations in 2017, 264 in 2018 and 21 in 2019, along with four health citations in 2017 and two in 2018. It also had 13 fire citations over the three-year period. It was fined $87,175. It had additional citations in 2020.
Owner/agent of record: Park Valley Apartments LLC, 3475 Lenox Road, Ste. 760, Atlanta, GA 30326 | |||||
Park Vista 1940 Fisher Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 344 | 1951 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 344 Year Built: 1951 Findings: According to police reports, on Nov. 10, 2022, a man was killed at the complex following a dispute. Police reported 110 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included the murder, 38 aggravated assaults, 10 robberies, four rapes, two child molestations and an arson.There have been 36 code complaints to Atlanta. Issues included a broken stove, five inoperable vehicles in a parking lot, lack of heat, rodents and roaches, leaks and overgrowth. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems. In an email to the AJC in 2022, the company that owns the complex said that it has had extensive renovations since it was built, the most recent after it acquired the complex. The owner said it had not been able to obtain the crime data to review it, but attributed crime largely to tenant domestic problems and bad roommates, friends and visitors. The most difficult security challenge came from the recently condemned Forest Cove complex, directly across from Park Vista, the email said. Park Vista has security officers and a property-wide security camera system, said the statement sent by Nancy LeMay, executive vice president of Ventana Capital.
Owner/agent of record: Park Vista Partners LLC, Capitol Corporate Services Inc., 3675 Crestwood Parkway NW, STE 350, Duluth, GA, 30096 | |||||
Park at 500, formerly Clifton Glen and The Life at Clifton Glen 500-600 Hambrick Road and addresses on Old Front Street, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 556 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 556 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Police reported 15 crimes at these Hambrick Road addresses from 2017 through July 2023. They include two aggravated assaults and four robberies. At addresses in the 500 block of Old Front Street, police reported 55 other crimes. They include a July 2023 fatal shooting, nine aggravated assaults, three robberies, one arson and one rape. A June 2022 lawsuit by a woman says she suffered permanent paralysis when she was shot through the wall of her apartments. DeKalb in 2022 listed 14 code complaints at the Hambrick Road addresses. At the Old Front Street addresses, the county listed 23 code complaints. County records of inspections show that the complex had 217 code citations in 2017, with fines of $27,000. County data shows $82,890 in fines as of fall 2021. Online are complaints about infestations and drugs. BBB has given the complex an F rating.
Owner/agent of record: Park at 500 LLC, 15 E. Putnam Avenue, Box 374, Greenwich, CT 06830 | |||||
Parke Towne North 1432 North Cliff Valley Way NE; odd number addresses from 1323 to 1361; even number addresses from 1380 to 1390 and other numbers from 1391-1462 and 1478. Also, odd number addresses from 1603 to 1635 Briarwood Road NE, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 486 | 1964 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 486 Year Built: 1964 Findings: From 2017 through May 2023, police reported 167 crimes at these North Cliff Valley Way addresses. They include homicides in June 2020 and September 2021, 28 aggravated assaults, 35 robberies, one rape, two cases of cruelty to children, two kidnappings of minors, and an arson. At the Briarwood Road addresses there were 33 additional crimes. They included four aggravated assaults, seven robberies and the kidnapping of a minor. An exterior sweep inspection of the complex in August 2018 cited several violations, including fire hazards, lack of stairwell lights in various buildings, detached railings, trash, inoperable smoke detectors and more. A 2020 required annual inspection for a business license of a third of units showed all passed. The complex had a fire in February 2022. In a 2022 email to the AJC, the leasing office said it could not comment until it could review all of the police reports and local crime and code complaints and violations.
Owner/agent of record: Parke Towne North Apartments L, The Graham Group, 3756 Lavista Road, Ste. 200, Tucker, GA 30084 | |||||
Parkside Crossing 4233 Jonesboro Road, Forest Park | | Forest Park | 250 | 1962 | |
Jurisdiction: Forest Park Units: 250 Year Built: 1962 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 108 crimes at this address. They included two homicides, both in December 2017; 30 aggravated assaults; 12 robberies; one home invasion; one rape; and one arson. The complex as of 2022 had been the subject of 63 code complaints, involving issues such as lack of heat, rats and other unsafe conditions.
Owner/agent of record: 4233 Jonesboro Road PCPRE LLC & RSJL TIC LLC, 12945 Seminole Boulevard, Bldg 1, Ste. 15, Largo, FL 33778 | |||||
Pavilion Place, formerly Crescent Hills 532 Cleveland Avenue, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 240 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 240 Year Built: 1966 Findings: Police reported 280 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include six homicides, 75 aggravated assaults,12 robberies and a child molestation. In addition, in October 2023, a 13-year-old boy was shot while walking with friends in the complex. This derelict complex has had more than 370 code complaints, including electrical issues, rodent investigations, raw sewage, roof leaks, lack of air-conditioning, unsecured building, and open and vacant unit. At one point, the owner was charged in a 100-count criminal complaint alleging violations of the city housing code, but that was later dropped. A September 2021 fire engulfed several units. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems and followed up with a sweep by city and state inspectors the following month that cited several violations. Solicitors did not file civil citations on these violations until March 2023. The owner addressed at least 70 violations arising from about 50 civil complaints and was ordered by a municipal court judge to implement pest control across the complex. Tenants in summer 2023 reported squatters and that repairs hadn't been properly made.
Owner/agent of record: B&S Apartments LLLP, 352 Lapeer Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 | |||||
Peaks of MLK 2423 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 183 | 2004 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 183 Year Built: 2004 Findings: A man was fatally shot at the complex on Dec. 22, 2022. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 150 crimes at this address. They include the 2022 murder, a 2019 homicide, a 2018 homicide, 21 aggravated assaults and seven robberies. Atlanta has had 33 code complaints about the complex, including in 2023 complaints about leaks, mold, roaches, electrical issues, unsafe balcony and trash. In a 2022 email to the AJC Moshe Slepoy, director of operations for Broad Management Group, said the property was purchased by its ownership group on Dec. 22, 2020. "We are aware of some issues that existed under the prior ownership...and we have made several positive changes since," he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: Peaks at MLK Pines LLC & Peaks at MLK HP LLC, Registered Agent: Yosef Lew, 632 Dogwood Trail, Tyrone, GA 30290 | |||||
Pelfrey Pines 199 Grove Way, Roswell | | Roswell | 95 | 1950 | |
Jurisdiction: Roswell Units: 95 Year Built: 1950 Findings: In 2022, city officials said the housing authority knew of life-threatening problems at the 40-unit building for seniors and the disabled but had not made essential repairs. A 2021 report said the building's foundation was unstable with the potential for sinkholes, and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development later said that the problems could cause the building to collapse. Other critical repairs had been left undone since 2017, according to documents provided to the AJC. In July 2022, the city worked with the housing authority to relocate residents. Some were to be moved to the 55-unit portion of Pelfrey Pines across the street. As of Nov. 30, 2022, seven residents remained at the 40-unit building, said Beth Brown with Gainesville Housing Authority, which serves as property management agent. She also said that Roswell Housing Authority was never told that the building was not safe for habitation but rather that engineering reports indicated a potential for safety issues. Shoring equipment is in place throughout the property to ensure the structural integrity of the building, she wrote. In April 2023, the Roswell Housing Authority said it had a plan to redevelop the complex and was seeking federal tax credits to help finance the work.
Owner/agent of record: Roswell Housing Authority, RE: Pelfrey Pines, 199 Grove Way, Roswell, GA 30075 | |||||
Piedmont Pads, formerly City Walk, Renaissance Walk, Dwell ATL 171 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 144 | 2007 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 144 Year Built: 2007 Findings: Police reported 107 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include homicides in June 2021 and February 2019, three aggravated assaults and four robberies. Atlanta lists five code complaints, three of them marked as no violation found.
Owner/agent of record: Piedmont Pad Investors LLC, 3600 Red Road, Ste. 309, Hollywood, FL 33025 | |||||
Pine Tree Condominiums Pine Tree Trail (multiple addresses) Also addresses in the 2900 block of Creel Road including 2900, 2985 and 2995, South Fulton | | South Fulton | 40 | 1990 | |
Jurisdiction: South Fulton Units: 40 Year Built: 1990 Findings: While this is listed as a condominium, some units are rented. The South Fulton mayor flagged this complex as persistently dangerous, and a TV report in April 2022 said that several recent shootings in the complex had neighbors terrified. From 2022 through July 2023, police list 24 crimes along Pine Tree Trail, including five aggravated assaults, and three crimes at 2985 Creel Road, including two aggravated assaults. Among other crimes, in 2018 a brawl resulted in a girl being held at gunpoint. Among more than a dozen code complaints were ones concerning roofs and windows and maintenance of proper sanitary conditions. Records show at least one unit was declared unfit for human occupancy Complete address information and crime data was not available.
Owner/agent of record: Pine Tree Condominiums Association, 125 Townpark Drive, Ste. 300, PMI Cornerstone, Kennesaw, GA 30144 | |||||
Pinebrooke, formerly Fairway Pointe 9170 Dorsey Road and building numbers on Fairway Pointe Drive that include 119, 216, 315, 416, 515, 616, 715, 816, 915, 1016, 1115,1216, 1315, 1416, 1515, 1616, Riverdale | | Clayton County | 137 | 1997 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 137 Year Built: 1997 Findings: In July 2022, a video filmed at the complex showed people brandishing weapons and cash and making threats to kill others. That followed a fatal shooting Feb. 14, 2022, a November 2021 shooting that killed a 25-year-old and an October 2018 shooting that killed a 33-year-old. Data on other crimes from 2017-2021 was not available from the county. A code blitz was done at the complex in late July 2022 after the video was posted. That blitz resulted in citations for 41 violations. There were 37 previous code enforcement cases prior to the sweep. Those issues included problems with plumbing, trash and debris, smoke alarms, interior structure, abandoned or vacant building, electrical system hazards and more.
Owner/agent of record: B&H Apartments LLC, 5042 Wilshire Boulevard, #20267, Los Angeles, CA 90036 | |||||
Pines at Mount Gilead, formerly Glen Abbeny and Mount Gilead Road 3350 Mount Gilead Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 86 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 86 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 51 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included homicides in June 2017 and November 2021, 11 aggravated assaults, three robberies and a rape. Atlanta has had 59 code complaints about the complex, some of which were marked as court complied. They include reports of structural damage, leaks, rats, open and vacant apartments, plumbing issues, ceilings falling, broken furnace and broken refrigerator. One tenant in 2018 called to report that her unit had caught on fire due to an electrical issue in January 2018, and that management took her to court for nonpayment of rent after not fixing the unit, which had no heat, no AC, and no power in certain places because the fire department had removed unsafe items. Another 2018 complaint said that doors were not secure, cabinets were caving in due to water leaks and windows were damaged.
Owner/agent of record: FB Mount Gilead Road LLC, 4145 Powell Road, Powell, OH 43065 | |||||
Polaris at Camp Creek Apartments, formerly The Life at Harrington Park 2800 Camp Creek Parkway, College Park | | College Park | 175 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: College Park Units: 175 Year Built: 1968 Findings: Police reported 73 crimes at this address from 2017-2023, including an Oct. 31, 2022 homicide, 10 aggravated assaults and three robberies. A fire in January 2019 displaced 33 people, and another in December 2019 displaced about 30 people
Owner/agent of record: Polaris at Camp Creek Holdings LLC, 1355 Terrell Mill Road Bldg/Ste 1464 204, Marietta, GA 30067 | |||||
Polaris at East Point, formerly Thirty72 and Brookfield Apartments 3072 Washington Road, East Point | | East Point | 118 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: East Point Units: 118 Year Built: 1967 Findings: East Point had said this was one of its most notorious complexes, at one point leading to a court order for the owners to have a police presence in the area 24/7. The city said in 2017 that not even police officers would go into the complex because of the criminal activity. After the judge's order, Brookfield said it would provide free apartments for two officers. But crime and blight problems continued, and, working with the city, the complex renovated one building, and in June 2021 it reserved eight units in it at no cost for the city's police and fire department members. Information on crimes from 2017-2020 was not available. In 2021, six crimes were reported at this address, including a homicide, a rape and two aggravated assaults, one of which was a stabbing. From January 2022 through July 2023, 25 crimes were reported, including three aggravated assaults, three robberies and two rapes. Also included was the November 2022 death of a 4-year-old girl at the complex and serious injuries to her twin in a fire; the children's mother was later charged in the case.
Owner/agent of record: Polaris at East Point Holdings LLC, Apex Development Group, 1355 Terrell Mill Rd., Bldg. #1464, Ste. 204, Marietta, Georgia 30067 | |||||
Porter Westside, formerly Gables 820 820 W. Marietta Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 248 | 2008 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 248 Year Built: 2008 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 111 crimes at this address. They included homicides in December 2018 and December 2020. There were also three aggravated assault and two robberies. The city lists six code complaints, including three about leaks.
Owner/agent of record: 820 W Marietta Owner LLC, Corporation Service Company, 2 Sun Court, Ste. 400, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 | |||||
Prado North 145 Northwood Drive, Sandy Springs | | Sandy Springs | 100 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: Sandy Springs Units: 100 Year Built: 1967 Findings: Police reported 35 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included eight aggravated assaults, five robberies and a rape. Sandy Springs police did not provide data on sex offenses prior to 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Prado NW LLC, 3300 Buckeye Road, Ste. 777, Atlanta, GA 30341-4234. Also Prado NW Two and Prado NW Four. | |||||
Premier Apartments 7200 Six Flags Parkway; 7200 Premier Lane, Westwood Parkway, Westwood Place, Austell | | Cobb County | 280 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 280 Year Built: 1973 Findings: On Feb. 16, 2023, two men were wounded in a shooting at the complex. On July 11, 2022,, two people were killed and one critically wounded in a shooting there. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 72 crimes at the Premier Lane address. They include nine aggravated assaults, three assault involving pointing a pistol at another person, an arson, four robberies and a rape. On Westwood Parkway in Austell, police listed 81 crimes from 2017 to 2021, including 48 aggravated assaults and three robberies. Along Westwood Parkway from January 2022 through July 2023, police reported another 48 cries, including four aggravated assaults, four robberies, one rape, one sexual assault of a minor and one assault involving pointing a pistol at another, The complex also has had fires in December 2017 and June 2022. Cobb County listed multiple code enforcement violations, with some going to court.
Owner/agent of record: Rmg Premier LLC, 1525 Kautz Road, Ste. 100, West Chicago, IL 60185 | |||||
Providence at Cascade, formerly Country Oaks 320 Fairburn Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 240 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 240 Year Built: 1969 Findings: Police reported 153 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included a homicide in May 2017, 66 aggravated assaults, five robberies, three rapes, two other sexual offenses and a child molestation. Among the assaults, in June 2018 three teens were shot at the complex. Also, in July 2018, a woman said that multiple shots fired into her apartment forced her and her four children to take cover. Not included in the data for this address is a June 2021 shooting police said was at this address that left one man dead and another wounded. Atlanta lists 84 code complaints, a number of which are marked as court complied. They include multiple reports of raw sewage coming in apartments, leaks, and exposed wiring. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: TBG Central Methodist LP, C/O The Benoit Group LLC, 6780 Roswell Road, Ste. 200, Atlanta, GA 30328 | |||||
Redwood Ridge; Laurel Pointe 225 Johnson Road, 228 Morrow Road, Forest Park | | Clayton County | 593 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 593 Year Built: 1970 Findings: In August 2021, a 21-year-old man died after being shot multiple times in his bedroom; in 2020, Clayton police shot a man with a gun who was threatening to shoot other people. Clayton couldn't make other crime data available for 2017-2021, but it lists 52 calls from this address to 911 from 2017 to mid-2021 concerning potential crimes, including 11 thefts and an apartment fire in May 2019. Preliminary crime data from January 2022 through November 2023 show one crime at the Johnson Road address, an aggravated assault. Preliminary crime data for that period for 228 Morrow Road show 26 crimes, including 10 aggravated assaults, one robbery, one rape and two aggravated stalkings. Code enforcement data show 69 complaints, including issues with electrical system hazards, sanitation, infestations, trash, and plumbing system hazards. The owner of the complex acquired it in late October 2021, after the crime and code violations occurred, according to a 2022 email from a public relations firm. Since then, all code violations brought to the owner's attention at the time of acquisition were addressed, and numerous improvements were made to cure deferred maintenance. The company also installed Flock Safety cameras with a recording feature and new security cameras throughout the property. It plans to install controlled access gates and has signed a contract for additional lighting, wrote Karen Widmayer with KW Communications.
Owner/agent of record: Laurel Pointe Owner LLC, 4445 Willard Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | |||||
Regency Woods 3160 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 150 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 150 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Police reported 51 crimes at this address from 2017-2022. They included eight aggravated assaults, eight robberies and two rapes. An exterior sweep of the complex in December 2021 found numerous violations, including broken glass on the ground, rotted wood trim, exterior rotted surfaces, dangerous wires hanging behind a building, trash and debris. In a 2022 email to the AJC, David Tajfel of Nelkin Real Estate Company said that it has a zero-tolerance policy for any residents or guests who don't abide by its standards. "Regency Woods has recently undergone a $150,000+ exterior refresh, including replacing wood trim and siding, pressure washing building exteriors, repainting the buildings and seal-coating the parking lot," he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: Majestic Regency Woods, LLC, P.O. Box 81612, Chamblee, GA 30366 | |||||
Reserve at Riverdale 5470 Riverdale Road, College Park | | Clayton County | 133 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 133 Year Built: 1974 Findings: From 2017-2021, Clayton reported four homicides at this complex: In March 2017, a 24-year-old man was fatally shot; in April 2019 a 26-year-old man was fatally shot outside the complex; in October 2019, a 26-year-old was fatally shot; and in January 2020, a 2-month-old died of blunt force trauma. In addition, there were two drive by shootings. Data on other crimes from 2017-2021 was not available, but police listed 10 calls from this address to 911 about potential crimes from 2017-2020. Preliminary police data on crimes from January 2022 through November 2023 show eight crimes at this address, including two aggravated assaults. The county had 31 code cases involving the complex in the past five years. They included concerns about interior structure and accumulation of rubbish, but all were closed, many marked with compliance.
Owner/agent of record: RR Apts LLC, 1013 Centre Road, Ste. 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805 | |||||
Residence at Riverside Row, formerly Parkview 360 Riverside Parkway; 360 Six Flags Drive, Austell | | Cobb County | 144 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 144 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Police reported 113 crimes at the Riverside Parkway address from 2017 through July 2023. They included 13 aggravated assaults, six robberies and the rape of a minor. One other crime, an aggravated assault, was reported at the Six Flags address. In 2019, code enforcement complaints at this and two sister complexes in the county were in court. Among the complaints were rats, lack of fire extinguishers and other issues. Some windows at the unit were boarded up, and buildings looked derelict. The other two complexes are Hunter's Ridge and Kingsley Village, and tenants of all three decried poor conditions. Cobb County listed eight code complaints for this address as of 2022, with one case going to court in July 2022. Records show the current owner acquired the complex in December 2021. In a 2022 email to the AJC, the owner said it planned to bring to the complex the same "tremendous impact and success" it has had with its other properties. The name of the person who provided the statement was not disclosed.
Owner/agent of record: Riverside Row Property Owner LLC, Nmh Legacy Fund LLC, 135 Rockaway Turnpike, Ste. 105, Lawrence, NY 11559 | |||||
Reynoldstown Commons 1124 Wylie Street SE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 32 | 2005 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 32 Year Built: 2005 Findings: Police reported 13 crimes at this address from 2017-18 and 2020-2022, including two aggravated assaults and a robbery. No crimes were listed for 2019. The complex has had 13 code complaints to Atlanta. One, filed in June 2021, said that an AC unit was not operable due to being shot by bullets. Others in 2021, 2020 and 2019 reported that dumpsters were overflowing because trash hadn't been collected, resulting in rodents, and one in 2023 reported junk, trash and debris around the complex. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime or condition problems. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Kevin Grail with Grail Management Group said that the property has hired private security since late 2020. The email also said that there were times when dumpsters were not emptied as scheduled due to various problems. "We are working hard to be sure that does not happen in the future," he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: Resources for Residents & Communities of Georgia Inc., P.O. Box 89092, Atlanta, GA 30312 | |||||
Riverdale Villas 6428 Church Street, Riverdale | | Riverdale | 73 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Riverdale Units: 73 Year Built: 1970 Findings: The city's code enforcement agency has cited the complex for violations including rusted bannisters/handrails and stairs; landings pulling away from framing; a rotted floor; cabinets pulling away from a wall; plumbing fixtures pulling away from a wall; rotted wood; broken windows; stair rails and handrails not secured; and trash and debris. Riverdale police did not report significant crime at this address. In 2022, only one crime was reported, an assault.
Owner/agent of record: Victory Path at Riverdale LLC, 849 Mentell Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 | |||||
Riverwood Townhouses 681 Flint River Road, Jonesboro | | Clayton County | 282 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 282 Year Built: 1972 Findings: On Oct. 10, 2022, two people were killed in a shooting in the parking lot at Riverwood. This complex has been the site of several previous shootings from 2017-2021. They include homicides in 2017, 2018 and 2020, and the shooting of two men in front of an apartment building in 2021. The county could not provide data on other crimes from 2017-2021. But a log of calls from this address to 911 about potential crimes lists a dozen, including three robberies. Preliminary police data on crimes from January 2022 through November 2023 shows 35 crimes, including the two murders, 17 aggravated assaults, one rape, one aggravated sodomy, one aggravated stalking and one armed robbery. Its HUD inspection score in February 2018 was 68c*. There have been 29 code complaints from 2017-2022. Clayton code enforcement data shows multiple citations in 2020 for plumbing system hazards, interior structure and trash.The complex was cited in prior years for issues including sanitary drainage and electrical system hazards. Records show the complex was sold in March 2021. The new owner said the property would undergo a $51million interior and exterior renovations.
Owner/agent of record: Riverwood Housing Partners LP, C/O The Vitus Group, 415 First Ave., #19240, Seattle, WA 98109 | |||||
Rockbridge Court 2232 Rockbridge Court, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 125 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 125 Year Built: 1967 Findings: From 2017-2020 at this address, police reported 15 crimes.They included a shooting in November 2017 that killed one person and wounded another, and a January 2018 shooting that killed a father of eight inside his apartment. Also among the crimes were five aggravated assaults and four robberies. There was no data for 2021 or 2022. Police listed one crime in January 2023. The complex had a fire in April 2020 that heavily damaged seven units and resulted in smoke and water damage to four more. Two people suffered smoke inhalation. A 2017 exterior inspection by a consultant noted trip and fall hazards from broken walkways and other pavement; trash and indoor furniture stored outdoors; a failing retaining wall; graffiti; a drain pipe broken off; shingles coming up; ripped screens; rotten wood and missing fascia as among the violations. A Nov. 23, 2022, exterior inspection by the county identified no violations.
Owner/agent of record: Rockbridge Court, 2720 Doster Rd., Madison, GA 30650 | |||||
Royal Oaks 3540 N. Camp Creek Parkway SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 238 | 1978 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 238 Year Built: 1978 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 150 crimes at this address. They include homicides in March 2018, September 2021 and November 2022, 42 aggravated assaults, 11 robberies, six rapes and a child molestation. Atlanta lists 185 code complaints, including 2023 complaints that a vacant unit had a broken window that wasn't boarded; that there was no air conditioning, that ceilings were caving in, and that was a rat infestation and water leaks. At one point in 2021, the Atlanta Solicitor's Office had said the complex could be shut down unless the owner ensured safe living conditions. The complex had a fire in August 2019. It was sold in March 2021 and in August 2021 the companying managing the complex said that money had been budgeted for repairs. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Prosperity Capital Partners, 12945 Seminole Blvd, Bldg. 1, Ste. 15, Largo, FL 33778 | |||||
Santa Fe Villas 2370 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 144 | 1960s / 1995 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 144 Year Built: 1960s / 1995 Findings: Police reported 33 crimes at this address from 2017 through March 2023. They included a homicide in September 2021, eight aggravated assaults, a robbery, a rape and a sodomy. Atlanta has had 21 code complaints, including repeated complaints in 2021 about a lack of hot water, a complaint that a roof had caved in, and complaints about rats. The complex, whch serves formerly homeless individuals and minimum-wage workers, was sold in late June 2021, assessor records show. The city of Atlanta in August 2022 adopted an ordinance to grant $508,176 to fund rehabilitation of the complex to help low-income people.
Owner/agent of record: G&S Santa Fe LLC, 27 Waddell ST. NE, Unit B, Atlanta, GA 30307 | |||||
Seven Courts 2800 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 171 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 171 Year Built: 1966 Findings: Police reported 91 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include an April 2022 robbery where a man was shot to death and an April 2019 shooting that killed one person and wounded another, 19 aggravated assaults, eight robberies, one rape and one child molestation. A federal lawsuit filed in 2021 on behalf of a family says Atlanta police threatened to seize the complex in 2019 because of the violence. Atlanta listed 39 code enforcement complaints. Among the 2023 complaints were repeated reports of rat infestations, as well as reports of interior flooding and lack of water. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. The complex was listed for sale that year. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Hugh Jacobs, vice president of Nonprofit Housing Preservation VI LLC, wrote that the property is in a distressed area of Atlanta and that the owners support efforts the city is making to address that. "While we cannot control all that happens in the surrounding area or what may spill onto Seven Courts Apartments as a result of the surrounding environmental conditions, we are committed to provide decent, safe and sanitary affordable housing..,." he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: Seven Courts Partners LP, 2001 W. Blue Heron Blvd., Ste. 201, Riviera Beach, FL 33404 | |||||
Shadow Lake 3515 Pleasantdale Road, Doraville | | DeKalb County | 228 | 1989 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 228 Year Built: 1989 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 64 crimes at this address, including a March 2022 murder, six aggravated assaults, nine robberies, two forcible fondlings and one rape. DeKalb listed four code complaints from 12/2/2020 to 12/6/2021. In a 2022 email to the AJC, owner Ventron Management said that the safety and security of residents are top priorities and that it has invested tens of millions of dollars in capital improvements at its Atlanta-area properties. Those improvements include installing and maintaining security cameras, fencing and gates, the email said. The company also has hired courtesy police officers who live on site, and it ensures that vacant apartments are locked, according to the email from Erez Hon, the company's chief financial officer.
Owner/agent of record: Shadow Lake Atlanta Apartments LP, 2500 N Military Trail, Ste. 285, Boca Raton, FL 33431 | |||||
Shallowford Pines 3554 Shallowford Road, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 62 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 62 Year Built: 1967 Findings: Police reported 16 crimes at the 3554 address from 2017-2022, including five aggravated assaults and two robberies. An exterior sweep of the complex in November 2020 found numerous violations, including excessive trash around the property; broken walkway; graffiti, cracks and holes in exterior walls of 10 units; and improperly installed or maintained wiring
Owner/agent of record: Shallowford Pines Partners LLC, 14 Stuben Lane, Jackson, NJ 08527 | |||||
Sierra Forest, aka Mableton Ridge 6660 Mableton Parkway, Mableton | | Cobb County | 272 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 272 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 246 crimes at this address. They included homicides in November 2017, October 2020 and July 2022; 12 aggravated assaults including a December 2021 shooting that wounded two people; 10 robberies; two sexual assaults of a minor; a sodomy of an adult; and two cases of pointing a pistol at another. Cobb County listed 18 code citations from September 2017-January 2021. They included repeated complaints about trash and debris; lack of lighting above stairways; unstable balcony; and rats. Records show the complex filed more than 150 eviction notices during the pandemic. The complex owner, which also has other properties, has been rated F by the Better Business Bureau in Georgia for failure to respond to nine complaints filed against it from 2021 to 2023.
Owner/agent of record: Msc Sierra Forest LLC, 740 Veterans Memorial Highway, Mableton, GA 30126 | |||||
Sierra Ridge 3006, 3020, 3040, 3060 Delmar Lane, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 238 | 1964 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 238 Year Built: 1964 Findings: At 3006 and 3020 Delmar, there were four homicides from 2017 to 2018; two in February 2017, one in July 2017, and one in July 2018. They are among 29 crimes reported in 2017, 2018 and 2021 at the listed addresses. Also included were eight aggravated assaults, three robberies and a child molestation. Police at one point pushed to have the complex demolished, and the city considered it a nuisance. But the owners appealed, and in 2019 the issue went to a judge to decide. In early 2022, demolition was under way. There were 82 code complaints at the 2006 address; and 59 at the 3020 address. Among the problems was no running water.
Owner/agent of record: NBHH Eagle Springs LLC, 2221 Peachtree Road NE, Ste. D299, Atlanta, GA 30309 | |||||
Sierra Townhomes 2727 Godby Road, South Fulton | | South Fulton | 134 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: South Fulton Units: 134 Year Built: 1971 Findings: This complex had an extensive history of violent crimes. They include homicides in September 2017, August 2018 and December 2018. Also in December 2019, a 13-year-old was grazed by a bullet; in September 2017 a person was injured in a shooting; and in December 2018 a car in the parking lot was shot up with a couple inside, though they escaped injury. In 2018, the first full year when South Fulton became a city, police data also show 12 aggravated assaults and two robberies, among 26 crimes at the complex that year. In 2019, the numbers dropped: there were three aggravated assaults, two armed robberies and a rape among other crimes. In 2022 through June 2023, three crimes are listed by South Fulton police, including one aggravated assault. Of note: In July 2019, the South Fulton police chief said that Sierra Townhomes had averaged about 17 calls a day for police services but the city in July 2019 opposed an attempt by College Park to have an intergovernmental agreement that called for it to take over inspections and ultimately proposed demolition of the complex. South Fulton said it was working to improve quality of life at the complex.
Owner/agent of record: Contour Sierra LLC, 40950 Woodward Ave., Ste. 300, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 | |||||
Silver Creek Crossing, formerly Kingsley Village 595 Riverside Parkway, Austell | | Cobb County | 171 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 171 Year Built: 1974 Findings: Police reported 147 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They included 20 aggravated assaults, two cases of pointing a pistol at another, six robberies, three sexual assaults of a minor and one child molestation. Among the robberies, in August 2022 an 18-year-old woman was shot at the complex, and two teens were arrested and charged with robbing and shooting her. This is one of three complexes where tenants in 2019 pleaded with the county to enforce code requirements. They said they were dealing with leaks, mold and rodents and broken heating and appliances that management would not fix. Among code complaints were ones in 2018 about broken windows throughout the complex, a fence down, and a gutter falling off a building. In 2021, there was a complaint about a rat infestation. The current owner acquired the complex in December 2021. In a 2022 email to the AJC, the owner wrote that it planned to bring to the complex the same "tremendous impact and success" it has had with its other properties. The name of the person who provided the statement was not provided.
Owner/agent of record: Silver Creek Crossings Property Owner LLC & Mgl Patriot LLC & Mgt Reality LLC, 135 Rockaway Turnpike, Ste. 105, Lawrence, NY 11559 | |||||
Silver Oak 1281 Brockett Road, Clarkston | | Clarkston | 406 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Clarkston Units: 406 Year Built: 1971 Findings: On Oct. 11, 2023, a 30-year-old man died after suffered multiple gunshot wounds at the complex. From 2017-2021, police reported 81 crimes at this address. They included murders in January 2019 and October 2020; 13 aggravated assaults including two cases where someone was shot and another where someone was stabbed, seven robberies, an arson and a rape. From January 2022 through October 2023, police list 116 crimes. They include in addition to the October homicide 14 aggravated assaults, two robberies and one rape. As of 2022, there were 55 code complaints including lack of hot water, trash, and defective electrical. In October 2022, a broken water main flooded at least six apartments and tenants had to be evacuated, according to a WSB-TV report. In April 2023, a tree fell on power lines, which then collapsed onto cars. Six of the cars were engulfed in flames.
Owner/agent of record: Silver Oak Apartments LP, 333 N Pennsylvania St., Ste. 100, Indianapolis, IN 46204 | |||||
Springdale Glen 3800 Brockett Trail and 3805-3843 Brockett Trail, Clarkston | | Clarkston | 276 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Clarkston Units: 276 Year Built: 1973 Findings: The complex had homicides in November 2018 and September 2019. Police reported 43 other crimes at these addresses on Brockett Trail from 2017-2021. Those included eight aggravated assaults, four robberies and one cruelty to children case. From January 2022 through October 2023, police list 23 crimes, including three aggravated assaults and one case of pointing a pistol at another, The complex had fires in May 2019 and February 2021. Clarkston shows six code complaints, five of them in 2020. They included trash on the premises and operating without a business license. In August 2021, the complex was sold. The owners added security patrols, installed Flock Safety cameras with a recording feature, upgraded and installed new security cameras, installed controlled access gates and enhanced lighting, according to a 2022 email from a public relations firm representing the owners.
Owner/agent of record: Springdale Glen Owner LLC, 4445 Willard Ave., Ste. 900, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | |||||
Stanton Oaks, formerly Boynton Village 1053 and 1054 Linam Ave; 1044 SE Hank Aaron Drive; addresses on Haygood Ave., Atlanta | | Atlanta | 43 | 1976 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 43 Year Built: 1976 Findings: At this small complex, in November 2019, two people fired at least 20 shots, a dozen of which hit an apartment, news reports show. In another incident in July 27, a mentally ill woman was waving a gun, and a police officer kicked her in the head. At the 1053 and 1054 addresses, Atlanta police list 11 crimes from 2017 through June 2023, including one robbery. At the 1044 Hank Aaron address, they list nine other crimes, including three aggravated assaults. In 2018, tenants complained that owners had removed metal security doors from each unit's front door before a HUD inspection; the doors were later put back. Of note, a tenants union organized at the complex in 2020, complaining of toxic management and wrongful evictions. In June 2022, a HUD inspection graded the complex 70c; in May 2023, the grade was 78b.
Owner/agent of record: Boynton Village Limited Partnership, 229 Huber Village Blvd., NE, Ste. 100, Westerville, OH 43081 | |||||
Station R 144 Moreland Avenue NE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 285 | 2016 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 285 Year Built: 2016 Findings: Police reported 151 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include three aggravated assaults and four robberies. Residents complained in late 2021 that fire alarms were going off constantly at the complex, leaving residents at risk in the event of an actual fire emergency. Also of note: a significant increase in motor vehicle thefts in the past 18 months. Ten auto thefts were reported at the complex from 2018 to 2021. But from 2022 through June 2023, 13 were reported. No code complaints are listed.
Owner/agent of record: Station R Apartments LLC, VCorp Agent Services Inc., 289 S Culver St., Lawrenceville, GA, 30046-4805 | |||||
Sterling Glen, formerly Abbots Glen and Madison Ridge 1121 Indian Trail Lilburn Road NW, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 258 | 1986 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 258 Year Built: 1986 Findings: Gwinnett police reported 11 crimes at this address from 2017 through March 2023, including two aggravated assaults and two robberies. In July 2022, a 16-year-old high school student who had gone to visit a friend at the complex was reported missing. In February 2023, a former Doraville police officer who lived at the complex and worked there as a courtesy officer was charged with her kidnapping and murder. A consultant's 2017 exterior inspection report noted broken fencing; graffiti; roofing issues; missing and damaged downspouts; improper storage; bent and torn screens; broken windows; erosion; gutters full of debris; excessive rust on stairs and other violations. The complex was cited in May 2022 for violations that included trash and debris and outdoor storage; the case was closed as complied on June 1, 2022. The complex had fires in September 2022 and March 2021 which damaged several units.
Owner/agent of record: PD Glen LLC, 12510 Queens Blvd, Ste. 224, Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1506 | |||||
Stone Mountain Townhomes, formerly Stone Mountain West 1150 Rankin Street, Stone Mountain | | Stone Mountain | 142 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Stone Mountain Units: 142 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Police reported 70 crimes at this address from 2017 through May 2023. They included an aggravated assault with a knife in 2018; 39 cases of assault and battery; and seven assault/battery: terrorist threats. This complex may have had the most code complaints of any multifamily property in the city of Stone Mountain. In 2022, it was marked as closed temporarily, but in 2023, some units were marked for sale or rent. While the complex was a condominium, some owners had multiple units which were rented.
Owner/agent of record: Omni Homes GA LLC, Montag Christopher Leigh, 3709 Ashwood Drive SE, Smyrna, GA 30080. Also Opportunity Fund LLC, 5303 Brendlynn Drive NW, Suwanee, GA 30024. And Living Your Dreams Land Trust, P.O. Box 54263, Atlanta, GA 30308 | |||||
Stonecrest Mill, formerly The Oaks at Stonecrest and Evans MIll Place 2795 Evans Mill Road, Stonecrest | | Stonecrest, DeKalb County | 280 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Stonecrest, DeKalb County Units: 280 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, DeKalb reported 191 crimes at this address, including a March 2023 homicide, 33 aggravated assaults, 13 robberies, three arsons and two rapes. In addition, in March 2018, two people were shot at the complex during a child custody exchange. In 2017, tenants who were victims of a home invasion went with the suspect to an ATM, where the suspect was fatally shot in a struggle for the gun. Stonecrest received more than four dozen code complaints about the complex from 2018 to November 2022. Among them were complaints about AC or heat, mold, insects and rats, an overgrown ditch, and trash and debris. In addition, in 2019 and 2020 the complex was cited for failure to have required third-party inspections and a business license. Records show only one case was still open as of November 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Stonecrest Investment Group LLC, 4079 Governor Drive, #PMB 168, San Diego, CA 92122. | |||||
Stonegate Townhomes 296 Roy Huie Road, Riverdale | | Riverdale | 99 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Riverdale Units: 99 Year Built: 1972 Findings: Police reported a homicide on Nov. 2, 2018; an assault with a firearm on Nov. 24, 2019; and an arson on May 2, 2021. From January 2022 to April 2023, Riverdale police reported eight crimes at this address: one assault, two listed as theft-automobile and five stolen vehicles. Riverdale took the complex owner to court in July 2021, when an AC unit wasn't fixed within 48 hours as required and no portable units were provided; the city said a new citation would be issued every day the tenant went without AC. Two weeks later, another court order was issued because the AC still wasn't working. The complex was also cited for missing smoke detectors in some units; for leaks; and for roaches and flies. On Nov. 27, 2023, a fire at the complex destroyed eight units.
Owner/agent of record: SCC Stonegate Holdings LP, C/O Joseph Harker, 11720 Amber Park Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30009 | |||||
Tara Bridge 1 Magnolia Circle; and other addresses from 100 to 1900, Jonesboro | | Clayton County | 220 | 1988 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 220 Year Built: 1988 Findings: In September 2020, a man was fatally shot during a domestic dispute. In 2019, a man broke into a woman's apartment and sexually assaulted her; police said he was believed to be a serial rapist in the area. Clayton County could not provide complete crime data for 2017-2021, but a log of 911 calls lists more than 190 complaints about potential crimes at addresses on Magnolia Circle. They include a January 2020 report from 601 Magnolia Circle about a stabbing, and reports of a person shot in September 2020 at 1813 Magnolia; August 2020 at 504 Magnolia Circle; and September 2019 at 1102 Magnolia. Preliminary crime data from January 2022 through November 2023 lists eight crimes, including an aggravated assault. Clayton County had six code complaints about the complex in a recent five-year period. In a 2022 email to the AJC, owner Ventron Management said that the safety and security or residents are top priorities, and that it has invested tens of millions of dollars in capital improvements at its Atlanta-area properties. Those investments include installing and maintaining security cameras, fencing and gates. The company also has hired courtesy police officers who live on site, and that it ensures that vacant apartments are locked, said the email from Erez Hon, the company's chief financial officer.
Owner/agent of record: Tara Bridge Apartments LP, 2500 Military Trail, Ste. 285, Boca Raton, FL 33431 | |||||
Tara Hill Apartment Homes 8050 Tara Boulevard, Jonesboro | | Jonesboro | 132 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Jonesboro Units: 132 Year Built: 1972 Findings: In January 2019, a woman with two young children was sexually assaulted and robbed by a man who broke into her apartment. In January 2021, the sheriff's office and Jonesboro police arrested two men related to five robberies and three shootings in a two-week period around the Tara Hill Apartment complex. Jonesboro police said the men would hold victims at gunpoint, take their phones and use CashApp to transfer money. Jonesboro police also reported five other aggravated assaults not connected to robberies and a 2021 home invasion, among other crimes.
Owner/agent of record: SCC Tara Hill Holdings LP, 11720 Amber Park Drive Ste. 160, Alpharetta, GA | |||||
Tara Woods 661 Sherwood Drive, Jonesboro | | Clayton County | 106 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 106 Year Built: 1969 Findings: In January 2019, a 17-year-old was killed in front of the complex. Clayton could not provide data on other crimes for 2017-2021. Preliminary crime data from January 2022 through November 2023 lists seven crimes, including two aggravated assaults and two first-degree arons. There were 52 code complaints in recent years. The county had multiple complaints in August 2018 about vacant apartments, issues with gutters, siding, windows and doors. Other citations were for an abandoned or vacant building, plumbing, electrical equipment, handrails or guardrails, roofs and more. A fire in October 2018 at a vacant building was suspected arson and two juveniles were charged. In July 2023, the Clayton County Water Authority said it would shut off water to the complex unless the owner paid an outstanding balance of almost $98,000. While it was shut off, the Water Authority restored service after the owner made a payment.
Owner/agent of record: Red Apple Investments LLC, 8484 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 870, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 | |||||
The Arbors at East Cobb 1805 Roswell Road, Marietta | | Marietta | 455 | 1976 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta Units: 455 Year Built: 1976 Findings: Police reported 133 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include a homicide in April 2020, five aggravated assaults, 13 robberies, two child molestations and one rape. From 2017-2021, this address was the target of 41 code complaints to Marietta and three to Cobb County. Among them were 20 complaints described as housing/residential; three as general nuisance; and one from 2017 as trash or obnoxious vegetation.
Owner/agent of record: Wah14 Arbors At East Cobb LLC, 212 N. Naches, Ave., Yakima, WA 98901 | |||||
The Brookhaven Collection (The Mille Brookhaven and TwentyNine24 Brookhaven/Prelude; Hindsdale.) 1000 Barone Avenue NE, 2924 Clairmont Road NE, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 712 | 2014 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 712 Year Built: 2014 Findings: These had been two separate apartment complexes, but in August 2021 a West Coast commercial real estate firm purchased both and they are now known as The Brookhaven Collection. The 1000 Barone address had 100 crimes reported by police from 2017 through July 2023, including a November 2018 shooting that killed one person and critically injured another, 15 aggravated assaults, 13 robberies, six rapes and a cruelty to children case. Police reported another 89 crimes at the 2924 Clairmont address, including seven aggravated assaults, 10 robberies and a rape. Brookhaven in 2022 listed two open code cases at this address; one of which involved a fire/life safety issue
Owner/agent of record: CF Brookhaven Bliss II and III LLC, Cohen Giti Investments LLC, CGI Stragies, 6300 Canoga Ave., Ste. 1100, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 | |||||
The Commons at Briarwood Park, including Northeast Plaza 3510 Buford Highway; 3506 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 344 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 344 Year Built: 1966 Findings: Police reported 105 crimes at the 3510 Buford Highway address from 2017 through July 2023, including 33 aggravated assaults, 24 robberies and four rapes. At the 3506 address, police reported 25 crimes, including five aggravated assaults, three robberies and a cruelty to children case. A July 2021 exterior inspection sweep cited problems with guardrails and handrails, missing or damaged exterior lights, severe rust on metal decks, broken windows and potential sewage leaks. The complex was sold in April 2021, and the new owner has made $4 million in capital improvements and expects to make another $1.5 million over the next 12 months, according to an attorney who represents the owner. Security cameras are now being installed at the complex, the attorney, John Christy, also wrote in 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Commons At Briarwood Holdings 1 LLC, 7 Penn Plaza, Ste. 1400, New York, NY 10001 | |||||
The Commons, formerly Allen Hills and Allen Temple 3086 Middleton Road NW, and other addresses on Middleton including 2973, 3035, 3040, 3045, 3051, 3071 and 3150, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 457 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 457 Year Built: 1969 Findings: In January 2022, there were two homicides at the complex: On Jan. 3, a 31-year-old man was killed; and on Jan. 26, a 17-year-old was killed and two others wounded during a robbery. In addition, in June 2023 a one-month-old was sounded when vullets came through an apartment, and in October 2022, a 5-year-old was shot after two men exchanged gunfire. From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 33 crimes at the 3086 Middleton Road address. That includes 18 aggravated assaults and one robbery. Among the aggravated assaults, in December 2021 a mail carrier and a bystander were wounded when they were caught in the crossfire of a shooting; and in November 2021, a triple shooting injured two men and a boy. In addition, in January 2019, police searching for an armed robbery suspect shot and killed a 21-year-old suspect. At other addresses from the 2931 to 3175 Middleton Road, there were 131 crimes. They include a homicide on Feb. 8, 2019 at 2952 Middleton Road and a homicide in January 2022 at 3071 Middleton Road; 68 aggravated assaults; four robberies; two rapes and two child molestations. In July 2022, a woman filed suit against the complex, saying that a bullet fired into her apartment led to a shoulder injury as she ran to check on her baby. Code enforcement lists 143 complaints at the 3086 address. Recent ones were for broken windows, deteriorated cabinets, inoperable electrical outlets, damaged walls and ceilings, and roof damage. In January 2019, a fire at the complex displaced 23 people; there was also a fire in March 2016. In August 2019, Atlanta Council member Andrea Boone joined residents at a protest and said they were filing a lawsuit against the owners because of what they called inhumane conditions. Following the 2022 shootings, Boone called on the owners to bolster security. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. The HUD inspection score from August 2021 was 51c*, a failing grade. In January 2023, it fell to 47c. A 2022 statement from Sheyla Batres, VP of Management for Preservation Partners Management Group, said Preservation acquired this property and another apartment complex in 2018 and has since spent more than $50 million rehabbing both properties and has worked with Atlanta police to lower crime. The company รขโฌลis proud of its work helping to preserve safe and affordable housing in Atlanta,รขโฌย the statement said.
Owner/agent of record: Preservation Partners Development III, 21515 Hawthorne Blvd #125, Torrance, CA 90503 | |||||
The Estuary, formerly Lake Louise and Sierra Hills 3450 Evans Road; 3201 and 3207 Henderson Mill Road, Chamblee | | DeKalb County | 310 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 310 Year Built: 1968 Findings: At the 3450 Evans Road address, police reported 76 crimes from 2017 through July 2023, including seven aggravated assaults, 10 robberies, two rapes and a forcible sodomy. At the 3201 Henderson Mill Road address, police reported 60 crimes, including four aggravated assaults, nine robberies, two rapes and an arson. At 3207 Henderson Mill Road, police reported that a woman was found dead in a creek behind the complex in March 2023, and a suspect was charged with murder and aggravated sodomy. Overall, police reported 54 crimes, including the March 2023 homicide, a July 2019 homicide, three aggravated assaults, seven robberies and three rapes. DeKalb listed 17 code complaints at these three addresses as of 2022. After acquiring the complex in June 2019, the new owner installed Flock Security cameras with a recording feature and new security cameras, enhanced lighting and added an onsite security patrol, according to a 2022 statement from a public relations firm representing the owners.
Owner/agent of record: Estuary Apartments LLC, 4445 Willard Ave., Ste. 900, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | |||||
The Everett Apartments, formerly Landmark at Bella Vista 4015 Satellite Boulevard, Duluth | | Gwinnett County | 565 | 1985 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 565 Year Built: 1985 Findings: Police reported 33 crimes at this address from 2017 through June 2023. They include four aggravated assaults; nine robberies; and a rape. In addition, in August 2018 there was a homicide. The complex had fires in December 2019 and June 2022. In the 2019 fire, two people were hospitalized and a building partially collapsed. A consultant's exterior inspection in 2017 noted excessive buildup of disposed furniture outdoors; other improper storage; a broken fence; a decommissioned pool; junk vehicles; gutters hanging from building; deficient siding; roof issues including shingles coming up; and excessive trash as among the violations.
Owner/agent of record: Landmark at Bella Vista LP, 591 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830-6005 | |||||
The Forest at Columbia 2505 Columbia Drive, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 173 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 173 Year Built: 1967 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 154 crimes at this address, including homicides in May 2017, October 2019, January 2020, September 2021, and October 2021. In addition, there were 56 aggravated assaults, 25 robberies and three rapes. A fire in June 2021 forced residents to jump from their second-story windows to escape. Eight people were injured, four of them hospitalized. DeKalb in 2022 showed 55 code complaints, including one from July 2021 for dangerous, uninhabitable and unfit buildings. In June 2022, WSB-TV reported thta tenants were given lease termination notices due to an extensive construction overhaul needed for the property. Management also reportedly cited concerns about crime.
Owner/agent of record: Southern Equity Holdings, LLC,1 Hillcrest Center, Suite 210, Spring Valley, NY, 10977 | |||||
The Franklin 875 Franklin Gateway, Marietta | | Marietta | 380 | 1985 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta Units: 380 Year Built: 1985 Findings: In September 2023, police responded to the complex four separate times related to two suspects who were ultimately arrested after an hours-long SWAT standoff. Police reported 85 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include six aggravated assaults, one robbery, one rape and one child molestation. Marietta in 2022 listed a total of 33 code complaints, in addition to two code complaints to Cobb County. Issues included unsanitary conditions, roaches. The owner acquired the complex in February 2021, said Melinda Sherwood with Kreps PR & Marketing, speaking on the owner's behalf. That owner immediately invested several million dollars in an extensive renovation and upgrade program, she wrote in a 2022 email to the AJC. In October 2023, residents fled as fire raced through one building at the complex. Fire officials said 20 units were damaged or destroyed.
Owner/agent of record: The Franklin At East Cobb Lp, 4890 W. Kennedy Blvd, Ste. 240, Tampa, FL 33609 | |||||
The Groves Lithonia, formerly Harper Grove, Grovewood Park, and Cambridge Heights 6170 and 6136 Hillandale Drive, Stonecrest | | Stonecrest, DeKalb County | 120 | 1995 | |
Jurisdiction: Stonecrest, DeKalb County Units: 120 Year Built: 1995 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 79 crimes at the 6170 address, including homicides in January 2017, October 2019 and April 2021, as well as nine aggravated assaults, five robberies and an arson. At the 6136 address, police reported 87 crimes, including a March 2018 homicide, 16 aggravated assaults and four robberies. City records show six code complaints from 2018 to November 2022, all resolved. The complex also was cited in 2018 and 2019 for not having required third-party inspections and not obtaining a business license. The cases were resolved when the complex met requirements.
Owner/agent of record: Grovewood Park Equities LLC, 1240 E. 2100 S, Ste, 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 | |||||
The Harrison 5675 and 5575 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs | | Sandy Springs | 501 | 1975 | |
Jurisdiction: Sandy Springs Units: 501 Year Built: 1975 Findings: Police reported 214 crimes at the 5675 address from 2017 through July 2023. They include nine aggravated assaults, seven robberies, and two arsons. A city website shows one rape at this complex in 2021. City records also showed 45 code cases from 2017 to 2022. Among the complaints were roaches, rodents, broken appliances, leaks, trash outside the building, electrical problems, flooding, lack of heat or air and mold.
Owner/agent of record: VR Harrison Limited Partnership, 1725 16th Ave., Ste. 201, Richmond Hill, CA-ON L4B 4C6, CANADA | |||||
The Heights at Dunwoody, formerly Arrive Perimeter 2000 Asbury Square, Dunwoody | | Dunwoody | 408 | 1992 | |
Jurisdiction: Dunwoody Units: 408 Year Built: 1992 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 21 crimes at this address, including an April 2019 homicide and five aggravated assaults. A gas explosion in September 2021 injured four people, two severely. It also left much of one building in rubble. Some tenants said that for months before the explosion they had smelled gas in the hallways and parking garage. Gas service was later shut off to the entire complex after officials discovered "appliance and fuel line issues within the buildings" during an initial inspection. City officials told the AJC that from January to May 2022, the city building department went through every unit to inspect permitted work on gas equipment, and Atlanta Gas Light followed with additional inspection of every unit before restoring gas service. The city building department and DeKalb fire department also inspected sprinkler and fire alarms. Buildings 1 and 2 were cleared for leasing in October 2022. Sprinkler pipe work on building 3 was continuing later in 2022, along with reconstruction of nine units, said Jennifer Boettcher, the city's communications director. In October 2023, the City Council recognized the complex manager for leading the complex back as it was redeveloped.
Owner/agent of record: FPACP3 Ashford LLC Registered Agent C T Corporation System, 289 S. Culver St., Lawrenceville, GA 30046-4805 | |||||
The Hills at Greenbriar. formerly The Life at Greenbriar; Deerfield Gardens 2909 Campbellton Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 376 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 376 Year Built: 1971 Findings: Since 2017, police have reported 241 crimes at this address. They include homicides in February 2017, March 2020, April 2020, December 2020, January 2022, December 2022 and in August 2023, when a 6-month-old boy was slain and two other people wounded. In addition, the complex has had 62 aggravated assaults, 18 robberies, two rapes and one sodomy. When the complex was sold early in 2022, a presale report said that 12 units had been offline for more than six years because of damage from a broken water pipe, and that subsequently there had been extensive vandalism in the building. The city had more than 150 code complaints about the complex. They included rats, raw sewage, open and vacant units, electrical outlets not working, broken AC, no screens on windows and leaks. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems and followed through with inspection sweeps in January and February 2023. Prosecutors signed a consent order with owners in August 2023 requiring that security and condition improvements take place.
Owner/agent of record: Icer of Campbellton LLC, & Uncommon Pines LLC, 1385 Broadway, Floor 16th, New York, NY 10018 | |||||
The M by Radius 1080 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 326 | 2013 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 326 Year Built: 2013 Findings: Police reported 102 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include a homicide on Nov. 9, 2021, four aggravated assaults and a robbery. Of note, among the reports also were 20 auto thefts. The complex was sold in 2022. Atlanta listed two code complaints in 2023; one for mold, the other for floor damage due to a leak.
Owner/agent of record: Atlanta Development Authority, 3520 Piedmont Road NE, Ste. 410, Atlanta, GA 30305-1512 | |||||
The Oakley Apartments, formerly The Summit, Ashford Summit and Ashford Oaks 6350-6400 Oakley Road, Union City | | Union City | 208 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Union City Units: 208 Year Built: 1974 Findings: In March 2021, three people were ambushed in an outdoor midday shooting; one died, and two were critically wounded. In June 2019, a shootout at the complex resulted in death of one man. Police also reported a shooting July 12, 2022 involving two suspects, though it is unclear if anyone was wounded. An August 2019 fire displaced 44 people. Also in July 2021, two people were injured in a fire that burned down a building. In July 2023, two lawsuits were filed by people who said they were forced to jump to escape that blaze. The building was subsequently demolished. The complex had five code cases from 2019-2022 involving exterior conditions and all were resolved. The owner acquired the complex in June 2022 and began a multi-million-dollar program to improve and modernize the property, according to Chris Edwards, managing partner of Eaglebrook Real Estate and one of the property's owners. Planned improvements include installing new roofs and gutters, replacing vinyl siding and damaged front doors and privacy fences, and addressing outstanding code violations from prior ownership, he said in a 2022 email to the AJC. The owner is aware of the history of crime at the property and is implementing recommendations from Union City police on effective crime prevention measures. In addition, Edwards said the complex has off-duty officers patrolling the property, among other measures.
Owner/agent of record: EBH 6400 Oakley LLC, Corporation Service Company, 40 Technology Pkwy., Suite #300, Norcross, GA, 30092 | |||||
The Park at Castleton 1994 Bent Creek Way, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 164 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 164 Year Built: 1970 Findings: In October 2023, a 23-year-old man was fatally shot at the complex. Police reported 100 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023, including 22 aggravated assaults and five robberies. Among recent crimes, on Jan. 25, 2022, three people were shot in what police described as an armed robbery, and on Nov. 30, 2022, police said a man staying with a friend at the complex was shot repeatedly. Atlanta records show 14 code complaints. In 2023, they included complaints of mold. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Blueros Bent Creek Property Holdings LP, 5650 Breckenridge Park Drive, Ste. 302, Tampa, FL 33610 | |||||
The Park at Galaway, formerly Parkside at Camp Creek 4031 Seven Oaks Ln SW. 4045 and 4075 Fox Hunt Lane, East Point | | East Point | 486 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: East Point Units: 486 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Limited crime data is available pre-2022. Police reports show a March 2021 homicide of a 19-year-old; a deadly carjacking in September 2018; aggravated assaults in March and June 2021; and a robbery in February 2021. Among the crimes from 2022 through June 2023 were two aggravated assaults and a June 2022 homicide where a man died after a drive-by shooting; After that homicide, East Point authorities at a news conference begged the public to put down their guns. In July 2022, a 24-year-old woman was fatally shot near the complex, police reported. Also, in July 2022, a tenant said that water constantly poured from ceilings in her apartment and the complex had not determined how to fix it. The complex had fires in August and October 2016; in the October fire, residents told a TV station that fire alarms didn't go off. One resident filed a lawsuit alleging that the complex failed to install, inspect and ensure that the apartments had a sufficient number and placement of smoke detectors. The complex filed dozens of evictions while receiving COVID-19 relief funds, records show.
Owner/agent of record: Blue Magna, 5650 Breckenridge Park Drive, Ste. 302, Tampa, FL 33610 | |||||
The Park at Leeds, formerly Brookside or Epic Brookside and Harbour Towne 5420 Riverdale Road, College Park | | Clayton County | 203 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 203 Year Built: 1974 Findings: Five people were shot at the complex in August 2022, among them a 19-year-old who died. Clayton could not provide other crime data for 2017-2021. But it had more than 55 calls from this address to 911 about potential crimes; 16 of those were for theft. Preliminary crime data for January 2022 through November 2023 show 26 crimes, including six aggravated assaults, one aggravated sodomy and one hijacking of a motor vehicle. However, that data does not list the August 2022 homicide. Back in 2010, the county wanted to close the complex, then known as Harbour Towne, after a 3-year-old fell through a bathroom floor to the crawl space under the building. Residents also were complaining about mice, mold, plumbing and electricity problems.The complex has been sold twice since then. In the past five years, Clayton County had 20 code complaints about the complex. One in 2019 was submitted to the county legal department but all complaints have been closed.
Owner/agent of record: Blueros Epic Brookside, Property Holdings LP, 5650 Breckenridge Park Drive, Ste. 302, Tampa, FL 33610 | |||||
The Park at London, formerly Cobblestone Flats 2445 Rex Road, Ellenwood | | Clayton County | 240 | 1988 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 240 Year Built: 1988 Findings: In June 2023, police reported that during a domestic dispute between parents, a 4-year-old child was thrown from a car and warrants were issued for kidnapping, aggravated assault and cruelty to children. Crime data for 2017-2021 wasn't available, but Clayton 911 records show about 35 calls from this address involving potential crimes, including 10 reports of theft. Preliminary crime data for this address from January 2022 through November 2023 show a June 2, 2022, murder and 10 aggravated assaults. Code enforcement data from the county lists 41 complaints. In 2022, there were complaints involving the interior structure and infestation. In 2021, there were multiple citations for waste and debris; mechanical appliances, plumbing system hazards; stairs and walking surfaces. In 2020 and 2019, complaints included electrical system hazards, infestations, interior structure, and outside storage of waste material. A massive fire on Nov. 23, 2022, destroyed a building and left about a dozen people without a home.
Owner/agent of record: The Park at London QRH LLC, 4706 18th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11204 | |||||
The Park at Scotts Crossing, formerly Dwell @ The Vue; formerly Holly Ridge) 1620 Hollywood Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 217 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 217 Year Built: 1970 Findings: In July 2023, a man was fatally shot at the complex. Police reported 114 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include in addition to the homicide 15 aggravated assaults, seven robberies, three rapes, a sodomy and a child molestation. The city shows eight code complaints since 2017.
Owner/agent of record: 58 PC LLC, c/o Leasing Office, 1620 Hollywood Road, Atlanta, GA 30318 | |||||
The Park on Windy Hill, formerly Ashford Retreat 2121 Windy Hilll Road, Marietta | | Marietta, Cobb County | 685 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta, Cobb County Units: 685 Year Built: 1974 Findings: Police reported 210 crimes at this address from 2017 through Aug. 4, 2023. They include 17 aggravated assaults, 15 robberies, one cruelty to a child, one sexual assault of a child, three rapes and a sexual battery. For the 12 months ending Jan. 31, 2017, it had 40 crimes, more than any other apartment complex in Marietta, according to the Marietta Apartment Complex Crime Data Report. A fire in April 2022 affected about 15 units. A fire in January 2021 involved 24 units, firefighters said. In September 2022, a woman filed suit against the complex, saying that her daughter was shot in the head when bullets were fired into her bedroom, and alleging that the complex failed to maintain adequate security. Cobb in 2022 listed four code complaints, including alleged safety violations. Bridge Investment Group acquired the property in December 2019 and since then focused on fostering a safe and secure community environment and continuously making improvements, Charlotte Morse, the company's managing director and head of investor relations and marketing, told the AJC in a 2022 email.
Owner/agent of record: Bridge Wf GA Park Windy HIll LLC, 111 E. Sego Lily Drive, Ste. 400, Salt Lake City, UT 84070 | |||||
The Parkton 6862 Mableton Parkway, Mableton | | Cobb County | 137 | 1974 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 137 Year Built: 1974 Findings: In September 2023, a person was shot at the complex, police said. In August 2022, a resident was charged with aggravated assault, accused of strangling his daughter. From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 112 crimes at this address, including a June 2018 homicide, seven aggravated assaults, three robberies and a cruelty to children case.
Owner/agent of record: Mableton Acquisitions I LLC, 2905 NW Blvd, Ste. 150, Plymouth, MN 55441 | |||||
The Premier at 1935, formerly Brentwood Creek, Brentwood Meadows, Franciscan Club 1935 Alison Court, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 238 | 1966 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 238 Year Built: 1966 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 138 crimes at this address. They include a Feb 2022 homicide in which another person was wounded, 37 aggravated assaults, 13 robberies and two rapes. Atlanta lists 173 code complaints. Among the 2023 complaints were ones about air-conditioning, rats, broken windows and raw sewage. The complex had a fire in March 2019. Note also fires in vacant apartment buildings in the 1900 block of Alison Court in May 2020 and December 2019. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: SAR Apartment Capital LLC. 3001 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd, Ste. 300, Hallandale, FL 33009 | |||||
The Reserve at Birch Creek, formerly Cascade Glen 3901 Campbellton Road SW; 3881 and 3909 Campbellton Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 364 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 364 Year Built: 1969 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 108 crimes at the 3901 address.They include homicides in March 2021, December 2020 and May 2019, 26 aggravated assaults, seven robberies and a child molestation. At 3909 Campbellton there were 60 other crimes, including a June 2020 homicide, 16 aggravated assaults, three robberies and one rape. Atlanta records show 109 code complaints. Among the 2023 complaints were ones about rats, raw sewage, roaches and a lack of heat.
Owner/agent of record: CL Cascade LP, 1 Executive Blvd., Ste. 204, Suffern, NY 10901 | |||||
The Reserve at Brookhaven 1750 Briarwood Road, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 192 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 192 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 58 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include a December 2020 homicide, nine aggravated assaults, 14 robberies and a rape. A February 2019 exterior sweep inspection found numerous violations, including broken light fixtures in breezeways, damage to some stair treads and risers, falling plaster, AC units on the ground, gutters clogged with vegetation, a wood fence falling down, and water damage on a patio deck. In November 2018, the fire and police departments notified the city that a floor had fallen in. That led to the building being red tagged and closed. It was still being worked on in February 2019. In April 2019, the city denied a request for a permit to reopen. In June 2019, two code enforcement officers and the supervisor met with tenants to discuss problems, and management was to be sent a list of complaints and given 10 days for compliance. In April 2020, a tenant who had organized a group to talk about maintenance issues told the AJC she was being evicted in retaliation. Attorneys for the complex said the eviction was not retaliatory. The case was settled with the complex letting the tenant stay until her lease ended.
Owner/agent of record: Primestone Fifeco Realty Fund LLC, 2964 Peachtree Road NW, Ste. 326, Atlanta, GA 30305 | |||||
The Reserve at Gwinnett, formerly Wesley Park 1780 Graves Road, Norcross | | Gwinnett County | 370 | 1999 | |
Jurisdiction: Gwinnett County Units: 370 Year Built: 1999 Findings: Police reported 109 crimes at the complex from 2017 through June 2023. They include 19 aggravated assaults, seven of which occurred in a single incident in 2020. There were also two rapes and five robberies, including an October 2017 home invasion. A consultant's exterior inspection in 2017 noted improper storage, a detached gutter, peeling paint and a damaged garage door as among the violations. In early December 2022, the complex had an active code case for trash outside the dumpster.
Owner/agent of record: Broadtree Reserve at Gwinnett LLC, Corporation Service Company, 2 Sun Court, Ste. 400, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092. | |||||
The Reserve at Stone Creek 1420 S. Hairston Road; and various addresses on Treehills Parkway including 2301-2305 and 7006, 5412, 3013, 1501; and 700., Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 822 | 1987 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 822 Year Built: 1987 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 38 crimes at the Hairston Road address. They included four aggravated assaults, one robbery and six rapes. At the Treehills Parkway addresses identified, there were 13 other crimes, including homicides of two people and the wounding of a third in February 2018; a kidnapping and homicide in June 2018; and a homicide in April 2017; as well as two aggravated assaults and a robbery. Also, in January 2017, a toddler fell from a third-story window at the complex but survived; WSB-TV interviewed a former resident who said that windows sit on the floor so it is easy to fall out. DeKalb in 2022 showed a half dozen code complaints for the Hairston address. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Eli Bleeman with Asden Properties said that it took ownership on Sept. 15, 2017. "Since Asden's tenure, we have invested heavily to ensure the safety and security of our residents..." he wrote. Improvements include adding 24-hour on-site manned security, securing perimeter fencing, installing cameras throughout the property, hiring two courtesy officers and installing a license plate reader.
Owner/agent of record: Reserve at Stone Creek LLC, 2431 Atlantic Ave., Ste. 1, Manasquan, NJ 08736 | |||||
The Reserve 5650 Hillandale Drive and 101 to 1910 Concepts 21 Drive, Stonecrest | | Stonecrest, DeKalb County | 252 | 1988 | |
Jurisdiction: Stonecrest, DeKalb County Units: 252 Year Built: 1988 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 16 crimes at the Hillandale address, including an aggravated assault and three rapes. At Concepts 21 Drive addresses in DeKalb County, police reported 277 other crimes. Among them, in April 2019 a woman at 620 Concepts 21 Drive was thrown out of a window to her death in a domestic dispute. There were also homicides at 512 Concepts 21 in August 2019 and at 817 Concepts 21 in October 2020. Also reported were 13 aggravated assaults, two robberies, two rapes, an arson and a forcible sodomy. The city of Stonecrest received 16 code complaints from 2018-November 2022, most for leaks, mold and water damage, all resolved after code enforcement inspections. The complex was also cited each year from 2018 to 2021 for failure to have required third-party inspections and to obtain a business license.
Owner/agent of record: GA Reserve Apartments LLC, 1240 E. 2100, Ste. 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 | |||||
The Retreat at Greenbriar by ICER, formerly The Park at Greenbriar 3000 Continental Colony Pkwy SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 209 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 209 Year Built: 1969 Findings: Two teens, ages 14 and 16, were killed and three other young people, two age 15 and one age 11, were wounded in a shooting at the complex on Dec. 18, 2022. Police records list 117 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include in addition to the 2022 homicides an August 2019 homicide, 37 aggravated assaults, seven robberies, three rapes and a child molestation. In addition a toddler was hit by a stray bullet in 2021. Atlanta records show 54 code complaints, including raw sewage, flooding in a unit, screen damage, mold and roaches. The complex had fires May 2021 and January 2020. The complex was sold in October 2021. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: ICER of Greenbriar LLC, 1385 Broadway, Floor 16, New York, NY 10018 | |||||
The Slate at Decatur, formerly The Slate, The Mint at Decatur and as Windrush Apartments 3841 Kensington Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 202 | 1982 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 202 Year Built: 1982 Findings: From 2017 through June 2023, police reported 109 crimes at this address. They include homicides in November 2018 and October 2019, 29 aggravated assaults, five robberies, three rapes a forcible fondling and a forcible sodomy. A 2020 report for the Department of Community Affairs rated conditions at the complex as inferior. DeKalb in 2022 showed 20 code complaints, several noted as dangerous, uninhabitable & unfit buildings and others as interior and exterior structural problems.
Owner/agent of record: GA Slate 1 LLC, GA Slate 2 LLC, Vcorp Agent Services, Inc., 289 S Culver St., Lawrenceville, GA, 30046 | |||||
The Square at Peoplestown 875 Hank Aaron Drive, 875 Crew Street SW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 94 | 1999 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 94 Year Built: 1999 Findings: From 2017 through March 2023, police reported 33 crimes at the 875 Hank Aaron Drive address, including eight aggravated assaults and a robbery, and three crimes at the 875 Crew St. address. Five code complaints. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: P E P Development LTD LP, c/0 The Stalings Group, 191 Peachtree St NE #4100, Atlanta, GA 30303 | |||||
The Villas at Panthersville, formerly Hidden Villas 2929 Panthersville Road; 2933 Panthersville Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 238 | 1969 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 238 Year Built: 1969 Findings: In September 2023, a person trying to break into an apartment was shot and killed by the resident, police said. From 2017 through July 2023 at the 2929 Panthersville Road address, police reported 171 crimes. They include two homicides in January 2019 and one in March 2017, 23 aggravated assaults, three robberies, four rapes and two arsons. At the 2933 address, police reported 43 other crimes. They include five aggravated assaults, six robberies and two arsons. There were fires at the complex in January 2016, March 2017, January 2019 and December 2021. Records showed a total of 123 code complaints at the 2929 Panthersville Road address as of 2022. At the 2933 address there were 34 more.
Owner/agent of record: Villas at Panthersville LLC, 3235 Satellite Blvd, Ste. 500, Duluth, GA 30096 | |||||
The Vue 4969 Central Drive, Stone Mountain | | DeKalb County | 208 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 208 Year Built: 1973 Findings: From 2017 through April 2023, police reported 83 crimes at this address. They include a homicide in July 2017, 14 aggravated assaults, five robberies, four rapes, and one arson. The complex had a fire in February 2022. DeKalb in 2022 listed 51 code complaints. In a 2022 email to the AJC, David Albertson of Silverpoint Management said that the safety and well-being of residents and staff were the top priority. "Since we have taken over the property in early 2021, we have made dramatic security improvements...," the statement said in part. "If and when DeKalb code violations are identified, we take swift action to repair and ensure that (we) remain in compliance," he wrote.
Owner/agent of record: LHNH The Vue LLC, 1215 Tuxedo Terrace, Lakewood, NJ 08701 | |||||
The Whitney 5555 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs | | Sandy Springs | 309 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: Sandy Springs Units: 309 Year Built: 1968 Findings: Police reported 104 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include a December 2020 homicide, nine aggravated assaults, four robberies and one arson. In August 2023, a man drowned at a pond in front of the complex. A city website showed two rapes at this complex in 2021. The city listed some 40 code cases in a recent five-year period. Among them were complaints about overcrowding, leaks, roaches, rodents, electrical issues, broken refrigerator, mold and trash.
Owner/agent of record: VR Whitney Limited Partnership, 1725 16th Ave., Ste. 201, Richmond Hill ON L4B4C-6 | |||||
The Woodridge, formerly Wood Ridge Apartments and Highland Club 2567 Whites Mill Road and addresses on Tregoney Drive., Decatur | | DeKalb County | 212 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 212 Year Built: 1972 Findings: DeKalb police reported 38 crimes at the Whites Mill address from 2017 through July 2023. They included nine aggravated assaults and five robberies. At addresses along Tregoney Drive, police reported 49 crimes. They included a March 2022 homicide and a June 2019 negligent manslaughter; 15 aggravated assaults; three robberies and five rapes, A 2020 inspection sweep resulted in two dozen citations. An October 2022 sweep resulted in 30 citations and a court summons for owners. Issues included raw sewage spills, exposed electrical wires at A/C condenser and cable boxes, vacant/unsecured units, graffiti, cracked/damaged exterior walls and foundation, and damaged balconies/patios, among other violations. The fire marshal also found violations, including that exit sign lights were not working and 95% of fire extinguishers were missing. The owner was given until Nov. 28, 2022, to correct the fire violations. A follow-up inspection showed that the fire violations were addressed. BBB rating is F because of a failure to respond to three complaints.
Owner/agent of record: GA Woodridge 1 LLC, GA Woodridge 2 LLC, 1240 E 2100, Ste. 250, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 | |||||
The Woods on Tara Apartment Homes by ICER, formerly The Overlook 6726 Tara Boulevard, Jonesboro | | Clayton County | 322 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Clayton County Units: 322 Year Built: 1972 Findings: In April 2018, a 48-year-old man died after being shot. Clayton police could not make other crime data available for 2017-2021. But from 2017 to mid-2021, there were more than 45 calls from this address to 911 about potential crimes, including 13 for theft and two for apartment fires -- one in June 2018 and one in September 2018. Preliminary crime data for this address from January 2022 through November 2023 show 38 crimes, including 17 aggravated assaults, one hijacking of a motor vehicle, two rapes, four aggravated stalkings, one aggravated sexual battery and two robberies. Code enforcement data shows dozens of complaints in 2021, including roofs, plumbing, fire safety, foundation walls, trash, and sanitary drainage. These were among 109 violations cited from 2017 to 2021.
Owner/agent of record: ICER of Tara Blvd LLC, 1385 Broadway, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10018 | |||||
Thornberry Apartments / Infinity Thornberry, formerly Kensington Apartments 2435 Aylesbury Loop; other addresses in the 2400 block of Aylesbury Loop, Heath Row and Picadilly Place; 2486 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 280 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 280 Year Built: 1972 Findings: In the 2400 block of Aylesbury Loop, from 2017 through July 2023, police reported Police reported 157 crimes, including a March 2019 homicide, 21 aggravated assaults, 21 robberies, five rapes, two forcible sodomies and three arsons. In the 2400 block of Heath Row, police reported 14 crimes.They included an April 2023 shoting that killed one man and injured another, two aggravated assaults and a robbery. In the 2400 block of Picadilly Place, police reported 19 crimes. They included six aggravated assaults and two robberies. A fire in November 2018 displaced 27 people. There were 133 code complaints in the 2400 blocks of Aylesbury Loop, Heath Row and Picadilly Place from Feb. 2017 to Feb. 2022, including several complaints about no heating or air and interior and exterior structural problems.
Owner/agent of record: Thornberry Investments LLC, 9520 Harding Ave., Suite 1, Surfside, FL 33154 | |||||
Towne at Lakewood Heights, The Station at Richmond Hill 1770 Richmond Circle SE; 1770 Richmond Ave. SE, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 181 | 1952 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 181 Year Built: 1952 Findings: Police reported 92 crimes at these addresses from 2017 through May 2023. That includes 18 aggravated assaults, five robberies and a child molestation. In addition to those crimes, in February 2022, a 9-year-old boy was shot to death at the complex; a 16-year-old was later accused of the shooting. City records list nine code complaints. Responding to an inquiry made of Canadian firm The Frankforter Group, which had purchased the complex in 2018, attorney Jeremy Kahn of Berman Fink Van Horn said in an email that his clients are รขโฌลproud of their commitment and ongoing efforts to work alongside city officials to provide an elevated standard of affordable housing to residents of Atlanta.รขโฌย
Owner/agent of record: Richmond Hill 181 Property LLC, 4810 Jean Talon St. W, Montreal H4P 2-N5 CANADA | |||||
Trestletree Village 777 Eloise Court; 956 and 960 Trestletree and other Trestletree addresses; 904 and other addresses on Confederate Court; 970 United Ave.; 794 Ormewood, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 180 | 1949 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 180 Year Built: 1949 Findings: Addresses on what was Confederate Court in 2017-2018 had 12 reported crimes, including three aggravated assaults and a child molestation; Addresses in the 700 and 800 blocks of Eloise Court had 27 crimes, including seven aggravated assaults and four robberies from 2019 through Aug. 1, 2023. The Trestletree Court addresses from 2019 through July 2023 had 24 crimes reported, including an April 2020 homicide, seven aggravated assaults, a robbery and a rape. There were 23 crimes at addresses on United Ave, including five aggravated assaults. At 794 Ormewood there were three crimes, all aggravated assaults. News reports also said there was a June 2020 homicide, where an infant died of blunt force trauma. There were 26 code complaints at Confederate Court addresses, including roaches, rodents, flooding, and junk and debris from a burned unit. There were six complaints at 794 Ormewood Ave. SE. A fire in 2019 resulted in injuries to two residents. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties with chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: CHC Trestletree LLC, 6875 E. Evans Ave., Denver, Co 80224 | |||||
Uphill Flats, formerly 4371 Glenwood, Austin Oaks, Glenwood Garden 4371 Glenwood Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 175 | 1967 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 175 Year Built: 1967 Findings: From 2017-July 2023, police reported 200 crimes at this address, including five homicides: in May and June 2017, in April 2022 and August 2022, and in March 2023. Also listed are 52 aggravated assaults, 25 robberies, three rapes and four arsons. Records show a total of 107 code complaints. While cause is not listed for most, some noted roach infestations, electrical system problems and lack of heat or air. In late 2021 and early 2022, some units were called dangerous and uninhabitable. County records from inspections show 71 code citations in 2017, 96 in 2019 and 96 in 2019 along with one health violation in 2017, resulting in fines of $23,600. The complex had additional citations in 2020 and 2021. It had fires in December 2021 and November 2022. The November blaze burned so quickly that some residents had to leap from third-story apartments to escape.
Owner/agent of record: Netz Austin Oaks LLC, 4488 N Shallowford Road, Ste. 201, Dunwoody, GA 30338 | |||||
Upland Townhomes 6850 Mableton Parkway, Mableton | | Cobb County | 348 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Cobb County Units: 348 Year Built: 1973 Findings: From February 2017 through May 2023, police have reported 234 crimes at this address. Among them were a Nov. 8, 2020, homicide, 28 aggravated assaults, two crimes described as pointing a pistol at another, an armed carjacking and two sexual assaults. A new owner acquired the complex in June 2021 and since then has addressed maintenance items not remedied by previous owners, improved lighting in public areas and implemented a security patrol, along with making structural and aesthetic improvements, said Zachary Oseland in a 2022 response to the AJC.
Owner/agent of record: Upland Townhomes Owner LLC, 2002 N. Tampa St., Ste. 110, Tampa, FL 33602 | |||||
Valley Creek Apartments, formerly Riverdale Clayton and Harmony Pines 363 Upper Riverdale Road, Riverdale | | Riverdale | 148 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: Riverdale Units: 148 Year Built: 1972 Findings: Police reported three crimes at this address from 2017-2021: an assault with a firearm in August 2021; a robbery in February 2020; and an auto theft in October 2021. From January 2022 to April 2023, police reported five crimes, including three assault. This complex may have had the most code enforcement violations of complexes in Riverdale. Problems reported included holes in walls, mice, a raccoon infestation, inoperable oven and stove, overflowing toilet, rusting handrails, broken steps, rats and a loose staircase.
Owner/agent of record: Riverdale Apartments LLC, 4201 Route 9, Howell, NJ 07731 | |||||
Valley Oaks 2400 Johnson Road NE; 2394 Johnson Road. Building numbers range from 2402-2462 Johnson Road, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 236 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 236 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 89 crimes at the Johnson Road addresses from 2017 to Aug. 6, 2023. They include an August 2020 murder, 13 aggravated assaults, 14 robberies, six rapes, one cruelty to children case and one first-degree arson. A February 2020 exterior sweep by the city of addresses in the complex on Independence Court found numerous violations. They included broken exterior lights, broken screens, wires on the ground across a walkway, gutters not properly attached, exterior doors that needed replaced, trash and debris. An exterior sweep in September 2021 of the Johnson Road addresses noted numerous violations, including infestations, unsecured railings, graffiti in several locations, clogged gutters, an overflowing dumpster, a deteriorated stairway and improperly installed electrical wire. Dee Lieu, who identified himself as one of the property managers, told the AJC in 2022 that all the issues noted in past citations have been repaired. In a phone interview he said managers have been very transparent with the city on their plans and the city has given them a heads-up on what they need to do to maintain the complex. "So it's not like the owners are negligent at all," he said. "They're wanting to maintain the property and not let the property become more dilapidated, because we do have to maintain the market rent in the area too." Lieu would not provide the names of the owners, saying they instructed him not to reveal their identities.
Owner/agent of record: Valley Oaks Apartments LLC, 1653 Drake Drive, Jonesboro. GA 30345 | |||||
Venetian Hills 1829 Campbellton Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 120 | 1963 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 120 Year Built: 1963 Findings: Police reported 87 crimes at this address from 2017 through April 2023. They include 23 aggravated assaults, nine robberies and a rape. Code enforcement records list 116 complaints. Among them are complaints about broken windows, collapsed ceiling, rats and leaks. In some cases, citations were served by the sheriff, the data shows. Some are listed as court cases. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime or condition problems. A fire at the complex in March 2017 killed one person, and other tenants had to leap from windows to flee the flames; the fire was determined to be an arson.
Owner/agent of record: Venetian Hills Apartments LLC, Registered agent: James Brad McClung, 6075 Lake Forrest Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA, 30328 | |||||
Verbena Gardens 2190 Verbena Street NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 23 | 1957 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 23 Year Built: 1957 Findings: Police reported 15 crimes at this address from 2017-2019 and in 2021 through July 2023. They include a homicide in July 2018 and seven aggravated assaults. No crimes are listed for 2020. Atlanta lists 32 code complaints, including leaks, lack of heat, exposed wiring, unstable floor, a deck about to fall, bedbugs, cabinets that fell, plumbing backups and flooding. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added this complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic code or condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Linda View LLC, 8910 Tonbridge Terrace, Hyattsville, MD 20783 | |||||
Veritas at East Cobb, formerly Bella Grand and Cinnamon Ridge 730 Franklin Gateway, Marietta | | Marietta | 192 | 1980 | |
Jurisdiction: Marietta Units: 192 Year Built: 1980 Findings: From 2017 to Aug. 15, 2023, police reported 87 crimes at this address. They include five robberies, four aggravated assault, a crime described as pointing a gun at another, a child molestation and a rape. For the 12 months ending Jan. 31, 2017, Marietta police reported that this complex had one of the highest per capita crime rates among apartment complexes in the city. For the 12 months ending March 31, 2019, the city showed that the complex still had one of the highest per capital crime rates of apartments in the city. Code enforcement in 2022 listed10 complaints
Owner/agent of record: 730 Franklin LLC, 8302 C/O Registered AGent Solutions Inc., 900 Old Roswell Lakes, Ste. 310, Roswell, GA 30076 | |||||
Vesta Adams Park 1991 Delowe Drive, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 298 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 298 Year Built: 1968 Findings: Police reported 49 crimes at this address from 2017-2021, including an August 2019 homicide,17 aggravated assaults, one robbery and a child molestation. Then from 2022 through July 2023, police reported 57 more crimes. They include homicides in February 2022 and July 2023, 22 aggravated assaults, one robbery, one rape and an arson. A lawsuit was filed against the complex over the August 2019 murder. Two lawsuits filed in 2022 against the complex and security services involved the armed robbery, rape and attempted murder of plaintiffs. City records list 32 code complaints. Complaints in 2023 include unsanitary conditions, rodents and roaches, trash pileup, an apartment boarded over for more than six months, overgrowth, land lack of heat. Some complaints were marked as court complied.The complex was reportedly renovated in 2019 and sold in 2022. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Development Authority of Fulton County, c/o Vesta Adams Park LLC, Attn: R Noone, 1921 Gallows Road, Ste. 700, Vienna, VA 22182 | |||||
Village at the Creek, formerly Lakes at Indian Creek 751 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston | | DeKalb County | 604 | 1972 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 604 Year Built: 1972 Findings: On Oct. 2, 2022, a man was shot and killed at the complex, which has been wracked by violence over recent years. From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 407 crimes at this address, including two homicides in August 2020 and one in July 2021 in addition to the October 2022 homicide; 49 aggravated assaults; 35 robberies;15 rapes; and four arsons. In one incident in January 2021, two children were shot and a third injured by broken glass after bullets ripped through their home. The children were ages 11, 9 and 7. DeKalb in 2022 showed 68 code complaints. Among the problems were lack of heat and AC and interior and exterior structural issues. In July 2023, a local TV station reported that when a tenant complained on social media about conditions, she was told her lease was being terminated and she had to move out. DeKalb County code enforcement said it was investigating.The complex had a fire in January 2018 that displaced 25 residents.
Owner/agent of record: Lakes at Indian Creek Property Owner LLC, Registered Agent Solutions, Inc., 900 Old Roswell Lakes Parkway, Suite 310, Roswell, GA, 30076. | |||||
Villages at Carver 187 Moury Avenue and 174, 178 and 201 Moury, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 666 | 2001 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 666 Year Built: 2001 Findings: On Jan. 24, 2023, a person died in a shooting at the complex. There were two other homicides in June 2023. From January-October 2022, four people were shot to death at this complex and another person was wounded: On Sept. 27, 2022, a 16-year-old was killed; on June 19, 2022, two teenagers were killed; and on Jan. 12, 2022 another person was killed. In August 2022 a 19-year-old was wounded. All told, from 2017 through July 2023 at these four addresses, police reported 407 crimes. In addition to the homicides, there were 64 aggravated assaults, 33 robberies, three rapes and six other sexual assaults. In October 2022, the family of one of the victims of the 2017 homicide sued the operators of the complex, alleging insufficient security. The city lists 26 code complaints at these addresses. Among the 2023 complaints were leaks and flooding, debris in the walkway and rats. Recent HUD inspeciton scores ranged from a failing 55c to 69c. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, 4273 Wendall Drive, Atlanta, GA 30336 | |||||
Villages of Castleberry Hill 600 Greensferry Avenue, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 166 | 1999 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 166 Year Built: 1999 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 84 crimes at this address. They include nine aggravated assaults, five robberies and a child molestation. Other records show that in April 2021, a man was killed in the parking lot in a fight; and in July 2022 three people, including a child, were wounded in a shooting.The city lists 22 code complaints, including insect infestations, leaks, and a ceiling cave-in. In one case in spring 2022, a citation was served by the sheriff. Reports to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, which awarded housing tax credits for the complex in 2017, include complaints of roaches, locked exit doors and lack of AC for months. This complex was developed on the site of the former John Hope Homes public housing complex. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added the complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime or condition problems.
Owner/agent of record: John Hope Community Partners II, C/O Marvin F. Poer & Co, 3520 Piedmont Road NE, Ste. 410, Atlanta, GA 30303 | |||||
Villas at Decatur, formerly Eastwyck Village Apartments 2892 Eastwyck Circle; 384 Eastwyck Circle; 31 Eastwyck Road; 43 Eastwyck Road, Decatur | | DeKalb County | 435 | 1964 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 435 Year Built: 1964 Findings: Police reported 38 crimes at these four addresses from 2017 through May 2023, including a November 2022 fatal shooting, the April 2019 fatal shooting of a woman as she slept in an apartment; and the July 2017 shooting death of a man in his apartment. In addition, in June 2022 police investigating a shooting at the complex found a man dead; police didn't release more details. Also included in the crimes were nine aggravated assaults, eight robberies, an arson and a rape. Among the assaults, in July 2020, a teen and an 8-year-old were wounded during a shooting at the complex; and in October 2019 a 4-year-old was hit by a stray bullet during a shootout. At other addresses on Eastwyck Circle and Eastwyck Road, police list 284 crimes in the past six and one-half years. The complex had fires in July 2017 and May 2023. DeKalb County in 2022 listed six code complaints at the 2892 address. However, another county report of inspections shows 266 code citations in 2017 and 400 in 2019.
Owner/agent of record: Villas at Decatur LLC, Nirvana Capital Group Fund II LLC, 3279 Yorktown Drive, Roswell, GA 30075 | |||||
Villas de las Colinas 2, formerly Sierra Gardens and Tempo Majestic 3649 and 3659 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 132 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 132 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 30 crimes at these two addresses from 2017-2022. They include seven aggravated assaults, three robberies, a sexual assault and a rape. In July 2021, a man barricaded himself in an apartment and fired a shot. In 2017, the city fined the operator of this and a sister complex $10,000 for conditions that officials said were deplorable. In July 2018, code violations persisted involving missing light fixtures and screen doors, soffits falling down, broken windows and more. An exterior apartment sweep in November 2020 noted several violations. In response to an August 2021 complaint about garbage and trash in the dumpster area, the property manager said all of the maintenance workers had quit their jobs the week before. In June 2022, news reports quoted residents who said human waste was leaking into bottom floor units. Residents said they had gone to City Hall in May to complain but the issue wasn't addressed. In June 2017, two people were hospitalized after a fire broke out in the complex. One had had to jump from the third floor to escape flames, while the other victim suffered serious burns. At least 12 units were destroyed. The complex was sold in 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Simfa Gardens Fee Simple LLC, C/O Comunidad Realty Partners Management, 21750 Hardy Oak Blvd, Ste. 104 2856, San Antonio, TX 78258 | |||||
Villas de las Colinas 3, formerly Sierra Station 3630-3640 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 62 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 62 Year Built: 1973 Findings: Police reported 16 crimes at these even-numbered addresses from 2017 through May 2023. They include a November 2021 homicide which police said took place during an apparent robbery, four aggravated assaults and another robbery. A January 2020 inspection at 3632 Buford of 21 of the 62 units showed that all passed. A Brookhaven exterior inspection of 3630 Buford Highway in April 2022 found trash and debris around the buildings, broken glass on the ground, trash all over stairs, peeling paint, broken windows, missing exterior lights, siding damage, broken railings, and more. The complex was sold in 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Simfa Gardens Fee Simple LLC, C/O Comunidad Realty Partners Management, 21750 Hardy Oak Blvd, Ste. 104 2856, San Antonio, TX 78258 | |||||
Villas de las Colinas 4, formerly Sierra Village 2615 Oak Shadow Lane NE. Other addresses in 2600 block and 2008 Oak Shadow Drive, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 154 | 1973 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 154 Year Built: 1973 Findings: From July 2017 through June 2023, police reported 22 crimes in the 2600 block of Oak Shadow including a December 2019 stabbing death of a woman, two aggravated assaults with a deadly weapon, one case of pointing a gun at another, three robberies and a criminal attempt to commit rape. At 2008 Oak Shadow Lane, police also reported an October 2017 drug-related shooting at the complex that killed one person and wounded another. Police at that scene recovered 7 kilos of cocaine and $230,000 in counterfeit hundred dollar bills. Also at the former Sierra Village, a January 2022 fire left at least 30 people homeless, and a May 2020 fire displaced 41 people.
Owner/agent of record: Simfa Gardens Fee Simple LLC, C/O Comunidad Realty Partners Management, 21750 Hardy Oak Blvd, Ste. 104 2856, San Antonio, TX 78258 | |||||
Villas de las Colinas One, formerly Sierra Terrace 3547, 3551, 3553, 3555, 3557, 3559, 3561 and 3563 Buford Highway, Brookhaven | | Brookhaven | 135 | 1968 | |
Jurisdiction: Brookhaven Units: 135 Year Built: 1968 Findings: From 2017-to Aug. 2, 2023, police reported 27 crimes at these addresses. They include four aggravated assaults, four robberies and a rape. In addition, in January 2018, DEA agents raided the complex and seized 170 pounds of crystal meth along with cocaine, weapons and cash. The complex's annual inspection on Oct. 25, 2017 had some units failing in almost every category, but an annual inspection March 25, 2021 showed all units passed. Then a sweep on July 22, 2021 documented numerous issues, including AC units on the ground, problems with guard rails and handrails; missing or damaged exterior lights; soffit damage; peeling paint; severe rust on metal decks; broken stairwell lights; and 13 missing fire extinguishers. A new owner acquired the complex in January 2022.
Owner/agent of record: Simfa Gardens Fee Simple LLC Registered Agent Solutions Inc. 900 Old Roswell Lakes Pkwy. Suite 310 Roswell, GA, 30076 | |||||
Vue at Harwell, formerly Daron Village 62 Harwell Road, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 130 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 130 Year Built: 1970 Findings: Police reported 110 crimes at the address from 2017 through April 2023. They include five homicides: in January, October and December of 2019; June of 2018; and June of 2021. Also included are 38 aggravated assaults, seven robberies, a sodomy, an attempted rape and a child molestation. Among the assault victims, in March 2021, three people were injured in a shooting, including a 6-year-old and his mother and a 15-year-old. The complex had fires in January 2018 and March 2021. City records show a total of 156 code complaints. Among them, several are marked as citations issued or as court complied, indicating problems were resolved after a case went to court. One in June 2022 complaining of interior structural damage is marked as civil process. Other complaints include rats, inoperable heating system, leaks, no cold water, broken pipes, junk and debris. The city reported in March 2021 that it had issued 29 citations involving 46 code violations. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted for chronic crime and condition problems. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Lisa S. Morchower with Berman Fink Van Horn said that the current owners acquired the property on April 29, 2021. "While they are unable to comment on what happened under prior ownership, our clients are aware of the issues affecting the property prior to their acquisition and are working diligently with both city officials and security professionals to turn around the property," she wrote.
Owner/agent of record: 62 Harwell Partners LLC, 541 10th St. NW #327, Atlanta GA 30318 | |||||
Wesley Club 4200 Wesley Club Drive; 4103 Wesley Club Drive., Decatur | | DeKalb County | 245 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 245 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 51 crimes at these addresses. They include homicides in 2017; in April 2018 where two people died; October 2019; and in January 2020, where a fatal shooting was reported. In addition, in April 2019, a man shot a police officer who was at the complex about a domestic incident, and in November 2021, a man was at the complex when he was shot, according to a September 2022 lawsuit. Also among the crimes are nine aggravated assaults, 11 robberies and two rapes. DeKalb lists two code complaints, one in 2018 and one in 2019. The complex had a fire in April 2020.
Owner/agent of record: Wesley Chapel Lodge LLC, 400 Galleria Parkway, Ste. 1140, Atlanta, GA 30339 | |||||
Westlake Village 1635 and 1655 W. Lake Court. Other addresses include 1638, 1639, 1642 and 1664, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 76 | 1951 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 76 Year Built: 1951 Findings: Complete address information is not available, but at the six listed addresses, police listed 21 crimes from 2017 through January 2023. They include a December 2021 homicide, eight aggravated assaults and two robberies. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on its list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems, but in January 2023 the city dropped the complex from its list.
Owner/agent of record: One Six Five Five West Lake CT, LLC, 541 Tenth St. NW #327, Atlanta, GA 30318 | |||||
Westley on the Beltline, formerly The Point at Westside 370 Northside Drive NW, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 267 | 2004 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 267 Year Built: 2004 Findings: Police reported 220 crimes at this address from 2017 through July 2023. They include 21 aggravated assaults, four robberies, and two rapes. Also of note: 43 reports of motor vehicle theft, with 27 of those since January 2022. Atlanta lists nine code complaints including leaks and insects. In January 2023, the city of Atlanta added this complex to its list of those to be targeted for chronic crime problems.
Owner/agent of record: Monarch Holdings Group LLC, Registered Agent Tricia Agostini, 1445 Woodmont Ln. NW #557, Atlanta GA 30328. | |||||
Westside Crossing, formerly Archer Heights 2265 Perry Blvd. Neighboring apartment buildings on Perry Blvd with the same owner listed are at 2225, 2233, 2249 and 2257, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 112 | 1961 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 112 Year Built: 1961 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 68 crimes at the 2265 address. They include a fatal shooting on June 3, 2021, 12 aggravated assaults, three robberies and one rape. Atlanta lists 12 code complaints, with most listed as complied..
Owner/agent of record: Greenleaf Investment Partners L033 LLC, P.O. Box 450233, Atlanta, GA 31145 | |||||
Willow Branch 822 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston | | DeKalb County | 186 | 1971 | |
Jurisdiction: DeKalb County Units: 186 Year Built: 1971 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023, police reported 80 crimes at this address. They include two aggravated assaults, four robberies and two rapes. In April 2020, a fire at the complex displaced 10 families. The HUD inspection score, from September 2021: 60c*, the minimum passing grade. In March 2023, the HUD inspection score was upgraded to 76c. In a 2022 email to the AJC, Margaret Stagmeier of Tristar LLC said that at the complex "there is a lot of stress within the families due to poverty and possibly COVID-19." Principals of Tristar, a "mission-based" affordable housing landlord, own the complex, she wrote.
Owner/agent of record: Willow Investment Parnters LLC, 1335 Canton Road, Ste. D, Marietta, GA 30066 | |||||
Woodgate Apartments 3248 Chamblee Dunwoody Road. Also even numbers from 3204 to 3214 and 3224 to 3242, Chamblee | | Chamblee | 256 | 1963 | |
Jurisdiction: Chamblee Units: 256 Year Built: 1963 Findings: Police reports show 24 crimes at the 3248 address from 2017 through April 2023. They include seven aggravated assaults and 10 robberies. At other addresses associated with the apartment complex, police reported 29 crimes. They included six aggravated assaults and eight robberies. A July 2021 exterior sweep noted an accumulation of rubbish, missing electrical panel covers and stairs that needed repaired. In a 2022 email to the AJC provided on behalf of the owners by Peter Jakel, vice president of strategy with Linnell Taylor Marketing, a public relations firm, he wrote that owners take the criminal and code issues very seriously. They complete full background checks for criminal history, hire courtesy patrol as needed and take additional possible measures on a "case-by-case basis," he wrote. In addition, he said the company has begun investing millions of dollars in improvements, including work on the retaining wall, roof, balconies, walkways and stairs.
Owner/agent of record: SMP Woodgate SPE LLC, 8120 Woodmont Ave., Ste. 520, Bethesda, MD 20814 | |||||
Woodland Heights, formerly Rolling Bends and Etheridge Court 2591 Etheridge Drive, 2500 Center Street, Atlanta | | Atlanta | 354 | 1970 | |
Jurisdiction: Atlanta Units: 354 Year Built: 1970 Findings: From 2017 through July 2023 at the Etheridge Drive address, police recorded 135 crimes. They include a May 2019 homicide, 51 aggravated assaults and seven robberies. At the 2500 Center Street address there are another 174 crimes listed. They include 88 aggravated assaults,11 robberies, four rapes and two child molestations. A fire in April 2017 displaced 16 residents. In April 2022, a resident sued the complex, alleging that its failure to properly maintain security resulted in his being shot in the leg. Another resident sued in 2022, alleging he was shot because of inadequate security. The complex has had 88 code complaints at the Etheridge Court address and 173 at the Center St. address. Some are marked as court complied, indicating that problems were addressed after a case went to court. In July 2022, Atlanta announced that the complex was on a list of properties to be targeted because of chronic crime and condition problems. City and state inspectors followed through a year later with a sweep of one of the complex's buildings, which found rats, raw sewage and other problems. A statement from Sheyla Batres, VP of Management for Preservation Partners Management Group, said Preservation acquired this property and another apartment complex in 2018 and has since spent more than $50 million rehabbing both properties and has worked with Atlanta police to lower crime. The company รขโฌลis proud of its work helping to preserve safe and affordable housing in Atlanta,รขโฌย the 2022 statement said. Owner/agent of record: Rolling Bends 1 Preservation Limited Partnership, 21515 Hawthorne Blvd, Ste. 150, Torrance, CA 90503 | |||||