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Story on Chastain apartments still leasing through the date that Gateway project was approved and how most residents didn’t know about coming displacement. July 2013

Apartment communities located on Roswell Road near Windsor Parkway will be torn down for luxury apartments, retail and office space, restaurants and Sprouts grocery store. The apartment residents, mostly Latino, were not made aware of the displacement.

Residents Learn of Displacement Mostly Through Word-of-Mouth

Residents Learn of Displacement Mostly Through Word-of-Mouth – Sandy Springs, GA – Chastain and Versailles apartment residents in Sandy Springs will be displaced for a new development that will include luxury apartments and retail and office space.

Story on City Council approving Gateway development a year later, in July 2013

Sandy Springs City Council approves a huge Roswell Road development. This plan is admonished by residents who say the process was not transparent.

City Council Approves Huge Roswell Road Development, Admonished by Residents

City Council Approves Huge Roswell Road Development, Admonished by Residents – Sandy Springs, GA – Sandy Springs City Council members also approved a $3.7 million intersection improvement option that will cut through part of the Gallery 63 property and raze a historic church building.

Seattle commits $500M to affordable housing 1/16/19

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area.

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area (Published 2019)

The move is the most ambitious effort yet by a tech company to fund construction for local teachers, firefighters and other middle- and low-income residents.

Workforce exodus as rents rise in SS 4/14/17

Article highlights a meeting of the Community Assistance Center, a nonprofit aimed at preventing hunger and homelessness, with residents who say they are being priced out of their apartment homes.

As Sandy Springs rents rise, a working-class ‘exodus’ begins

Ayanna Souffrant moved to Sandy Springs 10 years ago for reasons many people do: to live in a safe community with good jobs and schools. Employed at the Perimeter Mall Chick-fil-A to support her two children, she’s one of the service workers who keep Perimeter Center in business.