Park Towers (Sandy Springs)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Park Towers is a high-rise
condominium A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual own ...
and
apartment An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), tenement (Scots English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that ...
development located in the portion of the
Perimeter Center Perimeter is a major edge city in metro Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is centered on Perimeter Mall, the nucleus around which it has formed. Perimeter is located north of Atlanta proper, and lies within three cities: Dunwoody, Sandy Spri ...
edge city An edge city is a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown or central business district, in what had previously been a suburban, residential or rural area. The term was popularized by the 1991 boo ...
which is within the U.S. city of
Sandy Springs Sandy Springs is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and a suburb of Atlanta. The city's population was 108,080 at the 2020 census, making it Georgia's 7th most populous city. It is the site of several corporate headquar ...
,
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
. The development consists of three buildings: Park Towers I, Park Towers II, and Park Towers III (Park Towers Place). Buildings II and I are the third- and fourth-tallest buildings in the city (behind Concourse Corporate Center V & VI, the "King & Queen" towers), and fourth and fifth within Perimeter Center (behind
Three Ravinia Drive Three Ravinia Drive is a skyscraper located in the city of Dunwoody, in metropolitan Atlanta. Standing 31 stories and tall, it is the tallest building in Dunwoody. Ravinia was developed by Gerald Hines Interests of Houston, Texas, in 1991. It ...
in
Dunwoody Dunwoody is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. As a northern suburb of Atlanta, Dunwoody is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. It was incorporated as a city on December 1, 2008, but its area establishment dates back t ...
). The area is the fourth-largest
business district Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." A business entity is not necessar ...
in
metro Atlanta Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixt ...
(behind
Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
's
downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...
, midtown, and
Buckhead Buckhead is the wikt:uptown, uptown commercial and residential district of the city of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, comprising approximately the northernmost fifth of the city. Buckhead is the third largest business district within ...
areas), and the first to reach outside the major city into the
suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...
s.


Buildings


Park Towers I

Park Towers I is a condominium development, 24 stories high and completed in 1991. The building operated as a
luxury Luxury may refer to: *Luxury goods, an economic good or service for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises *Luxury tax, a tax on products not considered essential, such as speedboats or diamonds. **Luxury tax (sports), a ...
apartment building until the developer began to sell the individual units as condominiums in 1999. In 2006, the
homeowners association A homeowner association (or homeowners' association ''HOA sometimes referred to as a property owners' association ''POA common interest development ''CID or homeowner community) is a private, legally-incorporated organization that governs a h ...
for Park Towers I took control from the developer. The building remains the second-tallest in the Park Towers development, and is currently the tallest condominium high-rise in the city of Sandy Springs. It is approximately tall.


Park Towers II

Park Towers II is a
residential A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
tower 33 stories high, completed a few years after Park Towers I. The building is a luxury high-rise apartment community, and is the tallest apartment building in Sandy Springs. Approximately tall, the building was built by, and continues to be managed by, Julian LeCraw & Company.


Park Towers Place

Park Towers Place is the advertised name for "Park Towers III". The building is a mid-rise luxury condominium project completed in 2004/2005.


References

{{Atlanta landmarks Residential condominiums in the United States Apartment buildings in Georgia (U.S. state) Sandy Springs, Georgia Buildings and structures in Fulton County, Georgia Residential buildings completed in 1991 Residential buildings completed in 2005 1991 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Residential skyscrapers in Georgia (U.S. state)