Serenbe Files Plans for $1.7B, 1,700-Unit Expansion

Serenbe CH Properties has filed a site plan for a $1.7 billion mixed-use expansion at the southeast intersection of Hutcheson Ferry and Atlanta Newnan roads in Chattahoochee Hills, with the wellness hub designed by DKLEVY Architecture and Design. Plans call for 1,700 residential units, 180 hotel rooms, and buildings up to three stories.

The 1,532-acre site straddles Fulton and Coweta counties. Plans include 235,000 square feet of commercial space, 75,000 square feet of civic space, and a 450-student school. Listed amenities: a wellness club, medical facilities, pools, a gym, a social club, retail, and art performance spaces.

Phase one includes 97 aging-in-place units, the 110-room Selborne Hotel, a Terra School expansion, and art performance spaces. The DKLEVY-designed wellness hub adds a three-story mixed-use building, 40 apartments, 48 independent and courtyard residences, 16,000 square feet of retail, 5,000 square feet of medical space, and a 2,500-square-foot social club.

The Development Authority of Fulton County approved an $11 million property tax break in 2023. JLL Capital Markets is securing debt financing. Serenbe founder Steve Nygren hopes to break ground on the aging-in-place community and hotel within the next year, pending financing, and the master-planned development is expected to be complete by 2035. Serenbe currently has more than 600 homes and about 1,200 residents.