The Atlantic is a premier condominium tower in the heart of Midtown Atlanta's "Atlantic Station". It was built as Novare's signature tower. Never have they built a tower as elegant or as well designed - before or since. Unfortunately, it was delivered in the heart of the 2008 -2012 recession and it was converted to apartments. It has since been restored to luxury condos and it recently passed the 50% sales mark, which is not easy to do for a building with 401 units. This building's values have been climbing steadily and the amenity / common areas have been just been renovated. The walkable location makes for an ideal lifestyle choice.
This building is ridiculous! All of their units are for sale but they will still lease them and intrude on your privacy showing to potential buyers while you are under contract and paying $4,000.00 a month. If they sell the property they will give you 60-days to move and NO compensation. Is that even legal???
We were looking for units to purchase and came across Cindy. She has a PUSHY terrible attitude, after she showed us the third unit,
she became impatient, rude and treat us badly. We wanted to see other units prior to making a decision to purchase., but after showing the third property, she was done! We have lived in the building for over three years and were going to progress to becoming owners. Because of her attitude and her treatment, we moved and purchased elsewhere. She is probably the reason there are still so many units unsold.
Love love love our new apartment! Dan (the leasing manager) is amazing! Everyone has been super accommodating in helping us find an apartment and move in!
Great place to live and a steal on the Atlanta condo market. Amenities are very nice, and the HOA fee includes ethernet internet access, gas utility, parking (1 car per bedroom), pool, gas grill and social area, and gym. Guest parking is by valet. Social programming includes multiple events per month, weekly food trucks on site for dinner, and 2 free fitness boot camp sessions per week. Most of the reviews below are so out of date (2 management companies ago) that they are not even relevant. Also, it is worth noting that the current focus is to shift all units to sales, and not to renew leases. I'd say there are good days ahead for this community.
i just purchased my property, although there were issues in the past surrounding management, i really see a concerted effort by current management to wrap there hands around everything and continue to make the Atlantic a great place to call home. Please forge ahead and continue on your effort, nothing great happens in a day.
I really wanted to like the new management in this building, I really did. But so far, NFC Amenity seems to be doing a worse job than the last company. They parade you through this building like it's a palace, but the truth is this is NOT luxury living. And if you're a tenant (i.e. leasing from the building or directly from an owner), expect to be treated like a second class citizen! The concierge at The Atlantic continues to be substandard, at best. I'm not sure why it's so hard to find pleasant, competent people that just do their job. Since they took over they've lost a package of mine, I've seen them hang up on a resident and let's not talk about all the "gossip" that happens at that desk. Anytime you ask them for help with ANYTHING — i.e. from how to get the outdoor fireplace working, to just needing a paper towel to clean up a spill on the elevator — the answer is always "I don't know". Having overnight guests is a nightmare, they won't send up your visitors (although I've heard they plan to modify this policy) and the attitude you get from most of them is like you're a bother. "Nakea S." is the worst! Seriously, what are they there for?
Aside from the concierge, there are other little things that this building falls short on: The hallway carpet and the smells from the trash chute. The amenity floor is the only floor that gets refreshed and vacuumed daily. My floor constantly smells like spoiled garbage and I don't think I've EVER seen our hallway carpets get cleaned (they only vacuum them every so often). One of the elevators is ALWAYS broken at any given time, which means you can literally spend 10 minutes waiting. There are no convex safety mirrors in the parking garage, making it difficult to see oncoming cars. I can't tell you how many times I've almost been hit coming around a corner. And instead of spending money to replace the business center printer that's been down for almost a year, management wasted money on a ridiculous new coffee system that most residents don't know how to use and that we didn't really need at the moment. The building already had one. Again, wasted money.
Oh, and this is super cute — half of the residents that actually live at The Atlantic are UNINVITED from the annual holiday party this year. Apparently, the new management feels as though the holiday party should be exclusive for "owners only". So if you're thinking about renting here and are looking forward to a really nice holiday shindig not happening! I guess they said screw us. Forget the fact that a large portion of the tenants in this building pay heavily to live here day in & out (including the HOA fee that pay their salaries). Why would they EXCLUDE anyone that actually lives in this building from a holiday party?! A lot of the owners are real estate investors, simply renting their units out anyway. Many of them don't even live in GA, much less have actually set foot in the building. I've lived here longer than half of those on my floor, yet I'm intentionally excluded? In all my years living in condos, this is by far the most DISTASTEFUL thing I've ever seen. Last year's building management held a WONDERFUL holiday party that was open to every single resident in the building, whether you owned or leased your unit. In fact, every condo/apt I know of holds some type of holiday event that is open to ALL residents! If you are paying to live there, you should be included in all social functions period. Apparently, NFC Amenity thinks otherwise. Since they took over I haven't witnessed ONE single legitimate social event, despite the fact that they boast "wine & cheese nights" and "resident parties" to prospective buyers & renters. The only thing they don't have a problem inviting us to are events that require OUR MONEY — i.e. those stupid food trucks and carwashes.
Basically the new management is a joke and I'd never buy here! The inside of my unit is nice, but that's where it ends for The Atlantic. You expect so much more when living here, but I've been treated better living at a regular apartment complex AND paid less.
The new management is extremely rude and careless people. They have not given any contact information to the residents. their phone lines always goes on voicemail and nobody responds. They have put some woman named Kiara and she really doesn't know or care about what she is doing.
The residents are upset because nobody is responding to any complaints, maintenance issues (even the most emergency ones) and worst nobody knows whom to contact.
You can stand in front of the concierge and wait hours but nobody will give you any management contacts.
I thought i will be staying here longer and even buy a Condo because of the great location. But I am glad I found out how the management here works. All requests turn to deaf ears!!
Rent is sky high and there is no customer service whatsoever.
Save your money and look for a place living space!
The security guards (specifically: Dennis Reynolds, Anthony Lomax, A. Martinez and A. Gholston) like to harass high paying residents in the club room area. Despite the fact I pay my overpriced rent on time for the past 2 years, my guests and I got harassed on the patio area on June 11th during my birthday celebration. We were super quiet, music was low, I dropped about $600 on a chef plus drinks and we were not bothering anyone (oh by the way we are BLACK). For some reason (i.e. because we are BLACK) the rent-a-cop security guards were threatened by our presence. They harassed each and every one of my guests and called Atlanta Police Dept to force us to leave. I had NO IDEA there was even an issue and if there in fact was an issue with my guests, protocol should have been to bring it to my attention first as the resident. I couldn't even complain to any manager because according to the RACIST security guards, property management "wasn't on duty until Monday". Really? So if I have an issue with the Atlantic staff harassing my guests I have to wait several days to file a complaint while I have to sit there and allow them to ruin my get together that was planned with the Atlantic for several months? I almost cried because it was my birthday and all of the money I spent on the get together went to waste. On top of that, there were other residents that had at least 6 guests (they were WHITE) going in and out of the pool area, no questions asked, no wristbands. The white resident's guests felt bad for me and couldn't believe how my guests were targeted. Super frustrating and unbelievable, though I am not surprised, its Georgia.
DO NOT RENT or even BUY here. They expect you to pay for amenities THAT YOU CANT EVEN USE nor can your guests use. Why would you buy a unit with amenities that you can't even use??? What is the point??? Don't give them business, go elsewhere like the Twelve or Mezzo. I was going to purchase my unit once it goes on sale, but I'd rather spend my $400k - $500k on a building more deserving of my business. And you should too!!
Oh and top of that - the Atlantic has a shady business deal with Direct Path so you get shotty internet service that they force you to pay for as part of your rent and cable service that never works ($60/month only for non-working internet, gas and trash). On top of that fee, expect your utility bill (electricity & water) to be about $300/month in order for the Atlantic to also get a cut out of that as well (you don't choose how you pay, you pay a third party that tags a fee on top of your bill and another portion is a "shared fee" with the Atlantic based on your unit size). All of these fees are an undercover HOA fee. Have you ever heard of a renter paying an HOA fee?? I haven't! I am in the business of flipping houses and the only time you pay an HOA is if you OWN. Save your money and go elsewhere before you get tied up in a lease that you can't get out of - just saying!
The recent security presence coupled with new visitor parking procedures have made the Atlantic a better place to live. Thanks to the management and front desk staff for making the transition more comfortable. We realize the front desk staff get the most of the complaints and given this knowledge, we applaud them. Thanks for making the building a nicer place to live. The "rules" are taking a bit of getting used of but we are happy they are being enforced. Kudos to those involved in the positive changes here in the building.