Homes and shops proposed for a fire-damaged Dill Avenue site

A proposed restoration at 661 and 669 Dill Avenue SW would bring homes and commercial space to property owned by New Jerusalem Baptist Church—including a building the submitted site plan describes as a shell left by fire damage.⁠[1]

The request would rezone the 0.46-acre Atlanta site from R-4 single-family residential to the NC-9 Dill Avenue–Metropolitan Parkway Neighborhood Commercial District. The ordinance lists Tyrone Clemons as the applicant.⁠[1]

The accompanying affordable housing impact statement anticipates four to seven homes affordable at 80% of area median income, plus eight to 17 additional homes in its above-80%-AMI category. It describes a commercial/retail and residential reuse, with completion expected by the end of 2028.⁠[1]

For scale, the statement’s 2026 income table puts the 80% benchmark at $66,000 for a one-person household and $94,250 for a four-person household.⁠[1]

Those housing numbers are projections, not a final unit mix or rent schedule. The statement says its analysis relies on applicant information and, in some cases, public real-estate data. It cautions that potential rents, sales prices and unit counts can change before and during construction.⁠[1]

The rezoning remains a proposal, not an approval. Case Z-26-63, also numbered ordinance 26-O-1653, is listed on the Atlanta Zoning Review Board’s Dec. 3 agenda. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in City Council Chambers on the second floor.⁠[1][2]