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Vela Park mixed-use community will include new food hall
By RD AI Assist at Rough Draft Atlanta (intown neighborhoods)
· July 11, 2026
· 2 min read
Perennial Properties has opened leasing at Vela Park, a new mixed-use development in Atlanta ’s East Lake neighborhood that transforms the long-vacant Bag Factory site into a residential and retail community.
The nearly 12-acre project, located just south of East Lake Golf Club, includes 328 ap...
Key takeaway The nearly 12-acre project, located just south of East Lake Golf Club, includes 328 apartments and townhomes, about 5,000 square feet of retail space and a public greenspace designed to serve as the center of the development.
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Category: parks ·
Published: July 11, 2026 ·
Source: Rough Draft Atlanta (intown neighborhoods) ·
Reading time: 2 min
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What is this story about? Perennial Properties has opened leasing at Vela Park, a new mixed-use development in Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood that transforms the long-vacant Bag Factory site into a residential and retail community.
The nearly 12-acre project, located just south of East Lake Golf Club, includes 328 ap...
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