Sembler Wins Second Green Light at Little Five Points

ATLANTA-Sembler Co. of St. Petersburg, FL needs one more green light to start construction on a planned 42-acre, 800,000 sf mixed-use campus in Little Five Points, one of Intown’s oldest cultural, commercial and retail neighborhoods.

The Florida development company, headed by Mel Sembler, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, has received its second approval from the Atlanta city council zoning committee. Atlanta’s zoning review board previously voted for the Moreland Avenue project. And now the city’s full council has to vote on the venture April 21.

The developer has fought residents and Little Five Point neighbors all the way on the estimated $50 million venture. City hall sources confirm the residents have attached a list of 80 conditions to the development order request.