ATLANTA—The recently completed renovation of The Metro may be one of Audubon Communities' coolest projects yet. Located in the Cumberland neighborhood not far from Sun Trust Park, the former Hawthorne Suites extended stay hotel underwent a massive $12 million renovation overhaul involving an adaptive reuse of the existing site and buildings to convert the property from a 288-room extended stay hotel into a 200-unit class A apartment community.
Along the way, Audubon renovated and replaced nearly every component of the property. GlobeSt.com caught up with Chris Edwards, managing director of Audubon Communities, to get his insights on how his firm navigated this conversion.
GlobeSt.com: How was the extended-stay motel conducive to multifamily conversion?
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