As the rain nourished the soil of what will soon become Trinity Center Flats, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens joined Sharon D. Guest, principal of Radiant Development Partners, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the city’s latest housing development on Monday afternoon. Located at 104 Trinity Avenue SW, the mixed-use project is yet another step in the investment of the South Downtown corridor and addressing the shortage of affordable housing for those who want to live close to jobs, services, and transit.
Trinity Center Flats sits right across the street from City Hall and, when completed, will deliver 218 apartments. Those apartments will offer a mix of studios and one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom floor plans, with an average rent of $1,350, including utilities and parking. Twenty of the 218 units will be set aside for permanent supportive housing through Partners for Home, and 6,600 square feet on the ground level will be dedicated to small businesses and restaurants.
The project began in 2021, when Invest Atlanta chose Sharon D. Guest and her company, Radiant Development Partners, to spearhead it. In December 2025, they closed on the project and began construction soon after.
“Trinity is a rare opportunity to preserve affordability in the city for the next 99 years. The city’s vision and collaboration with Invest Atlanta will ensure that generations of Atlantans will have access to quality housing right here in South downtown,” Guest said.
“This deal was an extraordinary test for us all, the hardest test ever. … Despite the mounting pressure, we refused to let frustration or doubt get the better of us. Instead, we rallied together, driven by sheer determination in our belief and in our mission. Looking back, I feel immense pride. Overcoming intense challenges has not only strengthened us as a team but also fueled our confidence and resilience in ways I’ve never imagined possible. And I have to say, it feels especially meaningful to celebrate this moment during Women’s History Month. There are a lot of strong women leading and shaping this deal. And it feels good to see history being made right through our eyes.”
Community planners, financiers, and developers filled the audience of the groundbreaking, often being recognized for their hard work in pushing the project to fruition, from allocating tax breaks to handling legal details. “A group project” is what the speakers emphasized as they talked about what went into funding and planning the future of Trinity Center Flats for Atlantans.
“The amount of partners that’s necessary to do a deal now has become more and more difficult to build housing, and this is on city-owned land,” Dickens said. “We’ve done it to the tune of 13,000 units so far. This is not easy work, but we’re one of the leaders in the nation, and we’re the only leader that doesn’t have rent control. So, we produce the fastest amount of units in the nation, besides a couple of other cities that have actual rent control at their accessibility. … Atlanta is a group project, and this is indicative of it.”
Dickens’ vision for 20,000 affordable housing units continues to move forward with Trinity Center Flats, and Invest Atlanta President and CEO Eloise Klementich said the one word she would use to describe Downtown Atlanta is “progress.”
“The downtown you see today will not be the same downtown you see in five years. With all the developments, including this one, we expect to see about 4,000 new housing units, all within about a mile and a half of where we’re standing. You have people living here at night and working during the day. That is the type of city we want to help create and support here at Invest Atlanta,” Klementich said.