Mosely turns to Atlanta developer for Long Farm apartments; plans third filing

An Atlanta-based development company has signed a purchase agreement with Russell Mosely to acquire 12 acres at his Long Farm development, on which it plans to develop 276 multifamily units. “I’m excited we’re going to have some nice apartments there,” says Mosely, who is developing the project on a 237-acre site on Barringer Foreman Road, where his legendary grandfather, the late U.S. Sen. Russell Long, once did business and entertained visiting dignitaries. “The apartments drive retail and other uses at the project so this is a big step forward,” Mosley says. ECI Group, a 40-year-old firm that develops, builds and manages real estate projects in the southeast, is developing the apartments, which will be located on the eastern portion of Long Farm, about 200 feet off of Antioch Road. Final development plans will be submitted to the Planning Commission today, says Mosely, who will also file plans today for a third filing of Long Farm. The 11.2-acre filing will be for 40 single-family lots and is not under contract to D.R. Horton, the national homebuilder that purchased and is developing the first two filings of the project. “I believe there is a market within Long Farm for the product Horton is building as well as for product local builders will build,” Mosely says. “This will give buyers an opportunity to design a home with a builder of their choice.” —Stephanie Riegel