Emory West

LOCATION: Briarcliff Road at the site of the former Georgia Mental Health Institute.

PURPOSE: Emory will use this property for a variety of academic, education, research and scientific activities in keeping with its own mission and with the State's original commitment that the property be used for services to benefit Georgians.

One of the cornerstones of Emory West is the creation of a multidisciplinary biotechnology development center where promising medical and related technologies can be "incubated" and nurtured. This concept was developed in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology and is supported by the Georgia Research Alliance, a nonprofit, public-private partnership of research universities, business and state government that seeks to develop the technology industry in Georgia.

STYLE: The master plan for the site creates a campus-like setting with buildings positioned around a large, open space designed to allow a vista westward to the city of Atlanta. The proposed buildings progress downhill with the natural rolling topography of the site. Several buildings are designed with below-grade parking, and a proposed two-story parking deck is tucked into a slope on the north side of the site. Buildings are three stories high.