Decatur and the surrounding DeKalb County corridor are where 2070 Construction delivered Villas at Redan, a 46-unit build-to-rent townhome community for Trilogy Investment Company. Build-to-rent is one of the fastest-growing segments in Metro Atlanta, and the east side of the metro — Decatur, Redan, and the broader DeKalb County area — is one of the places that growth is concentrated.
Villas at Redan is the proof. It is a 46-unit rental community, and because it is build-to-rent rather than for-sale, it followed a site plan review permitting path instead of the final plat path a for-sale subdivision uses. The two paths are not interchangeable, and getting the permitting approach right matters. 2070 handled it correctly, delivering the full site development scope under one contract directly with the developer.
Development in the Decatur area runs through DeKalb County and, depending on the site, the City of Decatur for land disturbance and site permitting. 2070 Construction manages that submittal and approval process end to end — preparing the package with the civil engineer, responding to review comments, and carrying the permit through approval. For build-to-rent developers in particular, who are often running multiple communities at once, taking the permitting legwork off their plate is part of the value.
Like most of the Atlanta region, the Decatur and DeKalb County area sits on Piedmont red clay. Clay behavior drives the earthwork: moisture-sensitive soils, shrink and swell, and the need for proper compaction and structural fill where native material cannot carry the design loads. We size and sequence the earthwork around those conditions so the downstream scopes — utilities, stormwater, paving, and foundations — start on a clean, compacted pad.
In Decatur and across DeKalb County, 2070 self-performs the full horizontal scope plus foundations and structural concrete: site development, grading and earthwork, underground utilities, stormwater and drainage, concrete and foundations, and permitting. For a developer building a rental community, a townhome community, or a subdivision in the area, that means one accountable contractor from permit to pad ready.
If you are developing a community in Decatur or DeKalb County, send us your civil plans and we will return a scoped bid.
