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The $80 million mixed-use development along DeKalb Avenue at the Eastside Trail will feature a mix of residential, loft office, restaurant, and retail. Twenty percent of the housing units will be allocated towards affordable workforce housing. When the Eastside Trail Extension opens in the summer, trail users will be directed up to the Edgewood Avenue bridge and Krog Street.

While the North American Properties project moves forward, work on the BeltLine will continue to create the paved trail under Edgewood Avenue and behind the Stove Works development. The connection of the Eastside Trail at Irwin Street, which will include installation of a speed table and rapid flashing beacons for pedestrians, means motorists and trail users will have to find a new route until April 17. Irwin will be closed 24 hours a day between Sampson Street/Auburn Avenue and Krog Street through the work period.

“We are hoping to be finished sooner, so we added a few extra days of padding to the timetable,” Injaychock said.

Some residents at the meeting said they were concerned that the vehicle detour would cause even more traffic headaches, especially along Randolph Street. Concern was also voiced about pedestrians crossing Irwin Street on the Eastside Trail and the impact on vehicle traffic.

“There is already a constant stream of people crossing at Irwin now, especially on the weekends,” one resident said. “Cars will be backed up in both directions along Irwin as people try to cross.”

Injaychock said the city will monitor traffic in the area and changes might be made once the trail crossing is complete.

Injaychock said funding is still being sought to continue the Eastside Trail from Kirkwood Avenue to Memorial Drive.