Buckhead Investment Partners’ Kevin Kirton tells former HBJ staffer Allison Wollam that his company plans to submit the latest version of the now-21-story apartment building known as the Ashby Highrise to the city for its already assured permitting approvals in the “very near future” — in time to begin construction late this year. Building the project, he says, should take 18 to 24 months — about the same amount of time it took the proposed development to obtain its original permit approval — 3 years ago. There’s pricing info in Wollam’s report, too:

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Apartments in the tower planned for the corner of Bissonnet and Ashby and long advertised prominently on many Southampton front lawns will average 1,350 sq. ft. and cost around $3,375 a month, or $2.50 per sq. ft. Kirton is eager to use a committee of neighborhood residents intended to address construction-related issues surrounding the project (and required by the settlement of the developer’s lawsuit against the city) “to communicate with the community,” he tells Wollam.

Photo of Maryland Manor Apartments, 1717 Bissonnet St.: Candace Garcia. Rendering: Buckhead Investment Partners