Atlanta-based developers working on the next phase of the BB&T Ballpark development could have the first of more than 300 apartment units ready for occupancy by late 2017, assuming the project gets a green light from the Winston-Salem City Council.

The development is to include a parking deck with more than 650 spaces, a 125-room hotel and 9,000 square feet of retail space at the corner of Peters Creek Parkway and First Street. All of the new development would be on the northeast side of BB&T Ballpark.

And that’s just the first phase of a larger development that will eventually encompass another half-dozen blocks near the baseball stadium.

Dan Fitzpatrick, the development partner with Brand Properties, said the company hopes to carry out the first phase of construction as the state works on the renovation of the Peters Creek Parkway interchange on Business 40.

When that work is done — state officials say it could be in late 2017 or early 2018 — Brand hopes to be have the first of the apartment units available, Fitzpatrick said.