ATLANTA-Locally based Tivoli Properties is branching out into condominium development with the planned year-end groundbreaking of Aqua, a 24-story, 84-unit community with 3,400 sf of ground-floor retail. The property is at southwest corner of West Peachtree and 10th streets in the hot Midtown condo market, and units range from $250,000 to $1 million-plus.

Tivoli CEO Scott L. Leventhal couldn’t be reached by GlobeSt.com’s publication deadline to learn the development cost of the project. However, Midtown area brokers and construction sources familiar with comparable undertakings tell GlobeSt.com the units will probably have a hard construction cost of $200,000 each or an estimated total $16.8 million. The planned retail component is expected to bring the estimated development cost to at least $20 million, sources tell GlobeSt.com.

The condo homes will average 1,800 sf of living area. Midtown corporate executives and young professionals are expected to be the first wave of buyers for the homes, area marketing sources tell GlobeSt.com.