Horrible. Do not move your college kids here. Drugs run rampant throughout the facility. There's not security and no management. They lie, overcharge, and try to defraud you. 8 months into our lease we have moved into 5 different apartments. Once for mold and mildew, once because homeless people broke down the door and began squatting, and the latest is a drug dealer moved into the apartment with two college students and began running drugs out of the apartment. Management will do absolutely nothing to stop it or to help. Trust me...just look elsewhere. When a company offers you something for free to leave them a good review, that should tell you 100% what youre about to get into. read more

I have lived here since July 2025 and will not be renewing my lease for the upcoming school year. At first glance, Catalyst seems like a very welcoming, decent space for student housing. The tour I was given when I was initially looking for apartments was great, and the model room was nice. I will say the complex has nice amenities, with one of the largest gyms I've been in, a pool table, ping pong table, and nice study areas. However, not even a few months after living here I regretted my decision to move here. The first apartment I was assigned to was moldy, and my room was a disaster when I first got there (nothing like my expectations having seen the model unit). One of the girls who was living there already smoked and vaped inside the apartment, and after complaining to the front office, they told me the only thing they could do is give her a "warning". Thankfully, one of the managers at the time (shoutout Matt) reassigned me to a new apartment with the same floor plan. This apartment had not been lived in in two years and was clean, so I was now in a 4BR/4Bath by myself. Of course I was expecting to get roommates at some point during my time here, as I was living in a unit with multiple bedrooms. However, one day I was at home and suddenly heard someone coming into the apartment (I had not called maintenance), so I begin freaking out thinking someone is breaking in. Lo and behold, I had gotten a new roommate but the office never notified me of when she would be moving in or that someone would be moving in at all. My biggest problem I've had is one night around 10pm I heard shots fired after a verbal altercation on the street behind the property. My roommate was pointed at with the gun during the incident. We were never notified as to what happened or if anything ever came of that incident from the security team (that is supposed to be on duty after the office closes). Marijuana can be smelled throughout the property pretty often, and it doesn't seem like the team does much to prevent people from using things like this in public spaces (elevators, amenities, parking decks, stairwells, etc.). My dad actually noticed the smell on the elevator during the tour and the tour guide laughed it off and avoided the question. My roommate's car was hit by someone else in the secured parking garage, and when she asked the managers if they could help her they told her they didn't know if they had cameras set up and if they did they didn't know where they were... Some small things, my apartment has flooded twice since I've lived here, the walls are pretty thin, you can hear people walking/moving around above you, you can hear people yelling/being loud late at night behind the complex, and communication during things like fire alarms is pretty nonexistent. Kitchen is tiny for 4 people, with no pantry and hardly any counter space. This property is advertised as "student housing" but after living here a few months it's not really all students that live here. I've seen several people that look to be way older than college aged here, which I think is a downside for people looking to really find community and safety in a student environment. Maintenance is decently fast and does a good job, great package pickup system. Sorry for the long review. But overall, I would say this is not the greatest option for students trying to live near campus. read more

Horrible place to allow your college student to reside. They are scammers and will do anything to add money to you account falsely. after paying our daughter final bill they added an additional $200 for utilities and the init had been vacant for 2 months. This is the second attempt by Catalyst to defraud us. We aren't going to take this fraud lightly as we are going to sue and allow blast social media on all platforms regarding what these people are doing. last, but very important. The staff are rude, loud, unprofessional and lairs. Don't trust them!!!!!!! please ask around, there are lots of testimonies out there regarding this type of behaviors and treatment. read more

It's so much I can say about this place ! ONE THING FOR SURE IS MONEY HUNGRY ! This apartment building just needs to stop trying to charge so much for a bedroom and a bathroom ... $1300 ... I had the worst experience there ... my neighbors across had roaches, they smoked cigarettes even through its a non smoking property in the hallways, the leasing office would flood , MY APARTMENT WOULD FLOOD! We stayed sick I think it was mole for sure ! They be so quick to bill you but you wait months for them to fix your problems! Some Management is so rude and if it wasn't for my lease that's I COULDN'T GET OUT OF ... I would've moved ... read more

I have lived here for two months with no issues. The management is extremely responsive whenever I need something replaced or fixed. It is a really convenient location next to Georgia Tech. I really like using the gym and the yoga room, and they have nice study areas as well. I like having a balcony as well and the view on the back side of the building is peaceful. I would stay here again if I had another year at Tech. Only complaint is that the intersection of 10th and Northside can get hectic, so I avoid it. I have seen a couple accidents there. read more

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I have been waiting to write this review for a while because wow what a horrible place to live. Please please do not be deceived by the fake reviews here. This place is horrible. I stayed here my entire 12 month lease and regret every moment. There is literally dog feces and garbage all outside. The security is inadequate for the size of the space (literally one security person per building just aimlessly wandering the halls). The hallways constantly smell like cigarettes and weed. The residents are disrespectful, noisy and just awful. Literally, we lost access to the pool outside of office hours just because people decided to throw an insane party one day for no reason. The amenities are mediocre and there are constantly roaches and drain flies in the study areas. The bathrooms are often LOCKED in these amenities areas as well. The gym is nice aesthetically but there's always some bonehead playing their music on the TV for everyone to hear ! The walls are so paper thin you can hear any argument outside which happens quite often on Northside Drive. You can also hear cars racing everyday , disrupting your sleep. Fire alarms go off constantly at inconvenient hours and last for upwards of 30 mins. Residents often walk their dogs unleashed proudly. There are also often homeless people hanging around in the outdoor furniture (this furniture is unguarded by the way). Additionally, the entrance doors are often broken and there's garbage EVERYWHERE! If there is one thing that's half way decent about this apartment is that maintenance is usually fast on fixing requests but that is it! This is not counting the time maintenance had literally locked me out of my room and broke the lock on my door. The units are also extremely small and cramped for four people. The kitchen lacks a pantry or any adequate storage space. On the tour they only show you the two bedroom layout. Oh and one of the other horrible features about this place is the whole using your phone for entry. It's completely an over engineered idea! If your phone is dead or not a smart phone , YOU CANNOT ENTER YOUR APARTMENT. This presents a massive safety issue. It's a gross oversight for a large city like Atlanta ! I would often have to leave events early or buy phone chargers/power banks to ensure I could enter my space. When I asked the leasing office if they had any other options they said no. The furniture they provided was god-awful. The bed is very squeaky and is prone to breaking. This also applies to the table and other furniture in the apartment. Everything is so low quality and cheap. You are much better off going to an unfurnished apartment and buying your own furniture! It's much cheaper that way anyways! This place is not worth nearly 1200 dollars a month! That's not even including the OUTRAGEOUS parking fee of 125 dollars a month. Overall this has been an absolutely horrible experience! Whatever you do please do not move here! Any option is better. I've lived in many different kinds of housing and this was the worst one! Beware and stay away! (If I could give them one star I would!) read more

I don't recommend living at Catalyst. Though this is student housing, customer service needs to improve. Rude and impatient office members, they do not answer emails, my stuff has been stolen, my lights often went off, the garage gates often are broken. read more

First off, if you want to break your lease at any point, best of luck; It is legitimately impossible. Read your lease agreement and see for yourself. These people are con artists and they are aware of this. No other reason they wouldn't be able to be let out of your lease after month after month of breaking promises/guarantees/etc to residents. I am fully convinced the people in charge are trying to make our lives as miserable as possible. For example, fire alarm went off at 10am today for over 15 minutes for what seemed like no reason. But that's just today. Catalyst has earned 0/5 stars. They are 0/5 stars on a good day, I would say 1/10 stars when everything promised in the lease is actually available. However... If I knew that the -Pool -Gym -SECURED parking -mailroom -literally most amenities on the website would not be available for majority of my lease, I would not have signed here. Why include them on the website and the lease if they won't be available when I move in? I'm doing my diligence by posting the 2nd 0 star review of Catalyst Midtown on yelp, and if you are seeing this and are a resident I encourage you to share your experience. If you are seeing this as a future tenant, look literally anywhere else. Guest parking = street parking on Hampton Street NW. Also, there's apparently only parking for 40% of full capacity... so parking can get very full. 3 parking garages but none of them connect??? The construction of this place was incredibly rushed in many ways. and they still did not finish building it on time. We were lied to numerous different times about when the apartments would be ready. We were lied to about our move in date. We were lied to about the amenities we would have available. They usually don't communicate anything unless it's related to money (payment portal down, rent due/overdue, etc greedy mfers). I'm actually still owed rent credit from august as well. I've emailed them twice already about it and they still haven't seen it somehow. If you are reading this, CLS you owe me $300. I've sent 3 emails at this point. Just do not lock in a lease here. If you read this and still think you are going to have a good experience with this company, good luck!!! I thought the same and now i'm stuck in the lease until July just like hundreds of others. But if you live here after me, hopefully you will be able to use the amenities that I am paying for currently. Please though, this is just one 1 star review. Make sure to read the reviews on google as well and check out this place in person if you really want to sign here. You shouldn't though. You really shouldn't. I'd say you get what you pay for... but you don't. You literally do not get what you pay for. 1/10 on a good day. and that's on a day that the "gym" and "pool" are open, and our garage has "gated access", and we have a "mailroom" with "delivery lockers" and we have a "makerspace", "bike repair station", whatever crap they wanna bundle in and not provide. By the way; their excuse is that the amenities are "free" therefore we aren't paying for them so they are not part of our lease, so they are not breaking lease by not providing them. Shady shady company. And obviously we are all students staying here, so they know they can screw us over with little consequences.. we don't have the money to sue them. Edit: They lost a bunch of mail over this weekend. They even opened a resident's mail and admitted to opening it. very very illegal... I feel like this could have been avoided by.... having the mailroom that was advertised to us when we signed... A common theme here. This place would be decent (at best) assuming they provided the amenities we assumed we would get when we signed here. But alas, this place is a letdown. do better catalyst 0/10 cringe management Edit 2: 4 more break ins on hampton street nw... still no gated parking.... yet gated parking is still listed as an amenity on the website... straight up lie. read more

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Shitty construction, shitty apartment We still don't have our amenities despite paying for it. We were promised full amenities by fall, we didn't even get our rooms for 2 months. Leaky floors, broken lights, no gated garage. No security. Don't think about getting ur packages during the weekends or after 6. Now, apparently they decided power was an amenity we don't deserve to have. They cut our power off 11 am for maintenance and it hasn't been on since. Some are getting hotel rooms because it is freezing with no heat. Theres no heat, food is going bad, no internet. Don't rent here. You'll regret it and you'll be stuck because no one will take over a bad lease. read more

Often loud uncontrolled parties at the pool, that last all night disturbing peace. No security on site although they lied and said their would be. Garage always broken. Wi-Fi never works. Never any ink in the printer even though the computers and printers are suppose to be amenities. Power went out causing all the food in my fridge to go bad. The app to get in isn't dependable and they act like they can't give key fobs. Management rude. They drag their feet doing everything. Nothing is a priority to them except rent. Homeless people in the stair well. Drunk men wandering the halls. Countless car window break ins. I could go on and on but I'll end by stating that this place is overpriced and a scam. Just save yourself the stress and disappointment. read more

I'm only giving one-star because it's required to post a review - this place deserves ZERO stars. STAY FAR AWAY!!! The horror started off with us signing leases months in advance only to be notified mere days before the scheduled move-in date that it would be delayed due to construction being incomplete. After numerous delays, my unit finally moved in September 27th and the entire building by late October. Keep in mind our original move-in date was August 15th; August 1st for those who selected the "early move-in" option. You'd think it couldn't get any worse after this, right? Well, Catalyst always outdoes themselves.... Since moving in, numerous resident vehicles have been broken into due to the promised "secured parking gate" never being installed, non-residents are found sleeping in the parking garage, stairwells and elevator lobbies since there isn't adequate access control, and we still don't have access to several promised amenities. After the gym was completed in mid-December, work was wrapping up on the clubroom space and the "rooftop pool" was completed. However, on the night of completion, the pool overflowed flooding the clubroom, hallways, and nearby apartment units. Catalyst only seemed to care most about the public image since they quickly shuttered the blinds to the club room area so passersby could not see the interior flooding. However, water continued to flow down the exterior of the building, parking garage and apartments for hours. Catalyst responded by using wet vacs and dryers to clean up the mess. I'm not expert but this seems like a sound way for our next issue to be a serious mold problem. Fast forward to today, after the leasing office emailed us a few days ago advising power for our building would be terminated for four hours so electrical repairs could be performed, we are still waiting for power at 2:30am, 10 hours past the timeframe they provided. Of course the leasing staff left at 6pm and we only received one email at 7:30 blaming Georgia Power for the issue. Georgia Power was able to restore service around midnight but this only brought back power for the hallways, stairwells and garage since maintenance needs to switch on the main breaker in the meter room which Georgia Power does not have access to. Staff at the emergency maintenance line seem unconcerned with our situation and simply advise they'll let maintenance know, seemingly so they can get off the line, as we sit in sub 40-degree weather with no power or heat. Management here is utterly dishonest, and lacks skills in basic communication, empathy, integrity, and responsibility. Parents and students, DO NOT SIGN A LEASE HERE OR EVEN TAKE A TOUR unless you want to experience never-ending hell for your entire lease term. There are many quality apartments in the area with caring and honest management teams. read more

our apartment flooded twice. now our power is out and they are not doing anything about it read more

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They took over 2,000 dollars from me and my roommate promising that we would have somewhere to live but the building hasn't even been built.

DO NOT RENT. Management Decided to have power shut off at noon for maintence. It's 11PM and power is still not back on. Construction of the apartments was rushed. So rushed that when the pool was "finished" it flooded the first level of the complex. Walls are thin, you can hear anything and everything. If you are looking to move in, ask them if all the amenities are finished, I will bet you they aren't. What they show on their website is fake and they still haven't finished everything. The portal to pay rent barely works also. Really just a crappy place in general. read more

Catalyst does not care about their residents or fixing any of the (numerous) issues they have caused to their residents. They have delivered an unfinished product and we are expected to just deal with it. Photos attached only show some issues from the last MONTH. There were many other issues which occured before this month, please read those other reviews for more info. Today is January 15th. I can not recommend Catalyst Midtown unless you are incredibly desperate for housing. Look anywhere else before looking here. read more

DO NOT LIVE IN THIS PLACE!!!! I have never had such a bad experience in an establishment in my entire life. Firstly, when I moved into the place it was covered in dirt dust and hair follicles. The kitchen and fridge were infested with gnats and they were dead flies all over the groceries that I had just bought. Secondly, the area is incredibly dangerous and crime-ridden. The administration intentionally does not inform their residents about crime in the area. I recently found out that there was a shooting INSIDE the apartment complex by non-residents. I do not feel safe there at all. Thirdly, as I was moving out and grabbing my finals items, I discovered that my bedroom door was locked, and someone was living in it (while I was still paying for rent). I could not get into my bedroom to access the rest of my belongings (including the room key). When I brought this issue to the front desk, they said they could not do anything about it and I would have to wait to talk to management about it (it is virtually impossible to get a hold of management). I have never written a review in my entire life, but I feel so strongly about this place that I had to. I highly highly highly do NOT recommend living here. It was a horrific experience. 0/10. read more

This is the worst review I think i will ever leave, DO NOT LIVE HERE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! I thought i had seen it all, flooding, delaying move in without refunding rent, rude customer service, lies in every email, not having amenities for almost half of my 12 month lease, broken locks on entrance doors for months, security guards laying around, homeless addicts yelling at GT students for a lighter, windows without screens, appliances breaking every other month, AND MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER BEING STOLEN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE APARTMENTS BECAUSE I AM STILL ON THE WAITLIST FOR A PARKING SPOT IN THE GARAGE!!! AFTER 11 MONTHS OF WAITING! The only things the catalyst cares about is having 5% of the complex looking nice enough to post phony pictures on their website. The apartments are poorly built, the entire 2000s building is a concrete hovel with the worst study rooms i've ever seen... I can't believe I have to pay over $1000 a month for this horrific nightmare. Please don't make the same mistake I did and get stuck living in a place that doesn't care about your safety!!!! read more