Dolly Parton Building Nashville Hotel
Dolly Parton Building Nashville Hotel
Dolly Parton landed a permit valued at $45 million to convert her offices into a hotel. She paid $75 million for the 211 Commerce office building, where she plans to build her Songteller Hotel. The hotel will include a museum filled with Parton’s fashion pieces and artifacts from her career.
The Nashville Business Journal reports that the multimillion-dollar permit, issued this month, encompasses the renovation of seven floors of the 233,324-square-foot building to accommodate the future hotel.
D&S Builders is handling the renovation. The general contractor led the construction of Parton’s two Pigeon Forge hotels.
While the Songteller Hotel is her first Nashville hospitality project, Parton owns several attractions in East Tennessee.
Nearly 40 years ago, she opened her massive entertainment district Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, which now includes two hotels, a water park and a theme park. Last November, HeartSong Lodge & Resort, Dollywood’s second resort, opened its doors.
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Dolly Parton landed a permit valued at $45 million to convert her offices into a hotel. She paid $75 million for the 211 Commerce office building, where she plans to build her Songteller Hotel. The hotel will include a museum filled with Parton’s fashion pieces and artifacts from her career. The Nashville Business Journal reports …
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Dolly Parton landed a permit valued at $45 million to convert her offices into a hotel. She paid $75 million for the 211 Commerce office building, where she plans to build her Songteller Hotel. The hotel will include a museum filled with Parton’s fashion pieces and artifacts from her career. The Nashville Business Journal reports …
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Images: MARTA’s $150M transit hub in Clayton County officially a go
Images: MARTA’s $150M transit hub in Clayton County officially a go
Images: MARTA’s $150M transit hub in Clayton County officially a go
Josh Green
Thu, 11/07/2024 – 15:16
Following the rejection of tax-funded, billion-dollar transportation initiatives in both Cobb and Gwinnett counties, it’s been a tough week for metro Atlanta transit enthusiasts. But better news appears to be on the horizon, south of the city in Clayton County.
MARTA officials and Clayton County government leaders have scheduled a groundbreaking Nov. 15 for a major transit hub near the Atlanta airport designed to support more than two dozen regional bus routes while creating hundreds of jobs.
MARTA has recognized the need to build such a multifaceted project—officially called the Clayton County Operations & Maintenance Facility—since Clayton residents voted to join the MARTA system back in 2014. Project leaders are calling the scheduled groundbreaking a milestone in efforts to beef up transit services across the south metro.
Overview of the 31-acre Clayton County Operations & Multipurpose Facility in Forest Park. Courtesy of MARTA
The Forest Park site in question today. Connect Clayton
The Clayton O&M Facility is expected to transform industrial acreage to reduce operational costs and increase efficiency for 31 regional bus routes. That means parking will be provided for 290 buses, alongside support infrastructure such as a fuel area, bus wash, and fare retrieval system.
Other components will be a wellness center for employees, a MARTA police precinct, and a firing range.
According to MARTA, the project will generate 700 construction jobs and 400 permanent ones. It’s designed to support Clayton’s growing fleet of both electric and diesel buses. (On a related note, MARTA’s 16-stop Rapid Southlake bus-rapid-transit route remains in planning phases. That’s expected to shave down commute times between Southlake Mall and the airport in one of metro Atlanta’s busiest corridors for transit use.)
The Clayton O&M Facility will claim a 31-acre site at 5163 Old Dixie Highway in Forest Park that was previously a K-Mart distribution center, according to a project overview. MARTA had previously considered more than two dozen sites based on traffic conditions, development costs, current zoning, and other factors.
Courtesy of MARTA
Example of a planned BRT stop on MARTA’s future Southlake route.Courtesy of MARTA
The facility’s estimated cost is $150 million—up from $116 million in 2022, when the project was tentatively scheduled to break ground in January this year.
The Clayton O&M Facility has received $33 million in federal support, according to MARTA. That includes two Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities grants—$13 million in 2019 and $15 million in 2022—in addition to a $5 million earmark secured by Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock.
“The robust federal support for this project highlights its critical importance to Clayton County and the entire south metro Atlanta area,” Collie Greenwood, MARTA general manager and CEO, said in a groundbreaking announcement today. “This facility will enable us to continue providing reliable transit service in Clayton while creating meaningful job opportunities and investing in the community.”
According to Connect Clayton, the new facility will be fully operational by the winter of 2026, following two years of construction.
MARTA officials say upgrades to 175 bus stops and shelters in Clayton County were also completed earlier this year.
Find more context and imagery for the southside transit initiatives in the gallery above.
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Overview of the 31-acre Clayton County Operations & Multipurpose Facility in Forest Park. Courtesy of MARTA
Example of a planned BRT stop on MARTA’s future Southlake route.Courtesy of MARTA
Revised plans for MARTA’s 15-mile BRT route in Clayton County and its direct connection to Atlanta’s airport. Courtesy of MARTA
Courtesy of MARTA
Courtesy of MARTA
A rendering for the Clayton County Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Facility police precinct. MARTA
The Forest Park site in question today. Connect Clayton
Images: MARTA’s $150M transit hub in Clayton County officially a go
Josh Green
Thu, 11/07/2024 – 15:16
Following the rejection of tax-funded, billion-dollar transportation initiatives in both Cobb and Gwinnett counties, it’s been a tough week for metro Atlanta transit enthusiasts. But better news appears to be on the horizon, south of the city in Clayton County.
MARTA officials and Clayton County government leaders have scheduled a groundbreaking Nov. 15 for a major transit hub near the Atlanta airport designed to support more than two dozen regional bus routes while creating hundreds of jobs.
MARTA has recognized the need to build such a multifaceted project—officially called the Clayton County Operations & Maintenance Facility—since Clayton residents voted to join the MARTA system back in 2014. Project leaders are calling the scheduled groundbreaking a milestone in efforts to beef up transit services across the south metro.
Overview of the 31-acre Clayton County Operations & Multipurpose Facility in Forest Park. Courtesy of MARTA
The Forest Park site in question today. Connect Clayton
The Clayton O&M Facility is expected to transform industrial acreage to reduce operational costs and increase efficiency for 31 regional bus routes. That means parking will be provided for 290 buses, alongside support infrastructure such as a fuel area, bus wash, and fare retrieval system.
Other components will be a wellness center for employees, a MARTA police precinct, and a firing range.
According to MARTA, the project will generate 700 construction jobs and 400 permanent ones. It’s designed to support Clayton’s growing fleet of both electric and diesel buses. (On a related note, MARTA’s 16-stop Rapid Southlake bus-rapid-transit route remains in planning phases. That’s expected to shave down commute times between Southlake Mall and the airport in one of metro Atlanta’s busiest corridors for transit use.)
The Clayton O&M Facility will claim a 31-acre site at 5163 Old Dixie Highway in Forest Park that was previously a K-Mart distribution center, according to a project overview. MARTA had previously considered more than two dozen sites based on traffic conditions, development costs, current zoning, and other factors.
Courtesy of MARTA
Example of a planned BRT stop on MARTA’s future Southlake route.Courtesy of MARTA
The facility’s estimated cost is $150 million—up from $116 million in 2022, when the project was tentatively scheduled to break ground in January this year.
The Clayton O&M Facility has received $33 million in federal support, according to MARTA. That includes two Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities grants—$13 million in 2019 and $15 million in 2022—in addition to a $5 million earmark secured by Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock.
“The robust federal support for this project highlights its critical importance to Clayton County and the entire south metro Atlanta area,” Collie Greenwood, MARTA general manager and CEO, said in a groundbreaking announcement today. “This facility will enable us to continue providing reliable transit service in Clayton while creating meaningful job opportunities and investing in the community.”
According to Connect Clayton, the new facility will be fully operational by the winter of 2026, following two years of construction.
MARTA officials say upgrades to 175 bus stops and shelters in Clayton County were also completed earlier this year.
Find more context and imagery for the southside transit initiatives in the gallery above.
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Overview of the 31-acre Clayton County Operations & Multipurpose Facility in Forest Park. Courtesy of MARTA
Example of a planned BRT stop on MARTA’s future Southlake route.Courtesy of MARTA
Revised plans for MARTA’s 15-mile BRT route in Clayton County and its direct connection to Atlanta’s airport. Courtesy of MARTA
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A rendering for the Clayton County Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Facility police precinct. MARTA
The Forest Park site in question today. Connect Clayton
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Josh Green
Thu, 11/07/2024 – 15:16
Following the rejection of tax-funded, billion-dollar transportation initiatives in both Cobb and Gwinnett counties, it’s been a tough week for metro Atlanta transit enthusiasts. But better news appears to be on the horizon, south of the city in Clayton County.
MARTA officials and Clayton County government leaders have scheduled a groundbreaking Nov. 15 for a major transit hub near the Atlanta airport designed to support more than two dozen regional bus routes while creating hundreds of jobs.
MARTA has recognized the need to build such a multifaceted project—officially called the Clayton County Operations & Maintenance Facility—since Clayton residents voted to join the MARTA system back in 2014. Project leaders are calling the scheduled groundbreaking a milestone in efforts to beef up transit services across the south metro.
Overview of the 31-acre Clayton County Operations & Multipurpose Facility in Forest Park. Courtesy of MARTA
The Forest Park site in question today. Connect Clayton
The Clayton O&M Facility is expected to transform industrial acreage to reduce operational costs and increase efficiency for 31 regional bus routes. That means parking will be provided for 290 buses, alongside support infrastructure such as a fuel area, bus wash, and fare retrieval system.
Other components will be a wellness center for employees, a MARTA police precinct, and a firing range.
According to MARTA, the project will generate 700 construction jobs and 400 permanent ones. It’s designed to support Clayton’s growing fleet of both electric and diesel buses. (On a related note, MARTA’s 16-stop Rapid Southlake bus-rapid-transit route remains in planning phases. That’s expected to shave down commute times between Southlake Mall and the airport in one of metro Atlanta’s busiest corridors for transit use.)
The Clayton O&M Facility will claim a 31-acre site at 5163 Old Dixie Highway in Forest Park that was previously a K-Mart distribution center, according to a project overview. MARTA had previously considered more than two dozen sites based on traffic conditions, development costs, current zoning, and other factors.
Courtesy of MARTA
Example of a planned BRT stop on MARTA’s future Southlake route.Courtesy of MARTA
The facility’s estimated cost is $150 million—up from $116 million in 2022, when the project was tentatively scheduled to break ground in January this year.
The Clayton O&M Facility has received $33 million in federal support, according to MARTA. That includes two Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities grants—$13 million in 2019 and $15 million in 2022—in addition to a $5 million earmark secured by Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock.
“The robust federal support for this project highlights its critical importance to Clayton County and the entire south metro Atlanta area,” Collie Greenwood, MARTA general manager and CEO, said in a groundbreaking announcement today. “This facility will enable us to continue providing reliable transit service in Clayton while creating meaningful job opportunities and investing in the community.”
According to Connect Clayton, the new facility will be fully operational by the winter of 2026, following two years of construction.
MARTA officials say upgrades to 175 bus stops and shelters in Clayton County were also completed earlier this year.
Find more context and imagery for the southside transit initiatives in the gallery above.
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Overview of the 31-acre Clayton County Operations & Multipurpose Facility in Forest Park. Courtesy of MARTA
Example of a planned BRT stop on MARTA’s future Southlake route.Courtesy of MARTA
Revised plans for MARTA’s 15-mile BRT route in Clayton County and its direct connection to Atlanta’s airport. Courtesy of MARTA
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A rendering for the Clayton County Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Facility police precinct. MARTA
The Forest Park site in question today. Connect Clayton
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Star Metals District to expand with three towers, including West Midtown’s tallest
Star Metals District to expand with three towers, including West Midtown’s tallest
Star Metals District’s next phases in West Midtown would include three towers along Howell Mill Road.
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Work continues on Virginia-Highland’s mystery hole; builders mum
Work continues on Virginia-Highland’s mystery hole; builders mum
Work continues on Virginia-Highland’s mystery hole; builders mum
Josh Green
Thu, 11/07/2024 – 13:15
Construction continues on a controversial self-storage facility project at the doorstep of two marquee, walkable intown attractions, but exactly what it will entail and when it might arrive remain question marks.
The construction timeline is important to parts of Atlanta beyond the Monroe Drive site, and expansion plans for a nearby cultural institution depend on it.
Earlier this year, two low-rise commercial buildings were demolished at 1011 Monroe Drive and 597 Cooledge Ave. that had most recently housed Cantoni Furniture and Illuminations Lighting. The high-profile site is located at the cusp of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Beltline’s popular Eastside Trail and new Northeast Trail section.
Public Storage, a national self-storage provider, is building a larger facility to replace those structures—a use that has drawn the ire of both neighborhood leaders and Beltline development arbiters. But the company hasn’t clarified exactly what it’s building, or when it plans to deliver.
Multiple inquiries to Public Storage officials regarding timelines and other aspects of the project have not been returned. Signage wrapping the site indicates Rycon Construction is building the project. An interview request to that company wasn’t returned either.
John Craft, Virginia-Highland Civic Association president, says he’s not seen or heard updates, but that progress on the self-storage project does seem slow.
“That tracks with anecdotes I’ve heard on several projects around the state,” Craft wrote in an email to Urbanize Atlanta. “I’ve seen a lot of out-of-state construction workers staying at hotels in Augusta and Savannah, and hear that there’s been more work than there are workers for the past couple of years.”
After breaking ground earlier this year, construction progress on the Public Storage project is shown here Oct. 27. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Construction at the site along Cooledge Avenue in May. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
On the flipside of Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s $150-million expansion project hinges on the Public Storage facility project being finished and open.
The Garden’s 8-acre expansion will consume adjacent land where Public Storage has operated for years. In exchange, the Garden is swapping the Monroe Drive property, which it bought for $13.5 million last year, with Public Storage, so the company can maintain a presence in the area.
The Botanical Garden also bought Public Storage’s facility on Piedmont Avenue, immediately north of the current gardens, for a reported $40 million.
Botanical Garden officials hope to break ground on the expansion in late 2025, with completion sometime in 2027, but that’s all contingent on Public Storage relinquishing their current building on the expansion site.
Proximity of the Virginia-Highland project to another self-storage facility next door, at right. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Proximity of the Self Storage site (in red) to the Eastside Trail, Piedmont Park, and Extra Space Storage immediately to the south. Google Maps
Drawings shared by Public Storage representatives in early 2023 with the Atlanta Beltline Design Review Committee—following several design updates—could lend an idea what’s in store for the intown corner. According to those plans, the self-storage project would include office space (and bike racks) with a large, Botanical Garden-themed mural on one wall.
Building permit information indicates the self-storage facility will stand five stories. (A competing business, Extra Space Storage, has long operated another self-storage facility next door on the same block, along Kanuga Street.)
Public Storage/Atlanta BeltLine DRC
The lack of retail space or residential uses such as townhomes peeved Beltline DRC members last year. They criticized the project in the incarnation presented as “a missed opportunity” and “a use that does not belong on the BeltLine or anywhere near it.”
Jarrod Yates, Public Storage regional vice president of development, told Urbanize Atlanta in May his team was “working on something to help the community better understand the project.”
Nearly six months later, that something still hasn’t materialized.
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Proximity of the Self Storage site (in red) to the Eastside Trail, Piedmont Park, and Extra Space Storage immediately to the south. Google Maps
After breaking ground earlier this year, construction progress on the Public Storage project is shown here Oct. 27. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Proximity of the Virginia-Highland project to another self-storage facility next door, at right. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Construction at the site along Cooledge Avenue in May. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Public Storage/Atlanta BeltLine DRC
State of previous buildings on site as of early 2023, with a competing self-storage facility visible next door. Google Maps
Work continues on Virginia-Highland’s mystery hole; builders mum
Josh Green
Thu, 11/07/2024 – 13:15
Construction continues on a controversial self-storage facility project at the doorstep of two marquee, walkable intown attractions, but exactly what it will entail and when it might arrive remain question marks.
The construction timeline is important to parts of Atlanta beyond the Monroe Drive site, and expansion plans for a nearby cultural institution depend on it.
Earlier this year, two low-rise commercial buildings were demolished at 1011 Monroe Drive and 597 Cooledge Ave. that had most recently housed Cantoni Furniture and Illuminations Lighting. The high-profile site is located at the cusp of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Beltline’s popular Eastside Trail and new Northeast Trail section.
Public Storage, a national self-storage provider, is building a larger facility to replace those structures—a use that has drawn the ire of both neighborhood leaders and Beltline development arbiters. But the company hasn’t clarified exactly what it’s building, or when it plans to deliver.
Multiple inquiries to Public Storage officials regarding timelines and other aspects of the project have not been returned. Signage wrapping the site indicates Rycon Construction is building the project. An interview request to that company wasn’t returned either.
John Craft, Virginia-Highland Civic Association president, says he’s not seen or heard updates, but that progress on the self-storage project does seem slow.
“That tracks with anecdotes I’ve heard on several projects around the state,” Craft wrote in an email to Urbanize Atlanta. “I’ve seen a lot of out-of-state construction workers staying at hotels in Augusta and Savannah, and hear that there’s been more work than there are workers for the past couple of years.”
After breaking ground earlier this year, construction progress on the Public Storage project is shown here Oct. 27. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Construction at the site along Cooledge Avenue in May. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
On the flipside of Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s $150-million expansion project hinges on the Public Storage facility project being finished and open.
The Garden’s 8-acre expansion will consume adjacent land where Public Storage has operated for years. In exchange, the Garden is swapping the Monroe Drive property, which it bought for $13.5 million last year, with Public Storage, so the company can maintain a presence in the area.
The Botanical Garden also bought Public Storage’s facility on Piedmont Avenue, immediately north of the current gardens, for a reported $40 million.
Botanical Garden officials hope to break ground on the expansion in late 2025, with completion sometime in 2027, but that’s all contingent on Public Storage relinquishing their current building on the expansion site.
Proximity of the Virginia-Highland project to another self-storage facility next door, at right. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Proximity of the Self Storage site (in red) to the Eastside Trail, Piedmont Park, and Extra Space Storage immediately to the south. Google Maps
Drawings shared by Public Storage representatives in early 2023 with the Atlanta Beltline Design Review Committee—following several design updates—could lend an idea what’s in store for the intown corner. According to those plans, the self-storage project would include office space (and bike racks) with a large, Botanical Garden-themed mural on one wall.
Building permit information indicates the self-storage facility will stand five stories. (A competing business, Extra Space Storage, has long operated another self-storage facility next door on the same block, along Kanuga Street.)
Public Storage/Atlanta BeltLine DRC
The lack of retail space or residential uses such as townhomes peeved Beltline DRC members last year. They criticized the project in the incarnation presented as “a missed opportunity” and “a use that does not belong on the BeltLine or anywhere near it.”
Jarrod Yates, Public Storage regional vice president of development, told Urbanize Atlanta in May his team was “working on something to help the community better understand the project.”
Nearly six months later, that something still hasn’t materialized.
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Proximity of the Self Storage site (in red) to the Eastside Trail, Piedmont Park, and Extra Space Storage immediately to the south. Google Maps
After breaking ground earlier this year, construction progress on the Public Storage project is shown here Oct. 27. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Proximity of the Virginia-Highland project to another self-storage facility next door, at right. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Construction at the site along Cooledge Avenue in May. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
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State of previous buildings on site as of early 2023, with a competing self-storage facility visible next door. Google Maps
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Josh Green
Thu, 11/07/2024 – 13:15
Construction continues on a controversial self-storage facility project at the doorstep of two marquee, walkable intown attractions, but exactly what it will entail and when it might arrive remain question marks.
The construction timeline is important to parts of Atlanta beyond the Monroe Drive site, and expansion plans for a nearby cultural institution depend on it.
Earlier this year, two low-rise commercial buildings were demolished at 1011 Monroe Drive and 597 Cooledge Ave. that had most recently housed Cantoni Furniture and Illuminations Lighting. The high-profile site is located at the cusp of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Beltline’s popular Eastside Trail and new Northeast Trail section.
Public Storage, a national self-storage provider, is building a larger facility to replace those structures—a use that has drawn the ire of both neighborhood leaders and Beltline development arbiters. But the company hasn’t clarified exactly what it’s building, or when it plans to deliver.
Multiple inquiries to Public Storage officials regarding timelines and other aspects of the project have not been returned. Signage wrapping the site indicates Rycon Construction is building the project. An interview request to that company wasn’t returned either.
John Craft, Virginia-Highland Civic Association president, says he’s not seen or heard updates, but that progress on the self-storage project does seem slow.
“That tracks with anecdotes I’ve heard on several projects around the state,” Craft wrote in an email to Urbanize Atlanta. “I’ve seen a lot of out-of-state construction workers staying at hotels in Augusta and Savannah, and hear that there’s been more work than there are workers for the past couple of years.”
After breaking ground earlier this year, construction progress on the Public Storage project is shown here Oct. 27. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Construction at the site along Cooledge Avenue in May. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
On the flipside of Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s $150-million expansion project hinges on the Public Storage facility project being finished and open.
The Garden’s 8-acre expansion will consume adjacent land where Public Storage has operated for years. In exchange, the Garden is swapping the Monroe Drive property, which it bought for $13.5 million last year, with Public Storage, so the company can maintain a presence in the area.
The Botanical Garden also bought Public Storage’s facility on Piedmont Avenue, immediately north of the current gardens, for a reported $40 million.
Botanical Garden officials hope to break ground on the expansion in late 2025, with completion sometime in 2027, but that’s all contingent on Public Storage relinquishing their current building on the expansion site.
Proximity of the Virginia-Highland project to another self-storage facility next door, at right. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Proximity of the Self Storage site (in red) to the Eastside Trail, Piedmont Park, and Extra Space Storage immediately to the south. Google Maps
Drawings shared by Public Storage representatives in early 2023 with the Atlanta Beltline Design Review Committee—following several design updates—could lend an idea what’s in store for the intown corner. According to those plans, the self-storage project would include office space (and bike racks) with a large, Botanical Garden-themed mural on one wall.
Building permit information indicates the self-storage facility will stand five stories. (A competing business, Extra Space Storage, has long operated another self-storage facility next door on the same block, along Kanuga Street.)
Public Storage/Atlanta BeltLine DRC
The lack of retail space or residential uses such as townhomes peeved Beltline DRC members last year. They criticized the project in the incarnation presented as “a missed opportunity” and “a use that does not belong on the BeltLine or anywhere near it.”
Jarrod Yates, Public Storage regional vice president of development, told Urbanize Atlanta in May his team was “working on something to help the community better understand the project.”
Nearly six months later, that something still hasn’t materialized.
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Proximity of the Self Storage site (in red) to the Eastside Trail, Piedmont Park, and Extra Space Storage immediately to the south. Google Maps
After breaking ground earlier this year, construction progress on the Public Storage project is shown here Oct. 27. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Proximity of the Virginia-Highland project to another self-storage facility next door, at right. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Construction at the site along Cooledge Avenue in May. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
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State of previous buildings on site as of early 2023, with a competing self-storage facility visible next door. Google Maps
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Toro secures financing for $560 million Johns Creek project
Toro secures financing for $560 million Johns Creek project
Financing has been lined up for a major mixed-use project aimed at providing the affluent north Fulton suburb with a town center.
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Financing has been lined up for a major mixed-use project aimed at providing the affluent north Fulton suburb with a town center.
Toro secures financing for $560 million Johns Creek project
Toro secures financing for $560 million Johns Creek project
Financing has been lined up for a major mixed-use project aimed at providing the affluent north Fulton suburb with a town center.
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Financing has been lined up for a major mixed-use project aimed at providing the affluent north Fulton suburb with a town center.
BizSpotlight: Revesco Properties Trust
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The acquisition of Roswell Village in Roswell, GA,
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BizSpotlight: Revesco Properties Trust
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The acquisition of Roswell Village in Roswell, GA,
Bowling alley closures are piling up. Many are being forced to pick a lane.
Bowling alley closures are piling up. Many are being forced to pick a lane.
The industry is getting knocked down by several factors — and real estate development is a big part of the equation.
The industry is getting knocked down by several factors — and real estate development is a big part of the equation. Read MoreBizjournals.com Feed (2022-04-02 21:43:57)
The industry is getting knocked down by several factors — and real estate development is a big part of the equation.