Atlanta-based Stein Investment Group is proposing a new three story self-storage facility on Clairemont Avenue at the northern edge of the City of Decatur. The self-storage project would be built on an approximately one acre assemblage at 1119, 1121 and 1123 Clairemont Avenue, where currently three single family homes sit. The property is across the street from the Decatur Family YMCA and also catty-corner from an existing Public Storage self-storage facility.
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| Typical Space Shop via The Space Shop facebook page |
"The Applicant selected this location for climate controlled self-storage due to the area's strong demographics and lack of interior accessed, attractive self storage in the surrounding area," the company says in a filing with the City of Decatur.
The filing refers to the would-be facility as "The Space Shop Clairemont" and indicates it will be just over 100,000 square feet, but does not specify how many units it will have.
Only one of the parcels is currently within the boundaries of the City of Decatur, the other two are in unincorporated DeKalb County. Stein is seeking to the three combined into one, annexed into the City of Decatur, and zoned C-3 (heavy commercial), to allow for the development of the self-storage facility. The parcels are currently zoned R-60, O-I and R-75, respectively.
As we have reported previously, Stein Investment Group has been quite active in the metro Atlanta in building, buying and more recently, selling, self-storage facilities.
Already, the company has a storage facility under construction on Clairmont Road in Chamblee, and another that recently opened on Lenox Road near Brookhaven. As we reported last week, Stein is also proposing a new facility on Spring Road in Smyrna and has others in the works in Kennesaw and Hiram.
The Decatur project is scheduled to go before the City of Decatur Planning Commission June 12.
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