News Nearby: Self-Storage Facility Opens on Edgewood Avenue
The old A.C White building has been converted.
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A Midtown-based self-storage company with locations in Alabama and metro Atlanta has opened its first intown outlet on the Edgewood Avenue corridor.
The Storage Neighbor, which has 11 other locations, took over the former A.C. White Transfer & Storage Co. at 660 Edgewood Ave.
"The supply of self-storage in Inman Park and Old Fourth Ward is under-supplied, but what attracted us to the location was the opportunity to participate in the adaptive re-use of an abandoned building and take part in the revitalization of the Edgewood corridor," Shelby Brennan, the company's marketing director, told Patch.
"We are excited to be a part of the community and look forward to the opportunity to support various neighborhood initiatives that benefit the surrounding area."
The company has completed the first phase of the project.
When the second phase is completed — projected for the early part of this year — the building will have 52,961 square feet of climate-controlled self-storage space.
It also will have another 800 square feet of retail space that the company is looking to rent to a non-profit, retailer or other type of business, Brennan said.
MarkSindone
4:49 am on Monday, April 1, 2013
It is great to see companies able to smartly re-use the current setting for their own agenda instead of quickly tearing it down. I am also quite interested to know more about how this self-storage company is planning to support various neighbourhood initiatives that benefit the surrounding area. Some people do not see the value of storage facilities as they take up a lot of space and provide little value to society. Perhaps one of the ways to help the community is to provide space for the residents’ upcoming neighbourhood events.
Amy Power
10:04 am on Monday, April 1, 2013
Mark -- Businesses operate to make money, not give you free stuff. Storage provides value... or no one would buy it. How much value do you provide to society? When is the last time you donated your home to provide space for a neighborhood event?