Decatur
Developer eyeing spring for beginning construction of project
Alliance Realty Services Managing Director Jack Wilcox admitted his company’s East Decatur project, between North Arcadia Drive and East Ponce de Leon Avenue “is moving forward slowly.
“But then again,” he added, “that’s the way it often goes. I would say right now everything is going to plan.”
Wilcox said the “biggest unknown” is working out sewer capacity with DeKalb County, but he believes on-site demolition and beginning construction should begin by the second quarter of 2019.
Current plans for the 9.7-acre development call for 289 apartments, two retail buildings totaling 12,000 square feet (with probably only one restaurant) and a 50,000 square foot grocery long rumored as Publix. Though not yet ready to give official confirmation, Wilcox said that Alliance hopes to sign a lease with a grocer “fairly soon.”
The project was approved in July by Decatur’s city commission through a complicated sequence of votes. This included rezoning, changing land use (from light industrial to commercial/high density) and annexing about eight acres into Decatur (the entire project’s now within city limits).
The package includes 14 parcels and eight businesses. None of the businesses, including the junkyard with its trademark car on stilts, has yet closed.
Wilcox said the new development should open about 15 months after construction commences.
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- DeKalb Breast Cancer Awareness 5K Run/Walk. 9-11 a.m. Saturday. $5 to $15. Route begins and ends at Northlake Mall, 4800 Briarcliff Road NE, Tucker. All proceeds will fund Susan G. Komen programming initiatives in DeKalb County. A Kids Zone and Health Fair will follow the race. Nichole Simms at 404-371-2552 or jnsimms@DeKalbCountyGa.gov. Registration: crowdrise.com/2018UnitingDeKalbForaCure
- Calloween. 6-9 p.m. Oct. 26. $8 for ages over 3, free parking with trolley service. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta. Park at Emory Briarcliff, 1256 Briarcliff Road. For parents with children, enjoy live performances by the Callanwolde Concert Band and an organist, a LEGOLand Discovery Center building station, movie screenings by the Atlanta Film Society and surprise performances by the Callanwolde School of Dance's performance group Prime Movers. The night will be capped off with an all-ages dance party and costume contest with prizes. Concessions will be available for purchase - pizza and sweet treats. Tickets: callanwolde.org/events-calendar/calloween
- Rob White's Greenside Exhibit at the Spruill Art Gallery. Through October 27. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Artist Talk and Closing Reception: 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27. Spruill Gallery and Gift Shop, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. Greenside is the term used when a Navy sailor receives orders to serve within a Marine Corps unit. White's debut exhibition tells the story of his experience as a Religious Program Specialist, providing personal security and logistical support for a Navy Chaplain while deployed in Marjah, Afghanistan in 2010. White's photo images captures aspects of deployment often unseen, creating a visual account of his time and experience in war. 770-394-4019, SpruillArts.org/gallery, RobWhiteImages.com
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