A commercial permit application has been filed this week for a mixed-use project at Studioplex‘s 659 Auburn Ave. NE address, where developer Columbia Ventures recently laid out plans that include the construction of a new micro hotel.
In a special administrative permit application filed with the city in December, the Atlanta-based developer outlined its plans for a full 200-room hotel, 114-unit multifamily project, 11,900 square feet of commercial space, and a 16-key micro hotel. Drawings for the smaller hotel show a four-story, 9,575 building along the east side of Airline Street.
Columbia Ventures didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on its plans.
Columbia Ventures has long looked to expand the Studioplex property, located in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, in a mix of ways. It developed and then sold SPX Alley, a 32,000-square-foot retail center east of the main Studioplex property, to Asana Partners in 2019, while Thrive Homes developed 19 townhomes just above that retail property.
Interesting. Wonder what happened to the hotel that was supposed to be built on the opposite corner of Studioplex?
It got canned quite awhile ago.
It’s too bad, it really blended well with the warehouse feel of the neighborhood.