Space Shop Scores Space in Chamblee for Self Storage

Christmas may come early to the residents of Chamblee as ToNeTo Atlanta has uncovered plans for a new self-storage facility in the city!  Atlanta-based The Space Shop plans to construct a new, nearly 100,000 square foot climate- controlled self-storage facility on Clairmont Road at Bragg Street, just north of Dresden Drive.  

Started in 2014 and owned by Atlanta based Stein Investment Group, Space Shop currently has eight facilities open (seven in Georgia and one in South Carolina) with a ninth under construction at Lenox Road and Buford Highway in Buckhead.  

The new Chamblee facility is slated to be three stories, with a basement, and would replace three existing structures on Clairmont Road and Bragg Street.   The facility will assume the 3693 Clairmont Road address.  

It's worth noting that the new Space Shop Chamblee will be located directly across the street from an existing Public Storage and around the corner from an independent self storage facility on Dresden Drive.  Also worth mentioning is that the new facility would open just north of the new RaceTrac currently under construction at the corner of Dresden Drive and Clairmont Road. 

Space Shop describes themselves as different than others.

"Space Shop Self Storage is your local self storage company in Atlanta, Georgia. Our storage facility is locally owned and operated and focuses on outstanding customer service. We believe in the special touches that can make your storage experience outstanding. From warm cookies and coffee to superior customer service, our modern storage facility provides a one-of-a-kind storage experience."

Rendering of The Space Shop Chamblee

Space Shop celebrated the Grand Opening of their new Snellville location last month with a community yard sale at the property.  The Snellville Space Shop is located at 2350 Ronald Reagan Parkway, near Scenic Highway, in the converted former home AMF Snellville Lanes.  Strangely, the invitation to participate in the sale included the following verbiage "We are also looking for people to donate their time and supplies for the event, such as: Bounce, Food, Drinks, etc."  Knowing how profitable self-storage facilities are, it's amazing that the operators were looking for people to donate their time, goods and services to their opening.  

We noticed that the company's website provides links to their facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram pages.  It seemed unusual for a self-storage facility to maintain a presence on so many platforms.  The fact of the matter is: they don't. Their Facebook page was last updated January 5, 2017, they last tweeted January 16, 2015, and they shared an image on their Instagram account December 7th, 2014.  

As a rule of thumb, in any business, if you are going to create social media profiles, they should be maintained.

It's unclear when self-storage construction will slow, but an executive at Space Shop warned of least two headwinds facing his firm last year.  Earlier this year, in a post entitled "10 storage companies to watch in 2017," Cliff Hite, Vice President of operations for Space Shop, told SpareFoot Storage Beat that the biggest challenge(s) his firm faced in 2016 were rising construction costs and increasing new supply in overheated markets.  “Construction costs have elevated the overall cost of doing a new development to a point where conservative rental rate projections many times do not justify moving forward,” Hite said. Willingness to walk away from deals that are just “good” and waiting for ones that are “great” is critical to success.

Are you a Chamblee area resident or business owner in need of storage space?  Do you think the Chamblee area needs another self-storage facility?  What type of business would you like to see open in Chamblee?

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