Hardware retailer leases space at Novare’s SkyHouse South.
Ace Hardware is opening a Midtown location.
The hardware retailer submitted a building permit application with City of Atlanta Tuesday to buildout space in the new SkyHouse South apartments.
An estimated $320,000 will be spent constructing the 5,412-square-foot retail space, at 860 Juniper Street.
The Midtown Ace Hardware will most likely open as an “Ace Express.” The Ace Express, introduced in 2012, is a “new retail format that fits into 3,000 square feet or greater.”
“Not meant to be used in areas that could support a larger Ace store, Ace Express is designed for markets currently closed due to market size or occupancy costs,” according to the hardware retailer’s annual report.
A manager at SkyHouse confirmed in a telephone interview Tuesday with What Now Atlanta (WNA) that Ace will be opening at the Midtown apartment complex, but was unsure which retail space the hardware retailer would occupy.
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Will Midtown’s new mom-and-pop Ace survive with hardware giant Home Depot in close proximity? Leave your thoughts in the comments!
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About three blocks away and I’ll happily walk there over going to The Home Depot. Great to see some diversity in retail offerings coming into Midtown.
A hardware store in a highrise! Glad to see some new thinking? What will be next, a Whole Foods at Colony Square? I wish!
I doubt we’ll get a Whole Foods since there’s one not too far away, but I’ve heard rumors of a Fresh Market/Sprouts type store going into the new building on 6th and Peachtree. Of course, that’s probably at least 2 years away.
One of the reasons I love all the new apartment towers is the added diversity of retail they’ll bring. This southern end of Midtown doesn’t have to office tower density support that the 14th street area does.
ace hardware is not a mom-and-pop store
Many, many Ace Hardware stores are franchised by mom-and-pops.
This is a great idea! As Atlanta develops into a real live work city these types of businesses become more needed. Ace is a mom and pop, they are all individually owned and operated. Everyone is different.Way to go Ace Hardware meeting the needs of the urban enviroment.
The 6th and Peachtree Condo’s will house the Starbucks. Starbucks is going into Viewpoint only temporarily. Of course they could change their minds, but that’s the plan. I think Starbucks wants the corner visibility and parking behind it.
From what I’ve heard and read the Starbucks will move to Viewpoint as a temporary space. The Starbucks corner will be developed into an 8-story condo with 2 and 3 bedrooms. The Starbucks will then occupy the bottom floor of that condo and the interior will feature brick from the recently destroyed building that was just West of Starbucks on 7th. The Sprouts/Fresh Market rumor is strong and will likely happen this year with the remodeling completed by Novarre just recently.
Re: Ace being too close to HD. For even the tree dwellers in midtown, the HD is only a walk-able option if you want to risk breaking your ankle on that hill between parking lots. And those in a car have to drive 2-3 miles, and then what feels like a mile through a parking lot with 20 stop signs, to get to HD. Ace “Express” will do just fine, like bodegas do in relation to grocery stores.
Re: Starbucks, they are remodeling the old Arby’s at 4th and Spring to have a drive through and parking presence in Midtown. The new, yet to be built Starbucks on Peachtree near 6th/7th will have less pressure for parking.
Ace will do fine–Yesterday is the third time I have been recently referred by a HD employee because they could not help me. Just to replace a part to my lamp but HD now only carries the standard parts–he knew exactly what I needed but said I should go to Ace. Ace people not only know what you need (and/or how to fix it) but they have what you need too. I am a huge fan of Ace hardwares.
Do you have a telephone number for them?
(404) 228-2291 😉