UPDATE: The City Planning Director Amanda Thompson tells DM that “The city has neither received nor approved any building permits for this property.”

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Udog sends along this report from Real Estate BisNow...

There’s a massive Veterans Affairs clinic coming to Decatur. It’s being built at the former DeVry University.

…Greenstone Properties has snagged a 20-year lease with Specialty Care Outpatient Clinic, which will serve VA patients, at 250N Arcadia Ave, a 103k SF building. The building will be fully renovated over 18 months. Carpenter/Robbins Corporate Real Estate’s Abbey Diller and Shamm Kelly repped the VA, while Newmark Grubb Knight Frank’s Bert Sanders and Ernest Kiser repped Greenstone.

Rendering courtesy of Real Estate BisNow

As tickets now sell out in less than 30 minutes, here is your heads up that Decatur Beer Fest tickets go out sale next Monday, Sept. 16th at noon. Tickets are $40 a pop and only 4,000 will be sold.

All tickets are sold via Ticket Alternative.

Round up your truck-obsessed children!  Video Journalist Joe Avary has posted a new video over on Decaturish documenting the start of East Ponce repaving, which was confirmed last month.  Just like a trip to the Decatur Farmer’s Market, there’s really nothing like a good, local construction video!

Drexel Ave, Parkside Circle and Chevelle Lane are also scheduled for a fresh coat of asphalt this year.  Avary says in his post that work on all projects should be complete by…CLICK HERE!

Have y’all seen this?  From the Clairmont Heights Civic Association website…

From Emory’s Clifton Community Partnership Fall 2013 newsletter: “DeKalb County and the Alliance to Improve Emory Village (AIEV) are kicking off the first ‘Open Streets DeKalb at Emory Village’ on Sunday, September 29 (3:00-6:00 PM). Similar to the very popular ‘Streets Alive’ events in Atlanta, the Village event will take place in North Decatur Road between the Lullwater Road roundabout and the Village roundabout (both roundabouts will remain open to traffic, but North Decatur Road will be closed to vehicles, and South Oxford Road will be closed between the roundabout and Clifton Road). Drop by the Village to sample special offers and participate in street activities during ‘Open Streets’.