EcoNuke asked in FFAF about the current status of permits for the old DeVry site on the northeast side of Decatur to be converted into a VA Clinic.  Decatur Planning Director Amanda Thompson tells DM that “permits have been issued to renovate the existing building and permits are almost issued for a new 30 unit townhouse development on the north portion of the site.”

Back in September 2013, Real Estate BisNow announced that “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.”

The Decatur City Commission voted last week to split up the DeVry property along Arcadia Ave into three separate parcels.  Now Decaturish reports the site will undergo renovation starting next week.  According to the site…

“The building as it is right now will stay and the entire interior will be renovated and the outside will be improved,” [Harvey] Rudy [ a managing principal with GP-Govt. Properties I, LLC] said.

When the renovation is complete, it will be 83,000 square feet of office space that will house dental offices, a women’s clinic and a radiology clinic.

More info over at Decaturish.

Let’s talk about another office building for a change.

This morning’s AJC profiles the transformation of One West Courthouse Square from an office building evacuated by the CDC to a downtown educational hub thanks to the addition of The Arts Institute of Atlanta-Decatur and DeVry.

Not much new information in the article, but its a good read, and gives the city’s hypothesis on how an influx of students will change downtown in the coming years.