The Imagine International Academy of Smyrna will soon be moving into a new home in the former Rich’s department store building in Cobb Center off of South Cobb Drive. Imagine Academy is a charter school serving the Smyrna Vinings area.
Imagine originally open in the Fall of 2008 in the Vinings Business Park, across the street from West Village off of Atlanta Road.
The 170,000 square-foot building has sat vacant for more than five years.
The school is using about 60,000 square feet on the first floor. The building is being retrofitted into classrooms, lunchroom, administrative offices, library and other school needs. The outside of the building is being completely redeveloped and will no longer look like the old department store.
Renovation is expected to be complete by July 26th and school will open on August 10th.
Sams said school officials anticipate moving into the new facility by August or September 2009, in time for the new school year.
Not only will this become the new home for Imagine, but the move should positively affect redevelopment along the South Cobb Drive corridor.
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