What Now Atlanta uncovers retailer’s 25 page plan for relocation to Shops Around Lenox.
Crate & Barrel in Buckhead is moving out of Lenox Square Mall.
The furnishings store will relocate to Shops Around Lenox, the recently re-developed shopping center at 3400 Around Lenox Road, directly across the street.
Kathryn Quinn Architects, the architectural company that’s designed CB2s and other Crate & Barrels, is designing the furnishing store’s new Buckhead location.
An excruciatingly detailed architectural plan — 25 pages of sketches and project details — created in April was uncovered during an internet search Monday. Oh Google, how we love thee (click here to see the plan).
Rob Ray, manager for Crate & Barrel at Lenox Square, told What Now Atlanta over the phone Monday he was unable to confirm or deny Crate & Barrel’s relocation. That is until we told him we had the pans in hand.
“I will confirm we are moving,” Ray said. “[Shops Around Lenox] is where [Crate & Barrel] has been thinking about heading to.”
The actual space Crate & Barrel will occupy at Shops Around Lenox has not been confirmed. Insiders told Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Lisa Schoolcraft last November that the furnishings store was looking at about 24,000 square feet in the space once occupied by CompUSA, which pulled out of metro Atlanta in 2007.
Crate & Barrel’s public relations and corporate offices were contacted on multiple occasions for comment but were not immediately available.
