A rendering of the storage facility. (Courtesy JDA)

Johnson Development Associates (JDA) have announced plans to incorporate a five-story storage facility into the new Northside & 17th development in West Midtown.

Extra Space will feature 875 climate-controlled units and is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2018.

The storage facility will join a new Kroger Marketplace and Chipotle already announced for the mixed-use development located near Atlantic Station at 1299 Northside Drive.

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.