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Discount Tire Launches Pit Pass Concept Store With Mobile-Focused, Drive-Thru Experience

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Monday, October 3, 2022
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ATLANTA, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Discount Tire announced the Atlanta metro area as the location of its first Pit Pass concept store. The Discount Tire Pit Pass concept is a new retail experience designed to integrate technologies, including embedded tire scanners, digital displays, online ordering, and appointment-focused booking, with speedy tire and wheel services from the comfort of a customer's vehicle in a drive-thru experience. The initial Discount Tire Pit Pass concept store is in Flowery Branch, Georgia, just south of the intersection of Interstate 985 and Highway 53.

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  • The initial Discount Tire Pit Pass concept store is in Flowery Branch, Georgia, just south of the intersection of Interstate 985 and Highway 53.
  • The Discount Tire Pit Pass concept store features an approximate 5,000-square-foot ground floor footprint and 2,600 square feet of subsurface workspace and is markedly different from the traditional tire shop.
  • Customers visiting the Discount Tire Pit Pass concept store are encouraged to shop for tires and wheels online and to book an appointment in advance using the Discount Tire mobile app or DiscountTire.com to save time.
  • Discount Tire's Pit Pass concept store also offers a new experience for customers who need their tire pressure checked.

Seefried Properties and Clarion Partners Acquire Land and Announce Plans for 969,620 Square Foot Distribution Center in Buford

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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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BUFORD, Ga., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seefried Properties, a national real estate firm specializing in the development, leasing and management of industrial properties, along with capital partner and leading real estate investment manager Clarion Partners, LLC., have recently acquired an 80-acre site for the development of a 969,620-square-foot Class A logistics center known as Buford North Distribution Center. Located in the dynamic northeast Atlanta submarket along Interstate 985 in Hall County, GA., construction on the first phase of development is expected to begin in August 2022 with completion during the fourth quarter of 2023.

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  • Buford North Distribution Center will include 969,620-square-feet of logistics space across three buildings featuring flexible designs to accommodate multiple tenants with varying size requirements.
  • Features of all three buildings will include 185' deep concrete exterior truck courts, 36' clear heights, ample parking, and ESFR sprinklers.
  • "Seefried and Clarion Partners are very excited about this new project in Northeast Atlanta," said Doug Smith, Senior Vice President of Seefried.
  • For more information, please visit www.seefriedproperties.com
    Clarion Partners, LLC, has been a leading real estate investment manager for 40 years.