The Cooneys like its close proximity to both downtown Atlanta and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Despite its dilapidated state, Lakewood stood out. He said he showed them about 20 locations. They used real estate broker John Raulet in part because he had brokered Tyler Perry’s first studio space off Krog Street. For four years, the buildings largely lay empty, becoming a magnet for vandals, gangs and homeless people.Įnter the Cooneys, who for decades ran studios that were home to the soap opera “Guiding Light,” the WB show “Dawson’s Creek” and Marvel film “Iron Man 3.” After Georgia amped up its tax credits in 2008, executives spent 10 months searching for space in metro Atlanta. That never came to pass, so Spivia pivoted, turning it into a popular antique market until 2006.
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Former Georgia film commissioner Ed Spivia’s Filmworks USA in the early 1980s signed a longterm lease in hopes of turning Lakewood into a first-rate movie studio. Burt Reynolds, for his film “Smokey and the Bandit II,” famously blew up the Greyhound. They also built a dirt race track, an amphitheater, a Carnival Midway and a big roller coaster dubbed the Greyhound.īy the 1970s, the fair had lost its appeal and shut down.
Lakewood opened in 1916 as an agricultural fair with supporters raising money to erect Spanish Mission-style exhibition halls. EUE Screen Gems has been home to 2012 film "Flight," two "Hunger Games" films and Netflix's "Stranger Things." Contributed.
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