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 +====== Axanar Leasing Warehouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia ======
  
-====== Sneak Peek at Axanar's Atlanta Studio ======+//**The Move to Alec Peters' Former Home Puts Axanar Back at Square One**// 
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 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap> 
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-By Carlos Pedraza +Axanar Productions plans to move to a nearly 6,000 square foot, unimproved warehouse about an hour outside of Atlanta to set up operations after losing the much larger California facility into which it had poured nearly three-quarters of a million dollars of fans' money without ever using it to produce its film.
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-Axanar Productions plans to move to a nearly 6,000 square foot, unimproved warehouse about an hour outside of Atlanta to set up operations after losing the much larger California facility into which it had poured nearly three-quarters of a million dollars of fans' money without ever using it produce its film.+
  
 After negotiating an early exit from its lease in Valencia, Calif., Axanar CEO [[Alec Peters]] prepared to move out of what he called Industry Studios by April 30, 2017. After negotiating an early exit from its lease in Valencia, Calif., Axanar CEO [[Alec Peters]] prepared to move out of what he called Industry Studios by April 30, 2017.
  
-===== Not Really Atlanta =====+<wrap lo>//See also: [[correction_editorial|Editorial: Fool Me Once, Shame on You]]//</wrap>
  
-**AxaMonitor** learned Peters had secured a facility about 55 miles outside Atlanta, a warehouse built in 2001 in an industrial park near Gainesville, in Hall County, Ga. The building had been without a tenant since July 2016. It has previously housed a plumbing company, a packaging firm and an office supply company.+/* [{{ ::location-gainesville.jpg?direct&200|**OUTSIDE ATLANTA** Axanar's new warehouse is about 55 miles northeast of Atlanta, actually a bit closer to the South Carolina border than to Georgia's capital. <wrap lo>Click image to enlarge.</wrap>}}] */
  
-==== Cost and Features ==== +<WRAP center round important> 
- +<wrap lo><wrap em>CORRECTION</wrap> 
-Peters will be paying rent of about $2,500 a month for the 5,900 square foot warehouse, plus 900 square feet of office space. According to the real estate listing for the warehouse, it is located not far off Interstate 985, features a 20-22 foot high ceiling, a loading dock and drive-in door. It does not have sprinklers in case of fire. +Axanar surrogate Jonathan Lane published an interview with Peters on April 27 on the Fan Film Factor blog in which he revealed Axanar's new facility is actually in Lawrenceville, Ga., about 30 miles north of Atlanta. **AxaMonitor**'s initial report was in error, based on sources controlled by Peters who deliberately supplied [[correction_editorial|false information]]. </wrap> 
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-==== About Gainesville ==== +
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-The surrounding community of Gainesville has a population of 28,071. Many of the homes in the area were built in 2004 or earlier. Axanar's warehouse is located in a neighborhood with median household income of $34,574.((www.homedisclosure.com, retrieved 4/21/17.))+
  
 ===== Moving In ===== ===== Moving In =====
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 The monthly rent is about one-fourth of the nearly $13,000 Peters spent in California. That exorbitant rent, plus the costs of converting the Valencia warehouse into a not-quite-soundproofed soundstage, drained Axanar's coffers, leading to a last-ditch Indiegogo campaign to try to save it. The monthly rent is about one-fourth of the nearly $13,000 Peters spent in California. That exorbitant rent, plus the costs of converting the Valencia warehouse into a not-quite-soundproofed soundstage, drained Axanar's coffers, leading to a last-ditch Indiegogo campaign to try to save it.
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 +//**__‘ The move to Atlanta puts Axanar back at square one — with a warehouse Peters hopes to turn into a fan film studio.’__**// <wrap indent>— //Starting Over//</wrap>
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 ==== Crowdfunding ==== ==== Crowdfunding ====
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 That's despite his telling supporters in a Facebook video the weekend before that the //Axanar// short film may be the last Star Trek fan film Axanar Productions planned to produce. That's despite his telling supporters in a Facebook video the weekend before that the //Axanar// short film may be the last Star Trek fan film Axanar Productions planned to produce.
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 +/* [{{ ::int-office-space.jpg?nolink|**OFFICE SPACE** Two views of the 900 sq. ft. of office space in Axanar's new facility.}}] */
  
 ===== The Future ===== ===== The Future =====
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 Before leaving California, Axanar Productions had reportedly submitted its application to the federal government for federal tax-exempt status as a charitable organization, ostensibly to support other independent and fan filmmakers. Before leaving California, Axanar Productions had reportedly submitted its application to the federal government for federal tax-exempt status as a charitable organization, ostensibly to support other independent and fan filmmakers.
  
-That plan, however, relied on the much bigger Industry Studios facility. It is unknown what challenges the smaller Gainesville space, about an hour's drive from Atlanta, will provide in meeting Axanar's charitable goals.+That plan, however, relied on the much bigger Industry Studios facility. It is unknown what challenges the smaller Lawrenceville space, about a half hour drive from Atlanta, will provide in meeting Axanar's charitable goals.
  
 In the meantime, Peters said in a weekend video posted on Facebook, that he had contacted a film school and producers to seek partnership. Axanar's Georgia facility, however, is not a soundstage. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} In the meantime, Peters said in a weekend video posted on Facebook, that he had contacted a film school and producers to seek partnership. Axanar's Georgia facility, however, is not a soundstage. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}