Assembly Studios

Assembly Studios is a sound stage lot in Doraville, just inside the Perimeter northeast of downtown Atlanta, built on the grounds of a former General Motors assembly plant. Part of the Assembly Atlanta development owned by Gray Media, the lot’s day-to-day operations and services are run by Universal Production Services. Counting the three stages of Third Rail Studios at Assembly, the campus has 22 sound stages with 40 to 50 feet to the grid, four filmable building facades and full production services on one lot, used for features, television, streaming, commercials and independent films.

Sound stages

• 19 Assembly Studios stages from 16,000 to 30,000 square feet; Stage 5 is the largest.
• Catwalks in every stage, 100 tons of HVAC per stage, 4,000-amp camlock distro and up to 200 Gig fiber.
• Third Rail Studios at Assembly: three 20,000-square-foot soundproof stages with 41 feet of clear height, 4,000 amps of three-phase power and large elephant doors, plus 70,000 square feet of mill and support space and 28,000 square feet of furnished production offices.

Exterior sets

Four building facades stand in for New York brownstones, Tribeca warehouses, a European street and the New Orleans French Quarter, with other outdoor locations around the lot.

Support space

• Furnished production offices, mill space, flex and multi-purpose rooms.
• Green rooms, hair and makeup rooms, and dressing rooms with individual bathrooms and showers.
• A parking garage and basecamp parking with power and water hookups.

Services on the lot

• Universal Production Services lighting and grip, a costume house, a sign shop, expendables and transportation.
• Studio A Café, an on-lot commissary open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Booking

Stages are booked through Universal Production Services in Atlanta, and support space can also be rented without a production filming on the lot.