A group led by Atlanta developer Egbert Perry has purchased the former GM plant site in Doraville, Ga., clearing the way for one of metro Atlanta's biggest redevelopment projects.Money changed hands on Wednesday. "As of a few hours ago we officially closed. We own the GM site," Perry told Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Now work will begin to turn the 162 acres just north of Atlanta into 20 blocks of office buildings, housing, stores and restaurants.
Integral recently overcame the last stumbling block to the long-anticipated deal. It reached an agreement to enter the GM site into the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield program. The designation removes environmental liability from the site’s future buyers.
Now the focus turns to at least eight months of demolition and the removal of 78,000 tons of scrap metal and other salvageable materials left after the plant closed in 2008.
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