Redevelopment of GM Plant in Doraville, Georgia Would Be Region's Largest TOD

A redevelopment project in Doraville, outside of Atlanta, is touted as potentially of catalytic significance for the region, thanks in part to the location of a MARTA station next door.

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September 22, 2014, 7:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


"Egbert Perry and his development group plan to begin demolishing the former Doraville General Motors plant within the next month — eventually turning 162 acres just north of Atlanta into 20 blocks of office buildings, housing, stores and restaurants," report Maria Saporta and Douglas Sams.

"Over time, Perry believes the GM redevelopment has the potential to knit Atlanta’s politically and geographically tattered region together."

The development cleared a major stumbling block recently when it entered the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield program. As the article notes, that "designation removes environmental liability from the site’s future buyers." The developers are still, however looking for a master planner for the development.

Along the lines of additional planning interest in this development, Robert Steuteville wrote earlier in September of the form-based code approved recently for the project area: "Funded by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) as part of its Livable Centers Initiative program, the new zoning, known as the Livable Community Code, was created by TSW, an Atlanta-based planning, architecture and landscape architecture firm, in partnership with the City of Doraville."

H/T ATL Urbanist.

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