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Atlanta Braves: Team picked to build $400 million mixed-use project

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July 31, 2014

The Atlanta Braves have put together a team they say will make their proposed $400 million mixed-use complex surrounding the new Cobb County stadium a home run.

The success of the project is critical for the Braves and for Cobb County taxpayers.

The Braves’ aim is to create a profitable, 74-acre mix of retailers, restaurants, offices, hotels and residences around the ballpark, near Cumberland Mall. Team officials say it will draw guests not just to the team’s 81 regular season games, but throughout the year.

It was largely on the promise that the complex would create jobs and tax revenue that Cobb commissioners committed more than $300 million in public money to woo the Braves to the suburbs.

To read more about the project team, visit MyAJC.com.

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Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.

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