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Incentive plan for old GM site takes shape

The Commons, a park within the proposed Assembly development on the former General Motors factory site in Doraville.
The Commons, a park within the proposed Assembly development on the former General Motors factory site in Doraville.
By Mark Niesse
July 18, 2016

A unique tax incentive plan to revamp the closed General Motors plant in Doraville would allow the site's developer to direct tax money toward a connection to MARTA.

The covered street linking the 165-acre property to the Doraville MARTA station, which would cost $50 million to $75 million, would be critical to businesses looking to locate on the site, according to developer Integral Group.

Though the DeKalb school system hasn't agreed to using public funds on the site, the Doraville Downtown Development Authority could still approve the tax financing plan at a meeting next month.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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