A reclaimed industrial site is scheduled to begin storing and selling reclaimed building materials this spring in Southwest Atlanta's Oakland City, creating the area's first "lifecycle building center." The facility will collect high-volume residential and commercial salvaged materials, and act as a green building education center.

A planned second phase consists of a former sprocket manufacturing facility built in 1914. That added space would bring the center to 70,000 square feet, with the entire site including 3.6 acres of heavy industrial space.

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