Sustainable, Mixed-Use Aerotropolis A Real High-Flying Achievement
By Howard J. Lalli
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Case Study Overview
Aerotropolis Atlanta is a mixed-use development zoned for 6.5 million square
feet of Class-A office, hotel, conference center, retail, data center, business
park, and the parking facility. The former 2.8 million square foot production facility for the Ford Taurus and
Mercury Sable will have a global focus to capitalize on Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport’s future international terminal. It promises to be the touchstone for Atlanta’s Southside that Atlantic Station has been for Midtown Atlanta.
The site, purchased from Ford on June 11, 2008, is less than one mile from the new Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Terminal, expected to be completed in 2011. And the development’s proposed, partially covered 4,000-space parking lot will be one of the closest
parking locations to the new International Terminal, expected to serve more
than 13 million passengers within seven years.
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