Entertainment mogul and longtime Atlantan Tyler Perry appears to finally be moving toward his goal of turning part of former U.S. Army base Fort McPherson into a mixed redevelopment designed to be public-accessible and a boon for surrounding neighborhoods.
Perry representatives on Friday filed paperwork with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs requesting a Development of Regional Impact review for a mixed-use expansion of Perry’s studio complex in Southwest Atlanta.
The property in question covers roughly 38 acres of the former U.S. Army base, next to Perry’s existing studios and within a short walk of MARTA’s Lakewood/Fort McPherson transit station. Perry purchased the land for $8.5 million about two and ½ years ago.
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