The Urban Land Institute’s Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) pulls together commercial real estate industry experts to analyze a redevelopment project and make recommendations for the future. Over the summer of 2015, Fort McPherson was the focus of the team’s intensive work and collaboration, which resulted in this report report. Major highlights of the report include:…

  McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority, or Fort Mac LRA, recently gained two new board members as Governor Nathan Deal appointed two individuals nominated by East Point Mayor Jannquell Peters. This first, Sharonda Hubbard, is a founding partner of BHF Technology, LLC, and an active member at Elizabeth Baptist Church. Hubbard earned a bachelor’s degree…

Governor Deal has appointed Paul Shailendra to join our board of directors. Mr. Shailendra has extensive real estate development experience and currently serves as president of SG Property Services. He is on the board of directors of the Metro Atlanta YMCA and the Georgia Board of Natural Resources. “Fort Mac LRA is very appreciative of…

(Georgia Trend August 2015) By Anna Bentley When a military base closes, there are plenty of unknowns. What will the economic impact be? How will the community respond? What will happen to the land? In Georgia, a Navy school and two Army bases shuttered by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process are finding…

(Atlanta Journal Constitution 07.28.15) By J. Scott Trubey Filmmaker Tyler Perry’s plans for a sprawling movie studio at Fort McPherson may include an amphitheater and a museum, according to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A map provided to the Army shows the amphitheater and museum, but gives little other information. Perry, who acquired most…

The transfer of the former Fort McPherson base from the U.S. Army to the McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority (MILRA) and the simultaneous sale of a portion of the property to Tyler Perry Studios (TPS) unleashes an unprecedented opportunity for investment in the neighborhoods of southwest Atlanta. It was a complex transaction between multiple parties. In…