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Agreement finalized for
new City Hall
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
The city of Brookhaven has finalized an
agreement to build its new City Hall at the
Brookhaven/Oglethorpe MARTA Station.
At a June 14 meeting, the Brookhav
en City Council approved a ground lease
agreement with MARTA. The MARTA
board voted to approve the ground lease at
a June 9 meeting.
“This is the result of a collaboration with
MARTA which has been ongoing for five
years,” said Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst
in an emailed statement. “We were all seek
ing a transit-friendly live-work-play solu
tion that meets the current and future life
style needs of residents
and our greater regional
community. I am looking
forward to continuing the
partnership with MARTA
as we create a permanent
City Hall.”
Brookhaven’s current
City Hall is a rental space
at 4362 Peachtree Road
NE. Finding a new lo
cation for City Hall is
one of the aspects of the
city’s “City Centre Mas
ter Plan,” which is meant
to create a framework for
a possible downtown area and guide future
development in the commercial area along
Peachtree Road.
“MARTA is excited to partner with
Brookhaven to establish a transit-support
ive City Hall, one of only a few in this coun
try located at a rail station,” said MARTA
Interim General Manager and CEO Col
lie Greenwood in a press release. “This proj
ect will inspire future development around
the station, increase ridership, and improve
pedestrian and bicycle connectivity, and
makes a powerful statement about the cen
trality of transit.”
According to the press release, a timeline
for construction is still in the works.
Gray Television signs deal
with NBCUniversal
BYAMYWENK
Brookhaven-based Gray Television has
inked a long-term lease agreement with
NBCUniversal.
The deal sets the stage for the media gi
ant to operate Gray Televisions new Assembly
Studios project in Doraville, which is expect
ed to employ more than 4,000 people.
It’s a big win for Georgia’s booming film
and television industry, which brought in
a whopping $4 billion to its economy last
year. NBCUniversal’s portfolio includes the
NBC broadcast network, Universal Pic
tures, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Fea
tures, Peacock streaming ser
vice, and a host of television
networks such as Telemundo
and Bravo.
Gray Television, which
owns local TV stations across
the country including Atlan
ta’s CBS46 News, announced
the deal in early June.
Assembly Studios is a
43-acre production com
plex that’s under construc
tion as part of a broader 135-
acre mixed-use development
called Assembly Atlanta. That
project is redeveloping the
former General Motors As
sembly Plant in Doraville.
Assembly Studios will feature soundstag-
es, production offices, warehouse and mill
buildings, event space and more. Next door
is Third Rail Studios, which Gray Television
also owns.
Per the agreement, NBCUniversal will
manage all studio and production facilities
within the Assembly Studios complex, in
cluding Third Rail Studios.
Construction on NBCUniversal’s facilities
is expected to begin this summer. Gray Tele
vision anticipates that Assembly Studios will
complete in the second half of2023.
10 JULY 2022 | REPORTER NEWSPAPERS
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