The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

GULCH REDEVELOPM­ENT

- SOURCES: CITY OF ATLANTA, CIM GROUP AND AJC ANALYSIS

■ Scope: Developer CIM Group outlined a project of $3.5 billion to $5 billion. The CIM proposal could grow to more than 9 million square feet of office space, 1,000 residences, 1,500 hotel rooms and 1 million square feet of retail space.

■ Partners: California-based CIM was co-founded by Richard Ressler, whose brother Tony is the lead owner of the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks also are a Gulch partner.

■ Incentives: Documents obtained by the AJC project public financing of $900 million to $1.75 billion, though those figures could grow. It would be funded by a portion of sales taxes generated on-site and bonds backed by expected future increases in property taxes.

■ Community benefits: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ office outlined a package of affordable housing commitment­s, jobs training and other community benefits, including: $28 million investment in a citywide affordable housing trust fund; the greater of 200 residentia­l units, or 20 percent of the total built, set aside as affordable for people making 80 percent of the area median income (or a 1 bedroom rent of about $1,100); $12 million toward an economic developmen­t fund; $12 million for a new fire station; a new Atlanta police mini-precinct; $2 million to an Atlanta Committee for Progress workforce program; 38 percent minority-and women-owned business participat­ion and 10 percent equity in the project to minority and or women-owned businesses.

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