Officials gather to celebrate spec building completion
For Sale: a 100,000 square-foot industrial space just outside of Cedartown, Georgia. Price tag: negotiable.
Local and state officials gathered on Wednesday morning, Nov. 12 to celebrate the completion of Polk County’s latest speculative building in hopes of attracting a new industrial partner to Northside Industrial Park.
Development Authority of Polk County president Rachel Rowell said the building’s completion was just the beginning of the hard work ahead during the Wednesday morning ceremony ribbon cutting ceremony.
“This 100,000 squarefoot brick and metal building can be doubled on site, or expansions can move out toward a site right next to the building, or on 200 acres of property out here in total,” she said. “This truly will be a jewel of Northwest Georgia.”
Among those who spoke at the ceremony was Gretchen Corbin, the commission of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. She told the gathering that Polk County is already well suited to bring outside businesses into the community through their efforts to bring companies like the HON Corporation and Kimoto Tech in as industrial partners.
She pledged support from her department to help bring potential ventures into the site.
“Today is not just about celebrating how far you’vce come, but how far you’ll go in the future,” she said. “We’ll be working hand in hand with you to fill this building.”
Polk County Commissioner Jason Ward said the ceremony completed years of work from local business leaders on up to the state level to undertake construction. He said building the facility was just the beginning for bringing forth true economic development in Polk County.
“We’re going to push the boundaries, and do whatever it takes to create a better quality of life for people here,” he said.
Cedartown City Commissioner Jordan Hubbard also spoke briefly about the benefits a potential industrial partner will bring to residents not just in Cedartown, but for everyone.
“With new industries comes job growth, but also the growth of small business along with it,” he said.
Though t he Development Authority has a price in mind for how much they would like to make from the sale of the building, they are examining the market to find the right asking price for the property, and are not yet making a figure available.