“Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story” is a different sort of feel-good movie.
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Tyler Perry willing to buy FORSCOM building at Fort Mac
Media mogul Tyler Perry is interested in acquiring the prominent Forces Command (FORSCOM) building at Fort Mac upon learning that the laboratories for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would emit fumes into the atmosphere.
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SCAD students work together to help revitalize Sweet Auburn District bakery
By Allison Joyner The Savannah College of Art Design (SCAD) worked with Sweet Auburn Work’s SPARK Innovation Lab to help a small business get a much-needed refresh. SCAD’s nonprofit, SCAD SERVE, launched its Design for Good course to use students’ creative abilities to generate elevated communication-centered solutions to make a difference in local communities in […]
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Tyler Perry publicly reveals development plans for more Fort Mac land
By Allison Joyner Movie mogul Tyler Perry Monday evening unveiled his plans to turn an additional 37 acres of Fort Mac land into an entertainment and residential district. It was Perry’s first-ever public meeting with the community since buying 330 acres of the now-closed Fort McPherson property in 2015. Perry bought the 330 acres, which […]
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Fort Mac board approves T.D. Jakes’ initial plans – not yet publicly released – to redevelop 95 acres
The Fort Mac redevelopment authority spent more than two hours in executive session before spending five minutes in public session to pass a unanimous resolution approving the preliminary master plan proposed by T.D. Jakes’ and his real estate company.
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Megachurch leader T.D. Jakes’ company to purchase around 94 acres of Fort McPherson site
And Tyler Perry is buying another 37.5 acres.
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Reporter’s Notebook: President, First Lady Biden visit Georgia to celebrate 100th day in office
After over 20 years as the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has fallen to second place. Today, more fliers travel through Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport in southeast China. The Atlanta airport saw 43 million travelers in 2020, compared to 110.5 million the year before. But with more people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, Hartsfield-Jackson […]
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Fort Mac’s inside deal with T.D. Jakes’ firm bypasses the community
Here we go again. The board of the Fort McPherson Local Redevelopment Authority is entering into exclusive negotiations with Bishop T.D. Jakes’s Dallas-based real estate firm to sell much of its remaining 132 acres.
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Bishop T.D. Jakes’ real estate company in talks to buy unspecified acreage at Fort Mac
About 132 acres of the former fort have yet to be redeveloped.
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As military base closures loom, Georgia’s team led by former U.S. naval secretary
With a round of military base closures possibly on the horizon, Georgia is taking steps to defend its installations. Gov. Brian Kemp has named a former secretary of the Navy to lead the effort.
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Tyler Perry on the reopening of his studio at Fort Mac: ‘So far, so good’
Going into its second week of filming, Tyler Perry Studios is setting a standard of how to run a movie studio during the coronavirus pandemic.
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With the passing of C.T. Vivian, John Lewis – Atlanta loses two pillars of its greatest generation
It felt like a gut punch. Losing C.T. Vivian and John Lewis on the same day – July 17 – was almost too much to bear. The phrase I kept repeating in my head was: “We are losing Atlanta’s greatest generation.”
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Giving thanks for the uplifting moments in our lives
Recently it has felt as though I’ve been spending too much of my energies complaining and worrying about the current state of affairs.
So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I began to count our blessings, and I realized there are so many that they won’t all fit in one column.
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Atlanta’s ‘can do’ spirit fading into ‘dysfunction junction’
Some days living in Atlanta is depressing.
Last Thursday (Oct. 17), was one of those days – marked by two events back-to-back.
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Tyler Perry, Jeff Sprecher to join JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame
Two stellar business leaders – Tyler Perry and Jeff Sprecher – will be inducted into the JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame on Feb. 22, 2020.
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Tyler Perry: ‘Absolutely no interest’ in buying more Fort Mac land
Atlanta film mogul Tyler Perry is not interested in owning any more land at the former Fort McPherson than the 330 acres he currently has.
Perry offered those comments in a telephone interview Monday evening after the board of Fort Mac Local Redevelopment Authority voted to approve the sale of the former U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) building to Easterly Government Properties (NYSE: DEA) for $17 million.
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Fort Mac developments in doubt due to messy backroom deals
A real life tug-of-war is playing out at the Fort McPherson Local Redevelopment Authority.
At stake is the future development of 144 acres of the 480-acre property that once was the Fort McPherson army base in southwest Atlanta.
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The sad saga of Fort Mac continues – same stuff, different day
Something funky is going on at Fort McPherson – again.
This time it involves the 145 acres under the control of the McPherson Implementating Local Redevelopment Authority.
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Fort McPherson wins ARC grant to update area master plan as Tyler Perry studio deal unfolds
As Tyler Perry prepares to purchase most of Fort McPherson, the Atlanta Regional Commission on Wednesday provided a $60,000 grant to update a 2004 master plan for the surrounding area.
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Atlanta’s jobs program should teach skills film industry needs to help locals get work, councilmember says
Atlanta’s workforce training program should help residents learn the skills needed to get jobs in Atlanta’s film industry, an Atlanta councilmember with a unique perspective said Tuesday.
“The movie industry is hot in the city of Atlanta,” Atlanta Councilmember Joyce Sheperd said in a meeting of the council’s Community Development and Human Resources Committee.
