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Gillem Logistics Center

Continues to Expand by Andr
by Andrew Smithew Smith

C
layton County’s prime
business location in
metro Atlanta continues
to be a major asset for
the community. The steady
development of the Gillem
Logistics Center is proof of how
Clayton County is capitalizing on
its proximity to the world’s busiest
airport and five interstate highways. property in 2007. Forest Park development project’s progress.
Located in the City of Forest Development Partners oversees the “We’re here to bring in commerce
Park, in the northeast portion of planning, marketing, and project and new jobs. That’s the most critical
Clayton County, Gillem Logistics management of Gillem Logistics thing we can do for this community.”
Center has become a hub for large Center while maintaining the rights The state-of-the-art regional
warehousing operations and a job distribution and e-commerce
creator for the area. The 1,168-acre to develop a significant portion of logistics center is fully zoned
master planned industrial park the property. for industrial use, with new
was established on the site of the According to John Gaskin, infrastructure that includes a four-
former Fort Gillem Army Base, Director of Build-to-Suit lane divided spine road, a Georgia
which was phased out by the U.S. Development for Forest Park Power substation and fiber optic
Government beginning in 2005 as Development Partners, the closure within the park.
part of the Base Realignment and of the military base resulted in the At full capacity, the site can
Closure (BRAC) Act. loss of 10,000 jobs, which was a accommodate more than 8 million
Forest Park Development huge hit to the local economy. square feet of industrial space and
Partners, LLC, a partnership “Gillem Logistics Center has 1.5 million square feet of mixed-
between Robinson Weeks Partners been a catalyst to replace the use buildings.
and Starwood Capital, was named many jobs that were lost when the In addition to the modern facilities
master developer for the base closed,” Gaskin said of the and top-notch infrastructure, Gillem
Logistics Center has been attracting
major businesses with its ideal
location. The development is within
4.5 miles of Hartsfield Jackson
International Airport, 12 miles from
downtown Atlanta, and close to
I-285, I-75 and I-85.
It is within

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