[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. McPherson (GA) lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lawsuit filed against Tyler Perry's Fort McPherson plans

By Katie Leslie
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 20, 2014

A local entertainment company has filed a legal challenge to Tyler  
Perry’s plans to build a motion picture studio at Fort McPherson.

Attorneys for Ubiquitous Entertainment Studios say the company has  
been planning its own "movie studio entertainment complex" on the  
Army post for years.

According to the lawsuit, filed in federal court this week, the firm  
began meeting with the civilian authority overseeing Fort McPherson’s  
redevelopment about its plans as far back as 2011. UES wanted to buy  
80 acres of the 488-acre post.

But purchasing the land was put on hold, according to the suit,  
because the civilian authority overseeing Fort McPherson  
redevelopment said it couldn't negotiate an offer until it owned the  
property sometime in 2014.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/lawsuit-filed-against-tyler-perrys-fort- 
mcpherson-/nghq8/




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