By J. Scott Trubey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; October 8, 2018
The mayor of Norfolk, Va., said over the weekend that his city is not going to get into a bidding war to keep the headquarters of rail giant Norfolk Southern and concerns about that scenario shouldn’t be used to influence the Atlanta City Council’s deliberations over the controversial redevelopment proposal for downtown Atlanta’s Gulch.
Atlanta and state of Georgia leaders have used the possibility of Norfolk Southern relocating here, and the fear of that not happening if negotiations stall, as a pressure point to motivate City Council to approve legislation for up to $1.75 billion in public funding for the project. Norfolk Southern is scouting for a headquarters location in Midtown, but its land holdings in the Gulch are key to plans to build the proposed mini-city over the barren parking lots and rail lines between the Five Points MARTA station and Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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