The 1948 Oldsmobile was assembled in the Doraville General Motors plant that's now set to become a film production studio. | By dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada
The 1948 Oldsmobile was assembled in the Doraville General Motors plant that's now set to become a film production studio. | By dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada
Doraville will honor its former General Motors plant with a car show before it transforms into the state's largest film production site.
In honor of the GM Assembly Plant closing, Doraville will host the car show on June 26 as part of Doraville's 150th anniversary, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said.
"I think that everybody or probably a lot of people have heard that great television or subsidiary of theirs acquired the full the entire hundred and thirty remaining acres of the assembly site. And their intention is to stick with the vision that had been laid out by the city and by previous developers to create a live work play environment. But the work part is going to be made up primarily of movie production or entertainment production type services. So they're actually supposed to be getting moving fairly quickly this summer," Mayor Joseph Geierman told the "What's Up Dunwoody" podcast.
The GM Assembly Plant was operational between 1947 until closing its doors in 2008. During that time, employees built some of the most iconic classic cars including the 1948 Oldsmobile, the AJC reported.
Gray Television purchased the total 128-acre site and will include at least 10 film studios, apartments, townhomes, a hotel, corporate offices, restaurants and retail space.
The car show will also include food trucks and other family-friendly events as a final farewell to the once-booming car assembly plant, the newspaper reported.
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