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Up-to-$68 million Atlanta detention center sale held in committee

The proposal would transfer the center at 254 Peachtree St. SW to Fulton County while keeping city detainees housed there under a separate lease.

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Editorial illustration derived from a photograph of Fulton County Courthouse, with graphic processing emphasizing its pale corner facade, rows of windows and tall columns against blue sky; trees partly cover the lower floors.
City context: Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, photographed March 23, 2019—not the detention center discussed in the proposal. Editorial illustration.Editorial illustration · Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States

Atlanta's Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee held a resolution Sept. 14 that would authorize selling the Atlanta City Detention Center at 254 Peachtree St. SW to Fulton County for a price not exceeding $68 million. The unanimous hold did not authorize the transfer.

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The proposal also calls for a lease of up to 50 years under which the city would pay the county's per-detainee costs to keep people in city custody or under Municipal Court jurisdiction housed at the center. Atlanta would retain a right of first refusal and an option to buy before the county could sell the property to a third party during a period of up to 50 years.

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