Atlanta, GA
UPS says $10M tax break needed to retain nearly 1,700 jobs near Atlanta
DeKalb authority grants world’s largest parcel deliverer tax savings in effort to stave off job cuts.
UPS driver Marty Thompson delivers a package in Cumming. DeKalb has granted the company a tax break to try to keep its Pleasantdale Road facility open. (AP 2014)
As UPS closes dozens of buildings and cuts tens of thousands of jobs across its vast network, officials in one metro Atlanta county said they needed to take action to prevent a local facility from suffering a similar fate.
The Decide DeKalb development authority Thursday approved a $10.1 million property tax break that UPS said would spare a more than 40-year-old facility near Doraville from the chopping block. The shipping center at 3930 Pleasantdale Road currently employs more than 2,000 full- and part-time workers, and UPS said the tax break will help retain most of those positions.
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Zachary Hansen, a Georgia native, covers economic development and commercial real estate for the AJC. He’s been with the newspaper since 2018 and enjoys diving into complex stories that affect people’s lives.