Atlanta Assembly was an automobile

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 factory owned by Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

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 in Hapeville, Georgia

Hapeville, Georgia

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. Harbour Consulting rated it as the most efficient auto plant in North America

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 in 2006. As part of The Way Forward

The Way Forward

Ford Motor Company's restructuring plan, made public in 2006, is known as The Way Forward.Ford is attempting to reduce fixed capital costs while maintaining a special focus on cars and car-based crossover vehicles. Over time, it hopes to make more of its product line profitable instead of relying...

plan, the plant was closed on October 27, 2006.

The Atlanta Assembly plant was opened on December 1, 1947.

Products:

• 1983–1985 Ford LTD
  Ford LTD
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• 1983–1985 Mercury Marquis
  Mercury Marquis
  These were known as the "Continental Styling" years, as Mercury was trying to market itself as an affordable Lincoln, rather than a more expensive Ford...
  
  
• 1986–2007 Ford Taurus
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• 1986–2005 Mercury Sable
  Mercury Sable
  The Sable was a very important sedan for both Mercury and the American auto industry.Ford had lagged in introducing mid-size front wheel drive cars to compete against General Motors' Chevrolet Citation and its best-selling Chevrolet Celebrity/Pontiac 6000/Oldsmobile Cutlass/Buick Century quartet as...
  
  

The plant was purchased for over $40 million by Jacoby Development, Inc., in June 2008. Demolition of the plant began in August 2008 and is expected to take one year. The site is expected to be used for the Aerotropolis Atlanta

Aerotropolis Atlanta

Aerotropolis Atlanta is a planned mixed-use development in Hapeville, Georgia on the site of the former Ford Atlanta Assembly Plant. The site is directly adjacent to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The complex is to house offices, retail, and entertainment.The plant was purchased for over...

 6500000 square feet (603,869.8 m²) "multi use" community of retail, office, and hotel developments as well as additional parking for the adjacent Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Prior to the operation of this assembly plant, Ford operated another assembly plant

Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant (Atlanta, Georgia)

The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant at 699 Ponce de Leon Avenue in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia was the headquarters of the Ford Motor Company's southeastern US operations from 1915 to 1942...

 and offices on Ponce de Leon Avenue near the old Sears headquarters building

City Hall East

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, in the Poncey-Highland

Poncey-Highland

Poncey-Highland is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, located south of Virginia-Highland. It so named because it is near the intersection of east/west Ponce de Leon Avenue and north/southwest North Highland Avenue. This Atlanta neighborhood was established between 1905 and 1930,...

 neighborhood just northeast of Downtown Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta

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May 11, 2011 Porsche North America announced plans to move their headquarters to Aerotropolis Atlanta. The complex will include a new office building and test track