EBR Metro-Council gives green light to rezone the old Cortana mall - Amazon is happening

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EBR Metro-Council gives green light to rezone the old Cortana mall, future site of Amazon

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The East Baton Rouge Metro-Council gave the green light for the old Cortana Mall be rezoned to make way for Amazon’s distribution center.

At Wednesday meeting, there was not much opposition with all, but one council member voting for the measures.

“Everyone is excited about the opportunity, are excited about the job creation opportunities, excited about the revitalization that it will bring to the area” said East Baton Rouge Metro-Council member for District 6, Cleve Dunn.

The vote makes way for the property to be rezoned from Heavy Commercial (C2) and Commercial Alcohol Beverage (bar and lounge) (C-AB-2) to Commercial Warehousing Three (CW3) on property located on Cortana Place, to the east of Airline Highway, north of Florida Boulevard, on the properties known as the Goudchaux Site, Developer’s Site, Wilson’s Site, Mervyn’s Site, Dillard Site, Sears Sie and Tract JC-1 of Cortana Mall.

The company acquired the property paying more than $17-million-dollars saying that the site would become a 2.9 million square foot facility.

“No longer will we be pointing to that space as an eyesore, as blighted property, as disinvestment” said East Baton Rouge’s Mayor-President, Sharon Weston Broome.

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