A Cobb County agency on Tuesday approved Home Depot’s request for a tax break on a roughly $140 million project that would expand its Vinings headquarters and renovate two other corporate campuses in the area.
The Development Authority of Cobb County voted 6-0 to give initial approval for the request at a Tuesday meeting but did not disclose the estimated property tax savings that the home improvement retailer is seeking. One board member, Karen Hallacy, abstained from the vote.
Home Depot’s project is expected to create 250 full-time jobs and “enable the company to support growth initiatives and a return-to-work program that will accommodate several thousand people returning to Cobb County facilities,” according to a document from the development authority…