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https://www.bisnow.com/atlanta/news/...loyment-107309

Microsoft is laying the groundwork to bring thousands more workers to Atlanta with a series of real estate plays that could result in it being one of the area’s largest employers.

The tech giant has acquired 90 acres next to the Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry, including the large parcel where former baseball star Mark Teixeira once planned a mixed-use development. Microsoft has told a select group of state and city officials that it plans to develop a corporate campus on the site, which would eventually host up to 15,000 workers, sources familiar with the calls tell Bisnow.

Microsoft ultimately plans to develop a corporate campus over a 10-year period, but its ambitions are grander than a cluster of office buildings. The plans call for a host of other developments on the property, including affordable housing and other mixed-use elements, sources familiar with Microsoft's presentation told Bisnow.

Officially, Microsoft officials have been silent on their intentions for the land. Jeffrey Brown, the company's real estate portfolio manager in Atlanta, declined to comment when reached by phone.