GM Plants: The Last To Go
While most critics are speculating and a wide number of GM plants to be abandoned soon, the matter of what would happen to these empty buildings and lots has many curious onlookers thinking, what would become of them? Well surely, GM will still hold on to them unless of course a great offer comes for the lease or purchase of these former GM plants.
As for earlier abandoned lots, they have already been converted into something useful. Something similar to the Tinker Air Force Base which transformed the former GM plant based in Oklahoma into an aerospace facility, an industry that has been slowly flourishing.
“This provides a significant benefit to the many public-private partnerships that have become the hallmark of Tinker’s success,” Williams said.
Oklahoma’s benefits from repurposing a former GM plant include:
- Recoup lost jobs
- Repurpose major infrastructure
- Increase growth of the state’s aerospace industry
- Bring new business opportunities for the private sector
That is only one transformation we have seen. Surely, we will be seeing more of these abandoned GM factories transformed and surely they are going to come from businesses that are still doing good despite the recession.
(Source) Press
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