Inside some buildings on the GE campus, so many brittle paint chips have fallen from the peeling ceiling that crossing the concrete floor is almost like walking on eggshells.
Crunch … crunch … crunch.
Even so, the team tackling redevelopment of the former General Electric campus is anything but hesitant.
“It's just been a creative dream,” said Kevan Biggs, head of Biggs Development.
“It's been amazing to envision what this will become – not if, but when.”
Biggs led one of three groups that toured the local, 31-acre campus May 26.
About four dozen local business leaders got a rare look into the neglected brick buildings that sit on both sides of Broadway near Taylor Street.
Many of the visitors also toured Durham, North Carolina's American Tobacco Co. campus the previous week.
“I could see the wheels turning, comparing what this could be to what they saw,” Biggs said afterward.
Decatur firm Biggs Development and Indianapolis firm Greenstreet Limited are partnering with the lead developer, Baltimore firm Cross Street Development, on the $300 million project.