ATLANTA-Gov. Sonny Perdue and the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism have placed a prime 1,500-acre manufacturing plant site on the market after investing a total $60 million in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade DaimlerChrysler to build a Sprinter van assembly complex in Pooler, GA, a suburb of 8,000 residents, five miles north of Savannah.

According to a spokesperson for the governor’s office, DaimlerChrysler is tentatively shelving plans to build the van site because of weak domestic and foreign van sales.

The German-based automaker “did not have a formal contract with the state or any sort of agreement” with Georgia officials to develop the site, a source in the governor’s office tells GlobeSt.com. DaimlerChrysler “left the door open” to resume negotiations with the state at a later date, the source says.

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