Mercer buys Georgia Convention’s headquarters

ATLANTA — The Georgia Baptist Convention has sold its building and property in northeast Atlanta to Mercer University for $12 million. Sources at both the convention and Mercer confirmed the sale Aug. 22, although no formal announcement was made.

The five-story building is on a 25-acre site adjoining the Atlanta campus of Mercer, which has its main campus in Macon. The 200,000-square-foot building is about 40 years old.

The Georgia Baptist Convention plans to move to a new facility in Gwinnett County. Terms of the sale allow the convention to use the current building for up to three years while the new facility is built.