Mall of Georgia

Mall of Georgia

Main entrance plaza of the Mall of Georgia
Location	Buford, Georgia, USA
Opening date	1999
Developer	Simon Properties
Management	Simon Properties
Owner	Simon Properties
No. of stores and services	200+
No. of anchor tenants	5
Total retail floor area	1,786,000 sq ft (165,900 m2)
No. of floors	3
Website	Mall of Georgia

Mall of Georgia is a regional shopping mall located in the Mill Creek District of Gwinnett County, Georgia, near the city of Buford, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Atlanta. Built in 1999, it is currently the largest shopping mall in the state of Georgia,^[1] consisting of more than two hundred stores on three levels.^[2] The mall's anchor stores include Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's, and Nordstrom; other major stores include Barnes & Noble, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Havertys. Also, located in the Mall of Georgia Crossing is Nordstrom Rack, T.J. Maxx, and Target. Also featured in the mall is a large village section, comprising lifestyle tenants and restaurants in an outdoor setting, as well as a 500-seat amphitheater.^[3] Simon Property Group manages the Mall of Georgia.

History

The Mall of Georgia opened August 13, 1999 featuring Dillard's, JCPenney, Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom as its anchor stores, with Bed Bath & Beyond, Havertys and Galyan's (now Dick's Sporting Goods) as additional mini anchors.^[1] The Mall of Georgia also has a 20 Regal Cinema and an IMAX Theater, which is 1 of 4 in the State of Georgia; the other IMAX theaters are located at Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, The National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning and Regal Augusta Exchange Stadium 20 & IMAX in Augusta. In 2000, Atlanta-based Rich's was added on,^[4] and many more mall stores were added, bringing the total number of stores in the mall to more than 200. Lord & Taylor closed in 2003, and was replaced with Belk in 2005.^[5] Following Federated Department Stores' (now Macy's, Inc.) decision to consolidate nameplates 2003, the Rich's store at Mall of Georgia was dual-branded as Rich's-Macy's, and the Rich's name was dropped entirely in 2005.

Statue

The statue atop the mall is of Button Gwinnett, for whom its location of Gwinnett County is named.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lloyd, Brenda (August 1999). "Mall of Georgia keeps overall theme close to home: Lord & Taylor, JC Penney's, Dillard's, Rich's, Nordstrom anchor new center". Daily News Record. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_199908/ai_n14952339. Retrieved 2007-09-24. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ http://www.simon.com/about_simon/leasing/LocalMall.aspx?id=208 Mall Leasing Information
3. ^ "Mall of Georgia debuts". Retail Traffic Mag. 1999-09-01. http://retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_mall_georgia_debuts/. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 
4. ^ DeGross, Renee (2000-08-25). "Year-old Mall of Georgia changes area economic climate". The Journal-Record. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20000825/ai_n10139597. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 
5. ^ "Simon to put 13th Belk in metro Atlanta". Atlanta Business Chronicle. 2005-12-07. http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2005/12/05/daily29.html. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 

Charles Francis Jenkins, Button Gwinnett: Signer of the Declaration of Independence (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1926).

Harvey H. Jackson, Lachlan McIntosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1979).

Kenneth Coleman, The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-1789 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1958).

External links

• Mall of Georgia

Coordinates: 34°03′55″N 83°59′05″W / 34.065411°N 83.984702°W / 34.065411; -83.984702