Arbor Place Mall

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Arbor Place Mall


caption =
location = Douglasville, Georgia, USA
opening_date = October 13, 1999
developer =
manager = CBL & Associates
owner = CBL & Associates
number_of_stores = 140
number_of_anchors = 5
floor_area = convert|1176244|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on
floors = 2
website = [http://arborplacemall.com/shop/arbor.nsf/index Arbor Place Mall]
parking = 6,000+

Arbor Place Mall, the only regional mall directly serving the growing western suburbs of Atlanta, is located in Douglasville, Georgia, in Douglas County. Opened in October 1999, the mall was originally to be anchored by Dillard's, Parisian, Sears, and Upton's. The Upton's chain folded prior to the opening of the mall, but the contract to build the store was still completed, resulting in a vacant anchor when the mall opened. A home improvement chain named Dekor took over the Upton's site in 2000. The chain folded in 2001 and once again left the mall with a vacant anchor space. In 2003, JCPenney took over the site.

The two-level mall has been very successful and was the first to bring upscale shopping to an underserved area. Shoppers previously had to travel long distances to other Atlanta area malls. Rich's, long planned to open at the mall, finally opened as Rich's-Macy's in 2004, one of only two stores signed with the hyphen. In 2005 the Rich's name was dropped, and became just Macy's. Arbor Place Mall was built by and is still owned by CBL & Associates.

Parisian/Belk Purchase

In 2006, Belk announced that it acquired the Parisian stores from Saks Incorporated, converting all stores to the Belk nameplate in fall 2007.

Anchors

*Dillard's (convert|199852|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on)
*JCPenney (convert|80000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on)
*Macy's (convert|140000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on)
*Belk (convert|136218|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on)
*Sears (convert|123664|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on)

Major Tenants

*Bed Bath & Beyond (convert|37585|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on)
*Borders Books & Music (convert|25816|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on)
*Old Navy (convert|37585|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on)
*Regal Cinemas (convert|71534|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on, 18 screens)
*Sears
*Journeys Kidz

November 26th 2007 Shooting

On Monday, November 26, 2007, there was a shooting incident outside Arbor Place Mall, stemming from the attempted robbery of a Brinks armored truck outside. Two people -- a security guard and one of the two robbery suspects -- were shot. The shooting resulted in a bullet being shot through the food court, busting a window in the front of the mall.

External links

* [http://arborplacemall.com/shop/arbor.nsf Arbor Place Mall's webpage]