Southlake Mall (Atlanta)
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| Location | Morrow, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 33°34′31″N 84°21′07″W / 33.57528°N 84.35194°W |
| Opening date | 1976 |
| Developer | The Rouse Company |
| Owner | CityView Commercial |
| No. of stores and services | 120 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,010,000 sq ft (94,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 5,500 |
| Website | southlakemall |
Southlake Mall is a shopping mall located in Morrow, Georgia, United States. The mall is in Clayton County and its trade area includes Henry County, one of the fastest-growing areas in Georgia. The mall is located along Interstate 75 and State Highway 54, also known as Jonesboro Road.
History
[edit]Southlake Mall opened in 1976[1] with anchor stores Rich's, Davison's, Sears, and JCPenney. The two-story, 230,000-square-foot Rich's store was the chain's eleventh suburban location and opened in August 1976.[2] It had a restaurant and snack bar.[2]
In 1986 Davison's was renamed for its parent company, Macy's. In January 2003, Macy's closed most former Davison's locations, including this one. At the same time, Rich's stores were rebranded as Rich's-Macy's.[3] In 2005, Rich's-Macy's was rebranded as Macy's.
In 199, the mall was renovated. The food court was relocated to the lower level and a carousel was added. The escalators were moved to either end of the mall, replacing one near the center. The fountain was removed from the downstairs area in front of Sears and Radio Shack to accommodate one of the escalators.
JCPenney closed its anchor store on June 1, 2011.[1]
On February 5, 2013, the mall went into foreclosure - after several years of decline. Anchor spaces were not included in the foreclosure.[4]
General Growth Properties, then the mall's owner, which had just emerged itself in 2010 from bankruptcy, released its interests in the mall - citing its new focus to concentrate on stronger performing properties. The mall's mortgage was supervised for a short time in 2012 by C-III Asset Management before being sold to B Properties - a subsidiary of Bayer Properties that specializes in rehabilitating struggling malls.[5]
Sears closed its anchor store in September 2018, leaving Macy's as the only anchor.[6][7]
The mall was sold to a joint venture between two New York real estate companies, CityView Commercial LLC and Jacobs Real Estate Advisors in January, 2019. The seller was Vintage Capital Group of Los Angeles.[8]
List of anchor stores
[edit]| Name | No. of floors |
Year opened |
Year closed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davison's | 2 | 1976 | 1986 | |
| JCPenney | 2 | 1976 | 2011 | |
| Macy's | 2 | 1986 | 2003 | Replaced Davison's |
| 2 | 2003 | — | Replaced Rich's; co-branded Rich's–Macy's from 2003–2005 | |
| Rich's | 2 | 1976 | 2003 | |
| Sears | 2 | 1976 | 2018 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kass, Arielle (25 January 2011). "J.C. Penney to close 3 Atlanta-area stores". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b Clemmons, Jeff (7 August 2012). Rich's: A Southern Institution. The History Press. ISBN 978-1609491918.
- ^ Brock, Ed (27 August 2003). "Mall space still open". Clayton News Daily. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ Trubey, Scott (7 February 2013). "Clayton's Southlake Mall foreclosed". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Kass, Arielle (12 September 2012). "Mall woes: Gwinnett Place changes hands, Southlake troubled". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Coyne, Amanda; Becca Godwin (31 May 2018). "Sears closing 3 'non-profitable' metro Atlanta stores". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ Smith, Aaron (31 May 2018). "Here are the 63 Sears and Kmart locations closing". CNN Business.
- ^ Trubey, J. Scott (6 February 2019). "Southlake Mall in Clayton County sold to New York owners". AJC.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.