Perimeter Mall is a shopping mall in Perimeter Center, Dunwoody, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, near the interchange of Interstate 285 (the Perimeter) and Georgia State Route 400. It is the second-largest shopping mall in the state of Georgia, the largest being the Mall of Georgia in Buford, Georgia. The mall features Macy's, Dillard's, Von Maur, and Nordstrom.
 Perimeter Mall sign in April 2021 | |
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| Location | Dunwoody, Georgia, U.S. (with an Atlanta mailing address)[1] |
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| Address | 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Management | Brookfield Properties (Brookfield Property Partners) |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties (Brookfield Property Partners) |
| No. of stores and services | 158 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,564,046 sq ft (145,304.6 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 (3 in anchors) |
| Parking | 7,700 |
| Public transit access | MARTA: at Dunwoody station |
| Website | www |
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Perimeter Mall is different from other shopping malls in Atlanta in that it much busier than most and has more current retail stores. It also offers upscale restaurants and salons. It features valet parking. The mall sits at the center of the region called “Perimeter”.
It can be accessed by MARTA's Dunwoody station, which opened at the southwest corner of its parking lot in 1996.
History
editSometime before its opening in 1971, the Spruill family sold a large portion of their property for the construction of Perimeter Mall, with the completion of Dunwoody Village occurring the same year.
Perimeter Mall opened (1971) and was the fourth mall to open in DeKalb County, after Avondale Mall in 1964, North DeKalb Mall in 1965, and the Gallery at South DeKalb in 1968. Its original anchor stores were Rich's and JCPenney, which made it very similar in design and layout to the nearby Greenbriar Mall. Perimeter Mall was the first mall in metro Atlanta to be located outside of I-285.
In 1977, the first Great American Cookie Company store opened at the mall.[3]
In 1982, an additional wing that included a Davison's was added. This gave the mall a T shape. Davison's became Macy's in 1986.
On April 25, 1990, James Calvin Brady, a 31-year-old man with a psychiatric history opened fire with a revolver in the food court, killing one person and injuring 4 others before turning himself in to the police.[4][5][6]
A brand new 5-level parking garage was built in November 1997.[7]
On February 20, 1998, Nordstrom opened its first location in the Southeast, a 3-level 230,000 square foot store in the mall.[8] The same year Nordstrom opened, the mall was expanded again.[9]
Cheesecake Factory would officially open at Perimeter Mall in 2000.[10] JCPenney closed that same year, and the store was demolished to make way for a new Dillard's, which opened in 2005.
The Rouse Company, the original owner of the mall, sold the property to General Growth Properties in 2003.
Rich's became Rich's-Macy's in 2003 and the original Macy's closed and became Bloomingdale's the same year. Rich's-Macy's became just Macy's in 2005.
In 2012, it was announced Von Maur would reconstruct and replace Bloomingdale's which would shutter.[11][12]
In 2013, the food court was renovated and a Chipotle Mexican Grill was added.[13]
From 2015 to 2016, the mall underwent renovations including new ceramic flooring, new lighting, modern seating areas, updated restrooms and new signage. Some of the mall's original 1970s decor was replaced.[14]
By 2023, since the government lockdown, Perimeter Mall had announced several newest additions, among them are Ubikwitas7 World Of Hats, Psycho Bunny, Mango, Fabletics, Lovisa, and Warby Parker.[15]
List of anchor stores
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| Name | No. of floors |
Year opened |
Year closed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale's | 3 | 2003 | 2012 | Replaced first Macy's |
| Davison's | 3 | 1982 | 1986 | |
| Dillard's | 3 | 2005 | — | Replaced JCPenney |
| JCPenney | 1971 | 2000 | ||
| Macy's | 3 | 1986 | 2003 | Replaced Davison's |
| 3 | 2003 | — | Replaced Rich's, co-branded Rich's–Macy's from 2003–2005 | |
| Nordstrom | 3 | 1998 | — | |
| Rich's | 3 | 1971 | 2003 | |
| Von Maur | 3 | 2012 | — | Replaced Bloomingdale's |
References
edit- ^ "Mall Hours, Address, & Directions | Perimeter Mall". Perimeter Mall Official Website. Brookfield Properties. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30346
- Please use the following tools provided to determine what territory the mall lies in: A GIS interactive map published by Fulton County highlighting Atlanta's city limits (portions of Atlanta extend into DeKalb County where the mall is physically located) and a city boundary map published by the city of Dunwoody - Perimeter Mall is not in Atlanta city limits if you type in the mall's address on either link. - ^ "Perimeter Mall". Brookfield Properties.
- ^ Newmark, Avery (May 18, 2018). "8 things you didn't know about Atlanta's Great American Cookies". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ "Smiling Gunman Opens Fire in Mall; Had Been in Mental Hospital". AP NEWS. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Archives, L. A. Times (April 25, 1990). "Former Mental Patient Kills 1 in Mall Shooting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Smothers, Ronald; Times, Special To the New York (April 25, 1990). "Man Shoots 5, Killing One, In a Georgia Shopping Mall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Development Digest". National Real Estate Investor. March 1, 1998.
- ^ "Nordstrom Perimeter Mall grand opening". The Atlanta Constitution.
- ^ Lamm, Marcy (June 15, 1998). "Malls lead the way as shopping habits undergo revolution". American City Business Journals.
- ^ "Cheesecake Factory Perimeter Mall grand opening". The Atlanta Constitution.
- ^ Kass, Arielle (January 5, 2012). "Von Maur to replace Bloomingdale's at Perimeter Mall". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ "Perimeter Mall Bloomingdale's closing". American City Business Journals. January 4, 2012.
- ^ Murchison, Adrianne (September 12, 2013). "Popular Chipotle Opens Another Area Restaurant Inside Perimeter Mall". Patch Media.
- ^ Kendall, Janet Jones (April 17, 2015). "Renovations will boost Perimeter Mall". American City Business Journals.
- ^ Capelouto, J. D. "Amazon 'currently hiring' for first physical Georgia location in Perimeter Mall". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.