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North DeKalb Mall
Mall facts and statistics
Location	Decatur, Georgia, USA
Opening date	1965
No. of stores and services	85
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	635,000 sq ft
Website	North DeKalb Mall

North Dekalb Mall is one of the earliest major shopping malls in the Atlanta area, located in the suburb of Decatur at the split of US 29 and US 78. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 463 pixelsFull resolution (2256 × 1306 pixel, file size: 1. ... For the south-western Georgia county, see Decatur County, Georgia. ... Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... For the south-western Georgia county, see Decatur County, Georgia. ... United States Highway 29 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,036 miles (1,667 km) from the western suburbs of Baltimore to Pensacola, Florida. ... United States Highway 78 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 715 miles (1,151 km) from Charleston, South Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee. ...

Opening

North DeKalb Mall was originally built as one of Atlanta's first enclosed malls anchored by Rich's and was called North DeKalb Center. The mall first opened July 29, 1965, with 54 stores. The stores were of the typical mall variety found the in the 1960's. Here is a partial list: This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

• Woolworth's
• Zachry,
• Regenstein's
• The Playboy Shop
• Flagg Brothers Shoes
• Butler's Shoes
• Thompson, Boland and Lee Shoe store
• Decatur Federal Savings and Loan.
• Casual Corner
• Pearle Opical
• Pet Village
• Hickory Farms
• North DeKalb Theater^[1]

North DeKalb Center provided the third major shopping center in the county in addition to Columbia Mall (later Avondale Mall) and Belvedere Plaza. The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworths) was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. ... Avondale Mall, originally known as Columbia Mall, opened in 1964 and was the first enclosed mall in Georgia. ... Belvedere Plaza Shopping Center, located in Belvedere Park (at Memorial Dr — S.R. 154 — and Columbia Drive), was one of the earliest malls in the Atlanta area. ...

Renovations & Expansion

In order to compete, the mall was remodeled and upgraded numerous times over the years. One of the first expansions was to Rich's, which added a large, one-story Men's Store to the front of the mall.

In 1986, North Dekalb Mall was expanded and renovated with two new additional anchors: Mervyn's and Lechmere. The additions helped the mall to remain competitive in a county that had a saturated market with six total malls. The mall was also renamed from that time up until after 2000 as "Market Square at North Dekalb", which was later scrapped for the original name. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Mervyns is a neighborhood department store based in Hayward, California. ... Lechmere Square (pronounced leech-meer) is located at the intersection of Cambridge St. ...

Store Closings & New Stores

Lechmere eventually went bankrupt and Mervyn's eliminated its Georgia locations in the late 1990s, tenants quickly filled the vacancies. Phar-Mor discount drug store was opened after Lechmere closed; however, Phar-Mor closed in 1992. When Mervyn's closed all its Georgia Locations, Upton's filled the retail space until the store closed and soon after the Upton's chain went bankrupt. Stein Mart occupied the former Upton's for a few years afterward. Lechmere Square (pronounced leech-meer) is located at the intersection of Cambridge St. ... Mervyns is a neighborhood department store based in Hayward, California. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Phar-Mor was a U.S. chain of discount drug stores, based in Youngstown, Ohio and founded by Michael I. Monus (usually called Mickey Monus) and David S. Shapira in 1982. ... Lechmere Square (pronounced leech-meer) is located at the intersection of Cambridge St. ... Phar-Mor was a U.S. chain of discount drug stores, based in Youngstown, Ohio and founded by Michael I. Monus (usually called Mickey Monus) and David S. Shapira in 1982. ... Mervyns is a neighborhood department store based in Hayward, California. ... Uptons was the name of two department store chains: Uptons, based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States E. Upton and Sons, based in Middlesborough, United Kingdom Category: ... Uptons was the name of two department store chains: Uptons, based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States E. Upton and Sons, based in Middlesborough, United Kingdom Category: ...

North DeKalb Today

Now a Burlington Coat Factory occupies the former Upton's location. A Ross Dress for Less store now occupies the space that once housed a Men's Warehouse. Old Navy and The Gap both closed their stores at North DeKalb around 2003. The spot that once occupied Old Navy is now home to a store that supplies uniforms. In 2005, Rhodes Furniture, which was an anchor situated directly next to the movie theater, closed after the entire Rhodes chain went out of business. A movie theater was expanded into one of the empty anchors Lechmere. Old Navy is a brand of clothing and chain of stores owned by Gap Inc. ... For other uses, see Gap. ... Lechmere Square (pronounced leech-meer) is located at the intersection of Cambridge St. ...

In 2004, tentative plans were made to further expand and improve on the aging center by adding a Costco as an anchor and a new parking deck. So far, those plans are on hold. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world based on sales volume, headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States,[1] with its flagship warehouse in nearby Seattle. ... A stocked ships anchor. ... A multi-storey car park is a building (or part thereof) which is designed specifically to be for automobile parking and where there are a number of floors or levels (stories or storeys) on which parking takes place. ...

Current Anchors

• Macy's (195,752 sq. ft., formerly Rich's)
• Burlington Coat Factory (75,000 sq. ft.)
• AMC 16 Theatres (63,395 sq. ft.)

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Major Stores

• All About The House (40,093 sq. ft.)
• Little Bucks (23,232 sq. ft.)
• Ross Dress For Less (30,000 sq. ft.)

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External Links

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References

1. ^ Mills, Linda. "New North DeKalb Center Opens Today", Dekalb New Era, Thursday, July 29, 1965.