Bookstore owner files bankruptcy, scraps plans to relocate. The corner of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue in Midtown is going to have a very different vibe than its had for the past 15 years come Friday morning. That’s because the corner’s iconic Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse has permanently closed, the bookstore announced in a letter [...]
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Billy Reid opening West Midtown boutique
Southern-inspired clothing store takes space at Westside Provision District Billy Reid is opening its seventh shop in West Midtown, Bearings Atlanta first reported. The Southern-inspired clothing boutique will open at Westside Provision District , according to the report. The 2,500 square-foot space, at 1170 Howell Mill Road, will reportedly offer both mens and womens collections. [...]
Michael Kors to replace Theory at Phipps Plaza
Retailer to open its newest store across the street from an existing Buckhead location. Michael Kors, an American luxury lifestyle retailer, is opening its fourth Georgia location. It will open at Phipps Plaza, across the street from the existing Michael Kors boutique at Lenox Square Mall. Michael Kors filed a permit with City of Atlanta [...]
The Georgia Aquarium’s retail provider spending $650K to renovate main gift store
Aquarium to open temporary gift shop during construction. The largest of The Georgia Aquarium’s two gift shops is slated for renovations. A permit citing construction costs of $650,000 was filed with City of Atlanta for the project. The aquarium’s retailer provider, Event Network, will be funding the renovations, Mackenzie Anderson, public relations specialist for the [...]
Sur La Table spending $700K to take Williams Sonoma’s Phipps Plaza space
Kitchenware retailer files permit to build demonstration kitchen at Buckhead Mall Sur La Table is opening its newest store at Phipps Plaza mall in Buckhead. The kitchenware retailer will replace Williams Sonoma in space 1035, at 3500 Peachtree Street, according to a permit filed with City of Atlanta Wednesday. Sur La Table will spend an [...]
Von Maur to replace Bloomingdale’s at Perimeter Mall
Upscale department store takes 234,00-square-foot space at Dunwoody Mall. The Bloomingdale’s at Perimeter Mall, scheduled to close early Spring, already has a replacement. General Growth Properties (GGP), owner of the Dunwoody Mall, announced in a press release Thursday, Von Maur department store will take the soon-to-be vacant Bloomingdale’s space. It was just Wednesday that Bloomingdale’s [...]
UPDATED: Bloomingdale’s to shutter at Perimeter Mall
Department store to keep its Lenox Square Mall location in Buckhead open. UPDATE (Jan. 5, 2012): Von Maur to replace Bloomingdale’s at Perimeter Mall Bloomingdale’s, a high-end department store chain owned by Macy’s Inc., is closing its Perimeter Mall store in Dunwoody early Spring, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle (ABC). The department store chain [...]
A Cappella Books relocating to Inman Park after 22 years
Bookstore hosting moving sale now through Jan. 31. A Cappella Books, a mainstay in the Little Five Points neighborhood since 1989, is relocating to Inman Park. The bookstore, at 484-C Moreland Avenue, will reopen at 208 Haralson Avenue February 1, Atlanta INtown Paper first tweeted. Frank Reiss, owner of A Cappella Books, announced the bookstore [...]
T.J. Maxx spending $650K to open 23,000-square-foot Midtown store
National discount fashion retailer to replace Borders Books and Music. Maxxinistas: start your engines! T.J. Maxx is coming to Midtown. The discount fashion retailer is opening a 23,000-square-foot store inside the Midtown Place shopping center, at 650 Ponce de Leon Avenue, according to a permit filed with City of Atlanta Wednesday. The store will occupy [...]
City Sports to close at Atlantic Station
Midtown development runs into ‘another leasing opportunity.’ City Sports, an athletic performance apparel, shoes, and accessories retailer, is closing its Atlantic Station location. The Boston-based retailer, at 261 19th Street, will shutter January 1, according to Liz Gillespie, director of marketing for Town Center at Atlantic Station. “City Sports will close on January 1 providing [...]
CVS/pharmacy spending $733K to open Downtown Store
Pharmacy takes space at Peachtree Center North Tower. CVS/pharmacy is opening a Downtown location. The retail pharmacy filed a permit with City of Atlanta last week for tenant finishes to its new 13,000-square-foot store inside Peachtree Center North Tower. CVS/pharmacy will spend an estimated $732,500 to convert space, at 235 Peachtree Street, into the drug [...]
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