Perimeter Mall facts for kids
Interior of Perimeter Mall
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| Location | Dunwoody, Georgia, US (with an Atlanta mailing address) |
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| Address | 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Management | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| 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: Red Line
at Dunwoody station |
Perimeter Mall is a large shopping mall located in Dunwoody, Georgia. This city is a suburb of Atlanta, near where two big roads, Interstate 285 and Georgia State Route 400, meet. It is the second largest shopping mall in the state of Georgia. The biggest mall in Georgia is the Mall of Georgia in Buford, Georgia.
Big department stores like Dillard's, Nordstrom, Von Maur, and Macy's are the main "anchor" stores at Perimeter Mall. What makes this mall special are its outdoor shops, fancy restaurants, and salons. These are connected by pretty gardens and paths. The mall also offers valet parking, which means someone parks your car for you. You can easily get to the mall using MARTA's Dunwoody station, which opened in 1996 right by the mall's parking lot.
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History of Perimeter Mall
Perimeter Mall first opened its doors in 1971. It was the fourth mall to open in DeKalb County. Before it, there were Avondale Mall (1964), North DeKalb Mall (1965), and the Gallery at South DeKalb (1968). When it first opened, its main stores were Rich's and JCPenney. This made it look a lot like the nearby Greenbriar Mall. Perimeter Mall was also the first mall in the Atlanta area to be built outside the I-285 highway loop.
In 1977, the very first Great American Cookie Company store started at Perimeter Mall. In 1982, the mall grew bigger with a new section that included a Davison's store. This addition made the mall shaped like a "T." Davison's later changed its name to Macy's in 1986.
A large, five-level parking garage was built in November 1997. On February 20, 1998, Nordstrom opened its first store in the southeastern United States at Perimeter Mall. This was a huge, three-level store. The mall was expanded again in the same year Nordstrom opened.
The popular Cheesecake Factory restaurant officially opened at Perimeter Mall in 2000. That same year, JCPenney closed its store. The building was torn down to make room for a new Dillard's store, which opened in 2005.
The company that first owned the mall, The Rouse Company, sold it to General Growth Properties in 2003. In 2003, Rich's became Rich's-Macy's. The original Macy's store then closed and became Bloomingdale's that same year. By 2005, Rich's-Macy's became just Macy's.
On January 4, 2012, Macy's announced that the Bloomingdale's store at the mall would close. The very next day, on January 5, Von Maur announced it would take over that spot. This became Von Maur's second store in Georgia.
In 2013, the mall's food court was updated. A Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant was also added. From 2015 to 2016, the mall went through more big changes. These included new ceramic floors, new lighting, modern seating areas, updated restrooms, and new signs. Some of the mall's original look from the 1970s was replaced.
In March 2016, the Pinkberry frozen yogurt shop closed. It had been open since 2014. In March 2017, the Bebe Stores clothing store at the mall also closed.
Anchor Stores
Anchor stores are usually large department stores that help attract shoppers to a mall.
Current Anchor Stores
Former Anchor Stores
- Bloomingdale's, 2003-2012 (replaced by Von Maur)
- Davison's 1982-1986 (became Macy's)
- JCPenney 1971-2000 (replaced by Dillard's)
- Rich's 1971-2003 (replaced by Macy's)
Images for kids
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Interior of the mall
