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[DigitalSky]

What is coming to the former L&T spot at this mall?

[Lady Celeste]

The Lord & Taylor space at Northpoint Mall was filled shortly after they left the mall. The space was filled by Dillard's.

The Lord & Taylor space at Phipps Plaza was filled shortly after they left. The space was filled by Nordstrom's.

As you already know, The Lord & Taylor space at The Mall of Georgia will be filled by...ummm....Belks.

[DigitalSky]

Oh, really? So Dillard's has 2 stoes at this mall now?

http://www.generalgr...Mall_aerial.jpg

[Lady Celeste]

cantnot, on Feb 25 2006, 08:07 PM, said:

Oh, really? So Dillard's has 2 stoes at this mall now?

http://www.generalgr...Mall_aerial.jpg

Well that is a good question then. I didn't know that Northpoint was a six anchor mall. I don't know why I was thinking that Dillard's filled that spot.

I will email the general manager (Chris Burgum) to find out.

[Lady Celeste]

Okay Cantnot.....I am still trying to figure out the answer to your inquiry but this is what I have found so far:

From an article dated January 04, 2005

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Nordstrom took over Lord & Taylor's lease at Simon's Phipps Plaza in Atlanta, and the Seattle-based retailer is rumored to be a likely replacement at other locations, including Atlanta's Nortpoint Mall and Miami's Aventura Mall.

The article in whole:
Retail Information

I will continue to look and I have emailed both the Corporate owners of North Point as well as the general manager of the mall.

[DigitalSky]

Thanks for the digging and the information Lady Celeste!!

[Scraper Enthusiast]

I wish other department stores would enter the Atlanta market.  What about a Hecht's?

[Newnan]

never heard of Hechts's

[Scraper Enthusiast]

Newnan, on Feb 28 2006, 07:54 PM, said:

never heard of Hechts's

Hecht's is a department store found throughout Virginia and Maryland.  It may even be in part of the carolinas.

[teshadoh]

Correct me please old-timers, but I believe Hechts used to be widespread across the southeast as it was a store comparable to Woolworths.

[charlotte_bon_vivant]

Hecht's is gone. They won't be opening anywhere anymore.

I could be wrong, but I do not remember seeing Hecht's anywhere in GA when I was growing up. If Hecht's was ever in GA, it was prior to 32/33 years ago or there were very few stores.

[catlike]

Brad,

Hecht's is part of the May Company and is a department store (ranging from slightly better than Penney's to fairly high-end, depending on the grade of the store).

Are you thinking Heck's? I remember seeing stores in West Virginia with that name that were discount stores.

Edited by catlike, 28 February 2006 - 10:33 PM.

[DigitalSky]

I'm quite confident Hecht's in its early days was in the immediate DC/Baltimore area. They came into other parts of VA and NC after taking over Richmond-based Thalhimer's department store. They also expanded into Tenn.  Yes, by September they will become Macy's as a result of MayCo's buyout by Federated.

Edited by cantnot, 01 March 2006 - 10:11 AM.

[catlike]

They've been in the Baltimore/DC area as long as I can remember. I had heard about the buyout, but I wasn't sure when the conversion was taking place.

Edited by catlike, 28 February 2006 - 10:10 PM.

[StevenRocks]

cantnot, on Feb 28 2006, 10:58 PM, said:

I'm quite confident Hecht's in its early days was in the immediate DC/Baltimore area. They came into other parts of VA and NC after taking over Richmond-based Thalhimers. They also expanded into Tenn.  Yes, by September they will become Macy's as a result of MayCo's buyout by Federated.

You're right.

[DigitalSky]

Thanks :-D

[teshadoh]

I'm just completely wrong I guess, sorry for the confusion...

[DigitalSky]

Well you're only 100% right 50% of the time..

[romania]

North Point is too nice to become a dead mall!  Now, the Parisian will be Belk and L&T is empty.  How about this..... Belk can take the bigger L & T spot and then they do one of those "lifestyle" things with the old Parisian store.  How is that?  Or maybe Bloomingdale's can create one of their Home Stores there instead.

[StevenRocks]

romania, on Aug 6 2006, 01:18 PM, said:

North Point is too nice to become a dead mall!  Now, the Parisian will be Belk and L&T is empty.  How about this..... Belk can take the bigger L & T spot and then they do one of those "lifestyle" things with the old Parisian store.  How is that?  Or maybe Bloomingdale's can create one of their Home Stores there instead.

Those sound like excellent ideas to me.  Or they could convince Neiman Marcus to take over one of the empty anchor spots instead of building a new mall.