"The Collection at Forsyth"

[DigitalSky]

Any word on progress for this project?

[Kenneth Disraili-Jean]

I hope this project never gets built. It is too far away and all it will do is break down Atlanta's efforts in stopping the rediculous L.A. type suburban sprawl.

Northpoint and Propect Park could handle all the upscale retail, since North Fulton is one of the wealthiest areas in the ATL Metro. I mean how are out do we want to go?, to the TN line north, AL west, SC east, and all the way into Macon south???

[Martinman]

No Movement on Taubman's GA 400 Mall site

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/03/08/no-movement-on-taubmans-ga-400-mall.html

 

This week's Business Chronicle has an article on this project that discusses the new retail landscape in which no department stores are in expansion mode.  It also mentions that growth in the GA 400 corridor has slowed.  Taubman says that they still hope to build on the site someday but they don't see a new mall being built in the Atlanta area in the next five years.  In fact, Taubman's City Creek in Salt Lake which opened last year was the first enclosed regional shopping center to open in the entire country in six years. 

 

Perhaps Avalon will evolve into a luxury destination if there is a market for it.