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Fortunately, it's still there That'd be a big loss.

Yes, unfortunately the Peachtree corridor through Buckhead is rapidly becoming empty restaurant spaces.

The Buckhead TGI Fridays on Peachtree Street closed as well as Roy's Hawaiian Fusion on Piedmont.

ESPN Zone in Buckhead closed today, a victim of the long-delayed Streets of Buckhead project that usurped parking in the area and gave an overall negative impression of blight. The restaurant was open for 10 years.

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/metro/...t_protests.html This is absolutely ridiculous. Can I start building a mansion, run out of money, stop in the middle of construction, and then beg taxpayers for LOTS of money just because it won't look good to have an unfinished building? Sembler is as repulsive of a company as their Midtown West development was a repulsive development.

The ABC did a special investigation on population growth and presented a detailed report on the projected status of our top 250 metropolitan areas in 2025. It was rather interesting. They project Atlanta to be the sixth largest metropolitan area in the country in 2025 with a population of 7.3 million. Ahead of us would be NYC, LA, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. http://www.bizjournals.com/edit_special/80.html

Both of those stores would be excellent for Lenox, however I have heard that parent company Abercrombie is not really in expansion mode right now especially on the Ruehl brand. Since Gilly Hicks is so new, they'll probably wait until we start coming out of the recession to expand further. I'd like to see a lifestyle component added to the Peachtree front of Lenox, tying it into the streetscape of Peachtree. Stores that are not in Atlanta yet such as Billy Reid (closest stores are Nashville and Charleston), Bose (surprised that there isn't one already), CH Carolina Herrera (rumored to be interested in SOB), Custo Barcelona (closest store is in Tampa), DeBeers, Free People (closest store is DC), Wolford (closest store is in Tampa), Original Penguin, Marciano (parent designer boutique of Guess, closest location is in Jacksonville), Swatch, Buckle (closest is North Point in Alpharetta) would be good fits as tenants. Other high-end stores that still have not committed to Atlanta, but that I would like to see are Chanel, Emporio Armani, Yves St. Laurent, Fendi, Christofle, Dior, Zegna, Futuretronics, Marc Jacobs, Prada, and of course Barney's. Streets of Buckhead will take Atlanta to the next retailing level and I hope Simon competes by making Lenox more interactive with its urban setting. As far as Phipps, I think they will hold their own. I sure hope so as Phipps, to me, is one of the most beautiful malls in the country (with the exception of Belk).

It has teal neon - need we say anything else?

As someone in the hotel industry, I am really curious why that was branded a Garden Inn instead of a full-service Hilton. Typically, Hilton Garden Inn's are select-service hotels without the food and beverage offerings that the new downtown HGI has. But you're absolutely right - it does have a very nice street dynamic. I'm loving the way the Luckie-Marietta district is coming along!

I think this is an absolutely fantastic idea. Along those lines of thinking, I'm really disappointed with whomever developed the new Orvis-anchored center just north of the Container Store. They had the opportunity to further enhance the new streetscaping of Peachtree with up-to-the-street retail. Instead, it's a suburban strip center with a parking lot in front of it. Nice. Hopefully that whole block will be redeveloped soon. The shopping center where The Container Store is outdated and too suburban.

It's not as bad as Westside Village, but most of Sembler's stuff qualifies as a half-ass try at new urbanism. All of their developments have way too much surface parking. Their best development to date is the Filene's Basement/Target/Publix in Buckhead.

Thanks, Celeste! Sounds mighty classy

Ok forgive me for being out of the technical loop, but what is EIFS?

Ick....Just horrible. All of these rooms saturating the downtown market will keep a nicer product from coming in anytime soon.

I have a hard time believing that D&G or Prada would open in Phipps. MAYBE in SofB but for Atlanta to secure those retailers would be a major deal in the retail world.

So when are they going to turn some of the fountains around the city back on? They add so much to the streetscaping.

Yes but Dallas and Houston both have aggressive plans to expand their existing train systems. Dallas' system is already larger than Atlanta's with expansion underway.

That water feature looks great. Too bad we never get much rain these days and are under hard watering restrictions.

That rendering almost looks they are going for an homage to the old, now-demolished, airport concourse from the 1960's and 70's. A Blockbuster in the airport is pretty brilliant if you ask me!

A circular escalator a la the ones at Forum Shops at Caesars Palace would be a neat touch.

Is it elitist to want or hope for a true high-end store for your highest-end mall?

I agree, Celeste. I can't believe that there was not talk about us being in the running for this thing. It's almost nice in a way though because we didn't have all of the "will we or will we not" discussions - we just won it and now we can celebrate. This is truly a great win for the city and I hope that they spare no expense in making this a world-class facility. Now if we could just get the downtown streetcars going...

Beltline project lures 'Big Dig' director Let's hope having a big-time resume will give this gentleman the clout and respect needed to move the Beltline into execution phase.

I hate to lose the Judith Leiber store. It was pretty exclusive, with locations only in New York, Costa Mesa, & Las Vegas.

Thanks, J. I love all of these older articles - very interesting. I always love to search the archives of the Atlanta Business Chronicle's website too. It's interesting to see what the development buzz was 10 and 20 years ago. It's also fun to search articles about the malls to see all the retailers that have come and gone over the years. BTW, I drove by the building threatened by Georgia Tech last night and it really would be a shame to lose that building. I can see where a church would be a tough thing to readapt, but that building looks as if it could easily be adapted into the long-range plan for Tech Square with some creativity.