Arbor Place Mall

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Arbor Place Mall, the only mall directly serving the western suburbs of Atlanta, is located in Douglasville, GA in Douglas County. Originally opened in 1999, the mall was to open originally with Dillard's, Parisian, Sears and Upton's. Current anchors include Dillard's, Parisian (becoming Belk in Fall 2007), Sears, JCPenney and Macy's. The Upton's chain folded prior to the opening of the mall, but the contract to build the store was still completed, resulting in a vacant anchor when the mall opened. This vacant anchor was later filled, however, by JCPenney. Prior to JCPenney's arrival, a home improvement chain named Dekor took over the Upton's site in 2000. The chain folded however in 2001. In 2003, JCPenney took over the site.

The two-level mall has been very successful and was the first to bring upscale shopping to an area underserved by retail. Shoppers previously had to travel long distances to other Atlanta area malls to find an upscale mall. Rich's, long planned to open at the mall, finally opened as Rich's-Macy's in 2004, one of only two stores signed with the hyphen. Arbor Place Mall was built by and is still owned by CBL & Associates. In 2006, Belk announced that it acquired the Parisian stores from Saks Incorporated, converting all Parisian stores to the Belk nameplate in Fall of 2007.

[edit] Anchors

• Bed Bath & Beyond (37,585 sq. ft.)
• Borders Books & Music (25,816 sq. ft.)
• Dillard's (199,852 sq. ft.)
• JCPenney (80,000 sq. ft.)
• Macy's (140,000 sq. ft.)
• Old Navy (37,585 sq. ft.)
• Parisian (136,218 sq. ft., will become Belk in Fall 2007)
• Regal Cinemas (71,534 sq. ft., 18 screens)
• Sears (123,664 sq. ft.)