Georgia Square Mall

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Georgia Square Mall


Location	Athens, Georgia, USA
Opening date	February 11, 1981
Management	CBL & Associates
Owner	CBL & Associates
No. of stores and services	100+
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	673,138 sq. ft.
Parking	3,807
No. of floors	2
Website	Georgia Square Mall

Georgia Square Mall, located in Athens, GA is a super-regional shopping mall serving northeastern Georgia, including students attending University of Georgia, the major university in the state and the nation's oldest public university (founded in 1785).

1 History
2 Anchors
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Opened in 1981, this two-level mall was originally noted for its retro design features including the foil-copper look used on the mall entrance to Belk. This was also one of the largest more rural malls in the country in the era it was built. Along with Belk, the mall opened with other anchors Davison's^[1], Sears and JCPenney. The anchors to the mall had originally been in Downtown Athens and relocated when it opened.

In recent years, the the retro design features have been tamed to more contemporary designs. In 2007, the mall began a renovation to the exterior entrances in the rear as well as an updated look on the interior.^[2] However, even with 2 overhauls, the mall is much like it was when it opened. The mall also has never lost an anchor. The only anchor change was in the name of Davison's. Davison's was converted to Macy's in 1986, Rich's in 1998, Rich's-Macy's in 2003 and back to Macy's in 2005.^[3]