 | |
.jpg) Main entrance plaza of the Mall of Georgia | |
 | |
| Location | Gwinnett County, Georgia, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°03′55″N83°59′05″W / 34.065411°N 83.984702°W /34.065411; -83.984702 |
| Opening date | August 13, 1999; 26 years ago (1999-08-13) |
| Developer | Simon Property Group |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Stores and services | 225[1] |
| Anchor tenants | 9 |
| Floor area | 1,845,186 sq ft (171,423 m2)[1] |
| Floors | 2 with partial third floor (3 in Macy's and Dillard's, third floor mezzanine inDick's Sporting Goods) |
| Website | www |
Mall of Georgia is an enclosed super-regionalshopping mall located in unincorporatedGwinnett County, Georgia, near the city ofBuford, 35 miles (56 km) northeast ofAtlanta. Opened in August 1999, it is currently the largest shopping mall in the state ofGeorgia,[2] consisting of 195 stores on three levels.[1] Featured in the mall is a large village section, comprising lifestyle tenants and restaurants in an outdoor setting, as well as a 500-seat amphitheater. In 2018, the Mall of Georgia renovated the indoor food court area by updating the seating arrangements, furniture styles, and color schemes. The Mall of Georgia was built by and is still owned bySimon Property Group. A portion of theIvy Creek Greenway runs along the shopping mall area. The mall features the traditional retailersJCPenney,Belk,Dick's Sporting Goods,Macy's,Dillard's, andVon Maur, in addition to a 20-screenRegal Cinemas which also featuresIMAX. The anchor stores areVon Maur,Macy's,Dillard's,Belk,JCPenney,Havertys Furniture,Barnes & Noble,Dick's Sporting Goods, andRegal Cinemas.
The adjacentMall of Georgia Crossingis anchored byBest Buy,TJ Maxx,Target,Hobby Lobby,Nordstrom Rack,HomeGoods,Ulta Beauty, andStaples.
The Mall of Georgia officially opened August 13, 1999, drawing shoppers away fromGwinnett Place Mall, and featuredDillard's,JCPenney,Lord & Taylor, andNordstrom as its anchor stores, withBed Bath & Beyond,Haverty's, andGalyan's (nowDick's Sporting Goods) as additional junior anchors.[2] Lord & Taylor, Dillard's, and JCPenney opened on August 11, 1999, two days before the official opening of the mall.[3] The Mall of Georgia also has a 20-screenRegal Cinemas and anIMAX Theater. In 2000, Atlanta-basedRich's was added on,[4] and many more mall stores were added, bringing the total number of stores in the mall to more than 200.Lord & Taylor was repositioned and shuttered entirely; it was replaced withBelk in 2005.[5] Following Federated Department Stores' (nowMacy's, Inc.) decision to consolidate nameplates in 2003, the Rich's store at Mall of Georgia was dual-branded as Rich's-Macy's, and the Rich's name was dropped entirely in 2005.In 2015, it was announcedVon Maur would be joining the center, replacingNordstrom.[6] In late 2024, the mall began the process of de-theming the mall removing the geographic section names, murals from each region, unique lighting fixtures for each section, and the town and city names which were above the stores on the second floor.
Thestatue atop the mall is ofButton Gwinnett, one of the first men to sign theUnited States Declaration of Independence and for whom its location ofGwinnett County is named.[7]
