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After months of speculation, several sources tell ToNeTo Atlanta that Kroger recently signed a lease to take over most of the former Walmart at Perimeter Village in Dunwoody. The Cincinnati-based grocer is expected to open one of its large format "Marketplace" stores in place of the former Walmart which closed last July.
Value Village, a thrift store that once had more than a dozen locations around metro Atlanta, will soon close three more stores, leaving the group with just four stores in operation in the state.
A mainstay in The Shops Around Lenox (3400 Around Lenox Road) for more than two decades, Dantanna's will on December 6 close its Buckhead restaurant.
A new coffee concept is looking to grow its presence with a new location in metro Atlanta. Arwa Yemeni Coffee, a growing franchise based in Texas, recently signed a lease to open its first location in Georgia at 11160 Medlock Bridge Road (Johns Creek Festival) in Johns Creek.
Books-A-Million (BAM) will celebrate in December the grand opening of its newest Atlanta-area store near Chastain Park in Sandy Springs. ToNeTo Atlanta exclusively reported this past May that the Birmingham-based retailer was joining the new store Trader Joe's at Chastain Market (4600 Roswell Road), where both stores occupy what was originally a Sprouts Farmers Market.
