Value Village, a local thrift store that claims to be "A Treasurer Hunter's Paradise" and once had more than a dozen locations around metro Atlanta, will soon close three more stores leaving the group with just seven stores in operation.
The stores that are closing are located at:
1899 Metropolitan Parkway in Atlanta
4450 Nelson Brogdon Boulevard in Sugar Hill
3150 Highway 5 in Douglasville
The three closures come on the heels of other Value Village closures in recent years including stores on Cobb Parkway in Marietta between The Big Chicken and White Water, and Roswell Road in Alpharetta across from the former Andretti Indoor Karting & Games. Value Village was forced to shut its longstanding Moreland Avenue store down in 2021 after being a neighborhood landmark since 1972. Controversial developer Empire Communities replaced the dated shopping center with several hundred housing units and new retail space.
The Metropolitan Parkway store is within a generally poorly maintained shopping center and there is no indication that any other tenants in the center are closing. The Douglasville store occupies a freestanding building, while the Sugar Hill store occupies an anchor space within a moderately well-maintained center with again no indication that other tenants are leaving or that a redevelopment is planned.
Value Village has also in recent years been forced to relocate some of its stores as they did with stores along Memorial Drive in Decatur and on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville. The group did not indicate if they plan to seek new sites for the three stores that are actively liquidating.
Following the closures the group will continue to operate the following stores in metro Atlanta, according to its website:
3857 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker
4749 Jonesboro Road, Forest Park
1416 Dogwood Drive, Conyers
2281 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
7055-A Highway 85, Riverdale
2280 Main Street E., Snellville
3435 Memorial Drive, Decatur
Value Village is, of course, one of several thrift store operators in metro Atlanta. Another, Park Avenue Thrift, has seven stores in metro Atlanta plus one outlet in Lawrenceville, too. The most dominant player, however, is Goodwill Industries and their Atlanta affiliate, Goodwill of North Georgia, which operates seventy stores across the northern portion of the state. Goodwill's size and success enables them to pay for more expensive and in some cases, ground-up construction for their stores, putting smaller operators like Value Village at a significant disadvantage.
Signs at the Metropolitan Parkway Value Village indicate that the store is slated to close as of Sunday, April 28.
Are you a fan of Value Village? What is your favorite Atlanta area thrift store? What is the best thing you have ever found at a thrift store?
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9 comments:
I found some great buys at VV when they were on Marietta Blvd near the Water Works. High end labels and in great condition for pennies on the dollar.
I have shopped at VV and found lots of great items there. I think they should think about building one here in Newnan, Ga. They have lots of vacant buildings here on hwy 34 that would be perfect for them. And lots of traffic!
I was a regular shopper at the Hwy 5 Douglasville location. The people were always friendly & I am sorry to see them go. I got a lot of useful items at Value Village, the store will be missed.
so sad :( i have loved value village buford for like 20 years !
I love Value Village, I can't imagine why they are closing. I love buying used things. It saves money and you can get great stuff at a good and decent price.
I know, let’s put a VV in the perimeter! Former Wells Fargo bank building on Ashford Dunwoody would be perfect. Wait a minute I started out being sarcastic because of the high dollar Real estate corridor, but then I remembered there’s a goodwill at a very expensive address on perimeter center next to REI. I guess thrift is more profitable than one would think. Let’s see they acquire inventory for free and no matter what they sell it for. It’s 100% margin no wonder they got bookoos of locations. I did once get some good vinyl albums at Goodwill for about a dollar each, all 70s rock ‘n’ roll, disco and Motown, they only had a couple of scratches. I was so excited, I was willing to risk The scratches. if nothing else I inadvertently purchased really cool album artwork! Nevertheless, all the records turned out OK for the most part. Seriously, I think only Goodwill has the scale to be able to afford the perimeter market. No Value Village for you!
Please do not give Greedwill of North Georgia any free promotion. The stuff that happens in those stores to their employees infringes in human rights violations. They do nothing to help the community but take ppl's donations for big profits and split it between the execs. As they have made a system that does not allow bonus sharing with lower level.aasocuates and store management.
Agreed
Megusta comprar en la value village en douglasville ga no es justo q cierren su tienda
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