[EXCLUSIVE] Familiar Name Identified as New Owner of Northlake Mall

Tucker's Northlake Mall has a new owner and it's not who many might have expected.  The mall, purchased in February 2016 by Dallas-based ATR Corinth Partners, lost its three remaining retail anchors in the years since - Sears (2018), JCPenney (2020) and Macy's (2026) - and redevelopment plans have progressed slower than anyone would have liked.  

[EXCLUSIVE] With New Retailers Open, Northeast Plaza Looks to Land New Dining Options, Too

A Brookhaven shopping center that recently added a pair of national retailers is now looking to add new restaurants, too.  Northeast Plaza - 3307 Buford Highway - which first opened in 1957 and has over the years evolved several times, is now in the midst of its latest evolution.

[WOOF!] Chewy Looks to Bring Customer-Centric Focus to Crowded Vet Care Business

Popular online pet food and related products retailer Chewy announced this past December that it was getting into the vet care business.   At the time of the new business announcement, officially "Chewy Vet Care," Chewy indicated the first facility would open in Plantation, Florida, where it is headquartered  ToNeTo Atlanta has now confirmed that the company will also open two locations in metro Atlanta.  

[PROGRESS REPORT] Northlake Mall Redevelopment Moving Forward "Full Steam Ahead"

COVID-19 has certainly slowed commercial real estate projects and other businesses around the world.  The owners of Northlake Mall and many other commercial real estate developers are still moving forward, albeit at what seems like a glacial pace.  ToNeTo Atlanta spoke this past week with Tony Ruggeri, co-founder and partner at ATR Corinth, the current owners of Northlake Mall, about the project and coming updates.  Ruggeri was quick to dispel rumors that his firm was either putting the project on the market or removing the retail component from the re-development.

[NEWSFLASH] Emory Confirms Plans to Open Huge New Campus at Northlake Mall

ATR Corinth Partners Friday announced that Emory Healthcare will be an anchor for the reimagined  Northlake Mall, leasing 224,000 square feet of space. Emory Healthcare’s initial plans include corporate administrative services.  Emory will occupy the former Sears building and an additional portion of the 1 million square foot mall with an option for more space in the future.  Sears closed its store at the mall in 2018.  ATR paid $8.3 million to acquire the Sears "box" and  auto center in 2017, according to DeKalb property records.     

Bits & Bites

Vietnamese eatery Pho Dai Loi plans to open a new location in Chastain Square in north Buckhead.  Pho Dai Loi will open in place of failed "better burger" joint Burger 21 which closed this past June after less than two years in business.  This will be Pho Dai Loi's fourth restaurant overall, joining existing locations on Jonesboro Road in Forest Park, Buford Highway in Chamblee and on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth.   

UnitedHealthcare Pulls the Plug on Harken Health

Following news this past May that UnitedHeathcare was abandoning their experimental Harken Health independent subsidiary, all locations have closed.  The concept, which combined health insurance and care under one roof, was launched in late 2015 in the Chicago and Atlanta markets exclusively.  Plans were to test the concept in the two pilot cities and then expand it with Florida said to have been their next intended market.