[EXCLUSIVE] Global Sports Brand Quietly Shutters Two Atlanta Stores

Nike has closed its two "Live" stores in metro Atlanta.  The stores - located in Ponce City Market in Atlanta and Avalon in Alpharetta - opened in November and December 2021, respectively. 

[EXCLUSIVE] Italian Motorcycle Maker Opening New Atlanta Dealership

Italian motorcycle brand Ducati is slated to open its first dealership in Atlanta in the coming months.  The dealership, set for Doraville, will open along DeKalb Technology Parkway, with prominent visibility from Interstate 85, just south of Spaghetti Junction.  

[ALERT] Alo Yoga Opening This Week at Avalon, This Fall at Perimeter Mall and Ponce City Market

Alo Yoga, a Los Angeles-based athletic apparel company, plans to quadruple its presence in Atlanta by the end of the year.  The brand entered the Atlanta market with a shop at Lenox Square in Buckhead in 2023 and will on Friday June 26th officially open its second location at Avalon in Alpharetta.  

[EXCLUSIVO] New Grocery to Open in Place of Former Brookhaven Kroger

The former Kroger in Brookhaven which closed this past October will this fall welcome a new tenant.  Compare Foods, a new-to-Atlanta grocer, is to open in place of the former Kroger this coming September, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.    

[ALERT] Costco to Open Newest Metro Atlanta Store Sooner Than You Think

Metro Atlanta's latest Costco store is on track to open sooner than you might realize.  Construction began in April on the new store set to anchor "Mountain Marketplace" (1915 West Park Place Blvd) in Stone Mountain.  

[EXCLUSIVE] Suburban Lifestyle Center Lands Upscale California Business

West Cobb is set to get a fancy new gym.  "Club Studio," an upscale gym from Fitness International, LLC, is to open in place of multiple vacant spaces at The Avenue West Cobb (3625 Dallas Highway).  

[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.  

[ALERT] Barnes & Noble to "Turn the Page" on Metro Store After Thirty Years in Business

Two and half years after ToNeTo Atlanta first reported that a local Barnes & Noble was being replaced by a new RaceTrac, things appear to be moving forward.  Barnes & Noble informed customers Sunday May 31 that their store at 2952 Cobb Parkway near Smyrna is closing August 19. 

[WOW] Bob's Discount Furniture Plots Aggressive Atlanta Expansion

Fresh off its IPO, Bob's Discount Furniture is looking to enter the Atlanta market.  The Connecticut-based furniture retailer which in February went public for the first time in its more than 30 year history, has several Atlanta area stores in its immediate pipeline and a new distribution center to fuel continued growth.  

[WOW] Longstanding Meat Shop Quietly Shutters After More Than Forty Years in Business

Patak Meat Products, a manufacturer of fine European meats and sausages, has seemingly closed for good. The family-owned business, a staple in the metro food world for more than forty years, suspended its retail business in early 2024, but had continued wholesale sales.  

[EXCLUSIVE] One Time Suburban Toy Store to Reopen This Fall as a New Thrift Store

A new thrift store is coming to Kennesaw.  Planning documents reviewed by ToNeTo Atlanta indicate that a new Savers thrift store is coming to Town Center Station (501 Roberts Ct.) 

[EXCLUSIVE] Gap Closing Suburban Store as Chain Continues to Shrink in Size

The Gap store at Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody is closing.   The store is not yet advertising the closure nor is there any special sale, but store employees - referring to it as a "soft closing" - indicate that the store is to close sometime in May.  

[ALERT] Popular Thrift Store to Join Popular Farmers Market Shopping Center

A new Goodwill thrift store and donation center is being planned for Doraville.  The new store is slated to open alongside the Buford Highway Farmers Market and Marshalls at 5600 Buford Highway, just outside the perimeter.  

[WOW] Painted Tree Marketplace Abruptly Closes All Stores Including Three in Metro Atlanta

Painted Tree Marketplace abruptly closed all of its more than sixty locations across the country Tuesday.  The Arkansas-based company did not specify a reason for the sudden closures, nor did they give any warning to the thousands of vendors that operated their own small businesses from within Painted Tree stores. 

[ALERT] Legendary Cathedral Thrift House to Close

After nearly eight decades in business, the Cathedral Thrift House, a non-profit thrift store operated by The Cathedral of St. Philip, is due to close later this year.  Currently located at 1893 Piedmont Avenue, the Thrift House has moved several times in its 77+ year history.  

[EXCLUSIVE] Growing Outdoors Retailer to Open Third Ever Store in Peachtree Battle

Another Atlanta area location of women's clothing and accessories retailer Talbots is due to close.  The Talbots at Peachtree Battle shopping center is expected to close on April 23 after several decades in business.   Employees at the store indicate that there are currently no plans for any special "liquidation" sale. 

[EXCLUSIVE] Exciting Additions Coming to Historic East Cobb Shopping Center

About a year and a half after acquiring it, an Atlanta-based real estate firm is breathing new life into a nearly 70 year old Marietta shopping center.  Hendon Properties purchased East Cobb Station (originally known as Town and Country Center) along Roswell Road in September of 2024 for $22.35M.  

[ALERT] Barnes & Noble to Open New Store Nearby to Where Local Bookshop Has Operated for Nearly Five Decades

Toco Hills shopping center has reportedly just landed a surprising new tenant: Barnes & Noble.    The private equity-owned bookstore chain is slated to open in place of Westside Market, the locally-owned business that closed at Toco Hills this past December after about seven years in business.  

[EXCLUSIVE] World Market Opening New Metro Atlanta Store

For the first time in many years, a new location of World Market is opening in metro Atlanta.  Currently with four locations locally, a new store is coming soon to Cumming Town Center in Forsyth County.  

[EXCLUSIVE] Nam Dae Mun to Replace Shuttered Publix Near Chamblee

An affiliate of Atlanta-based Nam Dae Mun, a chain of international farmers markets, has reportedly purchased Shallowford Exchange shopping center (2562 Shallowford Road) near Chamblee and plans to open a new market in place of the former, roughly 29,000 square foot Publix, which closed after Christmas.