Bits & Bites
Newk's Eatery will open their newest Atlanta area location next week in Tucker. The new restaurant will open Monday September 24, at the new Tucker Meridian shopping center at the corner of Northlake Parkway and LaVista Road.
Carlo’s Bakery will celebrate the grand opening of its second Atlanta area kiosk at Cumberland Mall on September 23rd. This location follows the April opening of Carlo's at the center court of Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody. The Cumberland Mall bakery represents the 20th overall location for the business made famous on the hit TLC series Cake Boss. Both Perimeter and Cumberland Malls are owned and operated by Chicago-based General Growth Properties (GGP.)
Nancy's Chicago Pizza opened its new Johns Creek restaurant last month and plans to open its new Buckhead restaurant by the end of this month. The Johns Creek restaurant is located near the intersection of State Bridge and Medlock Bridge Roads in the Medlock Corners shopping center. Nancy's occupies a 4,400 square foot space previously home to Stevi B's Pizza Buffet, which closed in late 2014. The Buckhead restaurant is located in Buckhead Crossing shopping center at the corner of Sidney Marcus Boulevard and Piedmont Road. The Buckhead restaurant is about 4,500 square feet and occupies what was most recently Grand Buffet, a Chinese restaurant near Marshalls.
Peloton Lenox Square has closed for renovations but indicates they will reopen in "late September." The store opened on the second level of the popular Buckhead mall last summer.
The Wendy's restaurant at Roswell and Johnson Ferry Roads in Sandy Springs has officially closed. As ToNeTo Atlanta previously reported, the popular burger eatery will be replaced by a relocated SunTrust Bank branch.
Mall of Georgia in Buford has secured a number of new tenants for its popular OTP property. Indoor kids play center Billy Beez will be opening a 20,494 square foot space located on the lower level next to Youfit Health Clubs. Women's apparel and accessories retailer Love Culture recently opened in a 3,807 square foot space on the lower level near Macy’s. The teen and young women targeted retailer previously had a location in Dunwoody at Perimeter Mall. The store features an extensive selection of plus-size options via its Debshops sister brand. Watch repair and retail shop It’s About Time USA recently opened its second Mall of Georgia location, this one on the upper level near Macy’s. Crafted Westside, which features a curated selection of apparel, jewelry, art, and locally produced goods also recently opened their fifth overall store at the suburban mall. The store is located on the lower level near Center Court in a 1,476 square foot space. Crafted Westside opened in Buckhead's Lenox Square last fall and like Mall of Georgia, Lenox is owned by Simon Property Group. Brooklynn’s, a locally owned women's boutique, which ToNeTo Atlanta previously reported on, also recently opened in the mall in a in a 4,229 square foot storefront on the upper level near LUSH Cosmetics.
A new RaceTrac is coming to 3006 Martha Berry Highway in Rome. Life Church, which occupied the property on which the new gas station and convenience store will be built, is in the process of relocating to 19 John Davenport Drive.
The Burger King at East Main Street (US 78) and Wisteria Drive in Snellville has closed for a complete renovation. The restaurant, like others in the Atlanta market, looks to be 30+ years old and will be given the brand's latest design elements. Similar renovations have recently taken place at the Burger King restaurant in Decatur on Memorial Drive and the one in Duluth on Pleasant Hill Road, among others.
InterContinental Hotels Group, with North American headquarters near Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, announced Monday the launch of a new hotel brand: avid hotels. The mid-scale brand will target travelers at a slightly lower price point than its popular Holiday Inn Express brand, a market the company calls vastly underserved. IHG plans to begin construction on the first avid hotel in early 2018 with the first openings expected in 2019. The brand's prototype design includes a minimum of three stories with 95 to 100 rooms on a 1.5 acre lot. Guests can expect to pay $10 to $15 less than they would at Holiday Inn Express. The brand's logo aims to be modern with lowercase letters, red and aqua colors and a check mark as the letter '"v." (verizon has had a similar theme since 2015.) The hotels' lobbies will have airy entryways, canopies and red staircases as an eye-catching feature. Avid's competitive set includes brands such as Tru by Hilton and Marriott’s Moxy, both of which have opened or are opening new properties in metro Atlanta. All avid hotels will be "new build," meaning that IHG will not allow operators to convert existing properties to the new brand.
Dione Drew, previously Director of Customer Loyalty Programs at Bloomingdale's in New York, was recently named General Manager of Bloomingdale's Lenox Square. At just 29, she is surely one of the youngest General Managers in the Bloomngdale's chain and is walking into a store in need of guidance. Tom Abrams, the store's longtime general manager, retired in 2015 and was later replaced by an interim manager from the Florida market, according to sources at the store.
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