Cumberland Mall is a shopping mall in the

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district of

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near the suburbs of

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and Vinings. It was the largest shopping mall in Georgia when it opened on August 8, 1973. The anchor stores are

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, and Round 1 Entertainment.

History

Cumberland Mall in Atlanta was the first four-anchor mall built in Georgia, and only the second such mall in the entire Southeastern United States. It was developed by Crow Carter & Company. The original anchors to the mall were Rich's,

Davison's Davison's of Atlanta was a department store chain and an Atlanta shopping institution. It was the major competition to Rich's and it took the Macy's name in 1986. Founding Davison's first opened its doors in Atlanta in 1891 and had its orig ...

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and

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. Cumberland Mall remained one of the leading malls in the region for over a decade before Town Center Mall in

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opened in 1986. Cumberland Mall originally featured many distinct design elements to heighten the original mall experience, but as competition forced a major reshuffling of the mall, much of this was stripped away in the renovation of 1989. Some of the original tenants that were lost at this point were

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and Cashin's Restaurant among others. One of the additions, however, was a

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, which had not existed previously. In 2003 Cumberland Mall lost its first anchor,

(formerly Davison's). The vacant store resulted in a major redevelopment plan. The redevelopment included the demolition of the old Macy's, which was replaced with a new mall entrance complete with an open-air wing. This mall has restaurants such as Buffalo Wild Wings, Maggiano's Little Italy, The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Stoney River Legendary Steaks, and Ted's Montana Grill. Other changes included the demolition of the JCPenney, which planned to close its store, for the construction of a new

. The changes also included a complete interior renovation with new skylights and an expanded food court. These changes were planned to keep the mall competitive, even with only two traditional department stores remaining: Macy's (former Rich's) and Sears. All the renovations were completed in early 2007. In 2015,

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spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Cumberland Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties. On March 11, 2015, ''Tomorrow's News Today - Atlanta'' detailed

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's plans to take over the upper level of Sears and reopen it as a 93,000-square-foot grocery store by the summer of 2016. On January 12, 2016, Kroger announced that it was no longer coming to Cumberland Mall after all. On August 22, 2018,

announced that it would be closing in November 2018 as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide. After the store closed

and

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are the remaining anchors left. On June 8, 2020, Ted’s Montana Grill closed due to COVID-19 financial restraints; shortly after, the only restaurants left after the closure of Ted's, include Buffalo Wild Wings, Maggiano's Little Italy, The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang’s Bistro, and Stoney River Legendary Steaks. In 2022, the space of the former Ted's Montana Grill is replaced with Canadian-based seafood restaurant The Captain's Boil. On August 21, 2020, Dick's Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy were added to the mall and replaced the upper level of the former Sears building,XCLUSIVERound1 and Dick's to Headline Cumberland Mall Sears Replacements"> along with

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via a pedestrian walkway that bridges

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Anchors

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(November 15, 2006 – present) * Dick's Sporting Goods/Golf Galaxy (August 21, 2020 – present) *

(1986-2003, March 6, 2005-present) *

(September 1, 2020 – present) *

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(2021–present)

Former anchors

(August 8, 1973 – 1986) *

(August 8, 1973 – 2005) * Rich's (August 8, 1973 – March 6, 2005) *

(August 8, 1973 – November 25, 2018) Cumberland Mall, Atlanta, Georgia (2018)

References

External links

Official Website
{{General Growth Properties Shopping malls in the Atlanta metropolitan area Buildings and structures in Cobb County, Georgia Tourist attractions in Cobb County, Georgia Brookfield Properties Shopping malls established in 1973

History

Anchors

Former anchors

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