Emory Point is a

mixed-use development Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions ...

on Clifton Road in

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, unincorporated

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, adjacent to

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. It is across Clifton Road from the

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and surrounded on three sides by the campus of

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. The complex is located on "

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" Emory University shuttle line. The complex contains of retail space and 443 apartments. The total cost of development was variously quoted as USD 60 million to USD 250 million."Cousins, Gables join forces on Emory Point", ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'', Giannina Smith Bedford, March 2, 2012
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History

The project was originally planned in 2006 as a condominium complex only. It was stopped in 2008 as the

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deepened but was finally completed in 2012. Construction began in 2012 with the demolition of the Emory Inn, a hotel on the site. At its opening in Fall 2012, Emory Point was the first new retail project built in the area in 20 years, the largest private development start inside the

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in three years, and the first partnership between

Cousins Properties Cousins Properties Incorporated is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in office buildings in Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte, Austin, Texas, Austin, Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Tampa, Florida, Tampa, ...

(75%) and Gables Residential (25%), two Atlanta-based development companies."Emory Point businesses begin to open", Kimber Williams, ''Emory Report'', December 2, 2012
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, JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Ann Taylor Loft, Bonefish Grill, Fresh to Order, and Which Wich? well as other chain and independent stores and restaurants. As of December 2012, twenty-one shops and restaurants were either open or lined up to open by February 2013. However, most of these tenants have left the development as of 2025.

Gallery

Emory Point 1.JPG, Complex seen from west;

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Emory Point 3.JPG, JoS. A. Bank Clothiers and Ann Taylor Loft stores Emory Point 4.JPG, Pedestrian bridges inside complex Emory Point 6.JPG, Gardens inside complex Emory Point 8.JPG, West end of complex as seen from CDC entrance Emory Point 11.JPG, East end of complex and main "Emory Point" sign

References

External links

Official website
{{Druid Hills Mixed-use developments in Georgia (U.S. state) Emory University Druid Hills, Georgia