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Lenox Square
Lenox Square is a shopping mall in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is adjacent to Phipps Plaza, both of which are owned by Simon Property Group. Lenox Square spans 1,558,678 square feet (144,805.9 m2) of gross leasable area and has 198 tenants, making it the third-largest mall in Georgia. It is anchored by Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and Neiman Marcus, and is connected to the JW Marriott Buckhead. Lenox Square marks the start and finish lines of the Peachtree Road Races, with the mall being the starting line of the southbound run in July, and the finish line of the January northbound run.
Lenox Square was the work of Ed Noble, a former developer from Kansas City, Missouri, whose company J. Noble Properties, acquired the site in 1956. Groundbreaking for the shopping center occurred in July 1957, and it was completed on June 29, 1958. The public opening ceremony for Lenox Square was held on August 3, 1959.
The three-level Mall, Plaza and Market featured 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of retail space, and was anchored by Rich's, Davison's, and a Colonial Stores supermarket. There were 52 original tenants, including a bowling alley, indoor golf driving range, and a Kresge five and dime store. The Mall Level concourse featured several sculptures depicting Uncle Remus characters, such as Br'er Fox, Br'er Frog and the Tar Baby. A movie theater opened on the Market Level in June 1963. [better source needed]
In keeping with a then-current retail trend, a major renovation and expansion in the early 1970s enclosed the entire shopping center. It included a new wing and the addition of the first Neiman Marcus location outside of Texas and Florida. It is still the company's only location in the state.
A second expansion completed in 1980 added a three-level section at the back of the mall which included a food court. This replaced the previous open-air Plaza Court and supermarket. Lenox Square then encompassed 1.04 million leasable square feet. The new food court was soon joined by a 19-story, 370,000 square-foot (gross), class-A office building, a twin-like 24-story hotel, 1,800 space, five-level partially subterranean combined hotel-office parking garage (two below ground), and 800-space four-level retail pre-cast concrete parking deck. These were adjacent to MARTA's Lenox transit station, which opened in December 1984.
Davison's, owned by Macy's since 1924, was rebranded as Macy's in 1986. In 1991, Rich's relocated their flagship store to Lenox Square from downtown Atlanta. In 1995, the mall underwent its largest expansion, adding a second story above the original Mall Level, making Lenox Square the largest shopping center in Georgia, with 1.457 million square feet (140,000 m²) divided among 200 stores and restaurants. However, this distinction was soon relinquished to the newly built, 1.7-million-square-foot (160,000 m2) Mall of Georgia in 1999.
In 2003, Federated Department Stores began integrating the Macy's name with their other regional department-store brands, including Rich's. Following the news, the Lenox Macy's location closed, and the building (along with the location at Perimeter Mall) was renovated extensively to house the first Bloomingdale's in the South, which opened in October 2003.
In 2005, Federated Department Stores dropped the regional names of all of their department stores. The former Rich's-Macy's location at Lenox Square became the flagship of Macy's Central until all of the company's divisions had consolidated into one.
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Lenox Square
Lenox Square is a shopping mall in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is adjacent to Phipps Plaza, both of which are owned by Simon Property Group. Lenox Square spans 1,558,678 square feet (144,805.9 m2) of gross leasable area and has 198 tenants, making it the third-largest mall in Georgia. It is anchored by Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and Neiman Marcus, and is connected to the JW Marriott Buckhead. Lenox Square marks the start and finish lines of the Peachtree Road Races, with the mall being the starting line of the southbound run in July, and the finish line of the January northbound run.
Lenox Square was the work of Ed Noble, a former developer from Kansas City, Missouri, whose company J. Noble Properties, acquired the site in 1956. Groundbreaking for the shopping center occurred in July 1957, and it was completed on June 29, 1958. The public opening ceremony for Lenox Square was held on August 3, 1959.
The three-level Mall, Plaza and Market featured 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of retail space, and was anchored by Rich's, Davison's, and a Colonial Stores supermarket. There were 52 original tenants, including a bowling alley, indoor golf driving range, and a Kresge five and dime store. The Mall Level concourse featured several sculptures depicting Uncle Remus characters, such as Br'er Fox, Br'er Frog and the Tar Baby. A movie theater opened on the Market Level in June 1963. [better source needed]
In keeping with a then-current retail trend, a major renovation and expansion in the early 1970s enclosed the entire shopping center. It included a new wing and the addition of the first Neiman Marcus location outside of Texas and Florida. It is still the company's only location in the state.
A second expansion completed in 1980 added a three-level section at the back of the mall which included a food court. This replaced the previous open-air Plaza Court and supermarket. Lenox Square then encompassed 1.04 million leasable square feet. The new food court was soon joined by a 19-story, 370,000 square-foot (gross), class-A office building, a twin-like 24-story hotel, 1,800 space, five-level partially subterranean combined hotel-office parking garage (two below ground), and 800-space four-level retail pre-cast concrete parking deck. These were adjacent to MARTA's Lenox transit station, which opened in December 1984.
Davison's, owned by Macy's since 1924, was rebranded as Macy's in 1986. In 1991, Rich's relocated their flagship store to Lenox Square from downtown Atlanta. In 1995, the mall underwent its largest expansion, adding a second story above the original Mall Level, making Lenox Square the largest shopping center in Georgia, with 1.457 million square feet (140,000 m²) divided among 200 stores and restaurants. However, this distinction was soon relinquished to the newly built, 1.7-million-square-foot (160,000 m2) Mall of Georgia in 1999.
In 2003, Federated Department Stores began integrating the Macy's name with their other regional department-store brands, including Rich's. Following the news, the Lenox Macy's location closed, and the building (along with the location at Perimeter Mall) was renovated extensively to house the first Bloomingdale's in the South, which opened in October 2003.
In 2005, Federated Department Stores dropped the regional names of all of their department stores. The former Rich's-Macy's location at Lenox Square became the flagship of Macy's Central until all of the company's divisions had consolidated into one.