2024
County completes purchase of 23 acre Macy’s site
December 6, 2024 – The Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County has finalized the $16.5 million purchase of the 23-acre Macy’s department and furniture store properties at Gwinnett Place Mall, marking a key advancement in the redevelopment of the site.
Annual event celebrates CIDs and their leaders
December 2, 2024 – The Council for Quality Growth’s 15th Annual Community Improvement District (CID) Recognition Event on Nov. 12 was more than an awards presentation event.
Around Town
November 20, 2024 – Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen recently was honored with the Council for Quality Growth’s 2024 CID Professional Excellence Award.
Allen awarded Growth Council’s excellence award
November 19, 2024 – Two CID directors were honored recently by the Council for Quality Growth, at its 15th Annual Community Improvement District (CID) Recognition Event.
Council for Quality Growth honors Georgia leaders at annual recognition event
November 16, 2024 – This week, over 150 leaders from across Georgia’s Community Improvement District (CID) network gathered to honor Dan Buyers and Joe Allen at the Council for Quality Growth’s 15th Annual CID Recognition Event.
Gwinnett resets after transit tax fails
November 15, 2024 – For the fifth time in history, Gwinnett voters recently turned down a sales tax to fund transit expansion in the sprawling suburban county to the northeast of Atlanta.
Reporter’s Notebook
November 14, 2024 – On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, the Council for Quality Growth held its 15th Annual Community Improvement District (CID) Recognition Event in honor of Dan Buyers, Board Member of the Town Center CID, and Joe Allen, Executive Director of Gwinnett Place CID.
Council for Quality Growth honors Dan Buyers and Joe Allen with 2024 CID Awards
November 8, 2024 – On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, the Council for Quality Growth held its 15th Annual Community Improvement District (CID) Recognition Event in honor of Dan Buyers, Board Member of the Town Center CID, and Joe Allen, Executive Director of Gwinnett Place CID.
Council for Quality Growth to host 15th annual recognition event Nov. 12
November 8, 2024 – The Council for Quality Growth will also present the John Williams CID Leadership Award (given to a CID volunteer) and the CID Professional Excellence Award (which honors one CID industry professional).
Council for Quality Growth to host 15th annual CID recognition event
November 7, 2024 – The 2024 recipient of the CID Professional Excellence Award is Joe Allen, Executive Director of Gwinnett Place CID.
Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful and Department of Water Resources offer 2 ways to commemorate Great Days of Service
October 11, 2024 – “The Great Days of Service represents the largest annual community volunteer effort in Gwinnett County.
Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful and DWR offer two ways to commemorate Great Days of Service 2024
October 3, 2024 – “We are honored to partner with our friends at Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources, Georgia Piedmont Land Trust, Gwinnett Place CID and Gwinnett Serves for another impactful event.”
Candidates for Gwinnett Commission District 1 will face off at forum Wednesday
October 2, 2024 – the Gwinnett Place, Gateway 85 and Sugarloaf Community Improvement Districts will jointly host a District 1 candidate forum featuring incumbent Commissioner Kirkland Carden and his Republican opponent, Tim Le.
Gwinnett County acquires 23-acre Macy’s site at Gwinnett Place Mall in metro Atlanta
September 20, 2024 – Gwinnett County’s Urban Redevelopment Agency has acquired Macy’s department and furniture stores total 293,059 square feet at Gwinnett Place Mall, a beleaguered regional shopping mall in the northeast Atlanta suburb of Duluth.
County buys 23 more acres at Gwinnett Place
September 20, 2024 – The Gwinnett County commissioners this week approved the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County’s purchase of the Macy’s sites at Gwinnett Place Mall, totaling 23 acres.
Gwinnett County buys Macy’s store to expand redevelopment of ‘Stranger Things” mall
September 18, 2024 – The Gwinnett County Commission voted Tuesday to spend $16.5M to acquire the Macy’s department store and furniture store at the mall, a property that includes parking lots and spans 23 acres.
Macy’s at Gwinnett Place Mall purchased by the county for $16.5 million
September 18, 2024 – Macy’s at the former Gwinnett Place Mall will close its doors for good next year as more locations close across the country.
Gwinnett County to buy Macy’s mall site for $16.5 million
September 18, 2024 – Gwinnett County will buy the Macy’s property at Gwinnett Place Mall as the retail relic’s redevelopment moves forward.
County buys Macy’s at Gwinnett Place Mall for $16.5M
September 17, 2024 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday spent more than $16 million to buy two Macy’s buildings – a department store and a furniture store – and 23 surrounding acres of the mostly vacant Gwinnett Place Mall, where a large mixed-use development is planned.
Gwinnett Place clears ‘significant milestone’ in redevelopment quest
September 17, 2024 – Gwinnett County authority green-lights purchase of 23-acre Macy’s department, furniture store properties.
Gwinnett Buying Macy’s store at former Gwinnett Place Mall
September 17, 2024 – Gwinnett County leaders will issue revenue bonds to buy one of the remaining anchor stores at the former Gwinnett Place Mall.
Creating a vibrant future
September 1, 2024 – Plans are in the works to transform Gwinnett Place Mall into a mixed-use development.
‘Looking out for all of them’: Gwinnett County plans for a multimodal transportation future
August 1, 2024 – While the automobile was a driving force in the rise of suburbs like Atlanta’s Gwinnett County, today it is not the only transportation option that local planers and politicians must manage for this diverse county of 1 million people – particularly in light of the proposed redevelopment of the old Gwinnett Place Mall.
Special Districts: Tools for commercial areas in transition
July 29, 2024 – How many different commercial areas in your market are in transition?
Gwinnett County becomes second county in Georgia with a population over a million
July 11, 2024 – The former Gwinnett Place Mall is set to become a major live, work and play destination called Global Villages.
‘The sooner we start’: Gwinnett Place CID eager to begin redevelopment of dead mall
May 1, 2024 – Several commercial centers located along Interstate 85 in Georgia’s Gwinnett County support thousands of jobs and contribute billions of dollars to local and state coffers.
Flock Safety employment reaches 900; develops new products
April 26, 2024 – Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District deployed Flock’s license plate reader cameras a few years ago for those reasons.
Gwinnett CID board members re-elected, new member joins
April 16, 2024 – The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District’s recent board elections saw board members re-elected with existing leadership staying in lace, as well as the election of a new board member.
Patel joins Gwinnett Place CID board
April 16, 2024 – A new board member has joined Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District.
Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District re-elects board members and welcomes Romi Patel
April 11, 2024 – Electors of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (GPCID), a self-taxing district that uses additional property taxes to accelerate infrastructure improvements, security enhancements and economic development in the Gwinnett Place area, held its annual Caucus of Electors on Wednesday, April 10, with the re-election of a board member and the election of one new board member.
County seeking grant for new trail to connect Gwinnett Place Mall to McDaniel Farm Park
March 12, 2024 – Gwinnett County is seeking a federal grant, that if awarded, would help fund a multi-use trail from McDaniel Farm Park to Ring Road.
County, CBRE partner to revitalize Gwinnett Place
March 8, 2024 – Gwinnett County said Tuesday that it is partnering with one of the world’s premiere real estate services firms, CBRE, to help advance the redevelopment of Gwinnett Place Mall.
Gwinnett chairwoman unveils economic revitalization plan: housing, transit, and mall redevelopment
March 7, 2024 – Chairwoman Hendrickson’s address highlights plans for economic opportunities in Gwinnett through housing, transit and redevelopment initiatives, promising a brighter future.
Can real estate giant CBRE finally rescue Gwinnett Place Mall?
March 7, 2024 – Hopes are high this week that Gwinnett Place Mall might finally shed its status as a retail cemetery and, with the help of a national real estate titan, reemerge as a destination – this time with a diverse community of people living, working and playing there.
Gwinnett Place Mall enters next steps of development
March 6, 2024 – The next steps will unfold over 20 years.
Gwinnett County, CBRE to redevelop mall
March 6, 2024 – Gwinnett County and CBRE are working together to redevelop the decaying Gwinnett Place Mall.
Gwinnett County partners with CBRE for Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment in metro Atlanta
March 6, 2024 – Gwinnett County has partnered with CBRE to redevelop Gwinnett Place Mall, a beleaguered regional mall in metro Atlanta.
Gwinnett County taps CBRE to help it transform the dead mall at its heart
March 6, 2024 – Four years after Gwinnett County bought a large chunk of Gwinnett Place Mall with the aim of kick-starting its redevelopment, the county has selected a partner to shepherd it through the process.
Gwinnett partners with CBRE to redevelop nearly-vacant mall
March 6, 2024 – Gwinnett County is partnering with the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm to tackle one of its most challenging pieces of property: Gwinnett Place Mall.
Gwinnett County and BCRE unite to transform Gwinnett Place Mall into mixed-use hub
March 5, 2024 – Gwinnett County has embarked on an ambitious journey with CBRE Group, a leading Dallas-based commercial real estate services firm, to breathe new life into the Gwinnett Place Mall property.
Gwinnett County announces partnership with real estate firm to advance redevelopment of Gwinnett Place Mall
March 5, 2024 – Gwinnett County announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with an international real estate firm to guide the next phase of redeveloping the Gwinnett Place Mall into a mixed-use activity center.
Gwinnett County announces partnership with CBRE on Gwinnett Place Mall project
March 5, 2024 – Gwinnett County announced today that it has partnered with one of the world’s premiere real estate services firms to help advance the redevelopment of Gwinnett Place Mall.
Gwinnett County, CBRE working together on Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment
March 5, 2024 – Gwinnett County has partnered with a Dallas-based commercial real estate services firm to move the redevelopment of the Gwinnett Place Mall property forward.
Gwinnett County partners with CBRE on mall redevelopment
March 5, 2024 – Gwinnett County will partner with real estate services firm CBRE to redevelop Gwinnett Place Mall, the county announced.
County partners with real estate mogul to redevelop Gwinnett Place Mall
March 5, 2024 – Gwinnett County announced Tuesday that they will partner with a commercial real estate investment firm to redevelop Gwinnett Place Mall into a mixed-use development.
New trail to connect Gwinnett Place to McDaniel Farm Park
March 1, 2024 – A federal grant, if awarded, will help fund a multi-use trail from McDaniel Farm Park to Ring Road.
‘Pieces coming together’: Already an economic engine, Gwinnett Place area preps for more growth
February 22, 2024 – Residents, property owners and businesses of Georgia’s Gwinnett County received a pleasant surprise in December when a new study drew attention to the robust impact of the Gwinnett Place area on the economics of the region and state.
Connected, Safe and Attractive: CIDs in DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties work with government to provide what businesses need to thrive.
February 1, 2024 – DeKalb and Gwinnett counties are home to six CIDs each, with projects that run the gamut from infrastructure investments to safety and beautification.
Report: Gwinnett Place Mall has lost nearly 88 percent of its value. But embattled Duluth property is finally poised for redevelopment, per Gwinnett Place CID leadership
January 8, 2024 – Gwinnett Place Mall has slipped from a regional attraction over the past 20 years into a magnet for unfortunate headlines that’s empty enough for Netflix’s Stranger Things to transform its interiors into 1980s-style mall sets for two seasons.
2023
Gwinnett Place CID has $16 billion economic impact
December 22, 2023 – Gwinnett Place continues to generate significant public revenues for Gwinnett County, the county’s school system and the entire state.
Gwinnett Place CID reports nearly $16 billion economic impact
December 18, 2023 – The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District makes up a tiny portion of Gwinnett County’s land area, but CID officials said the district generated a huge economic impact in the last year.
The total economic impact for Gwinnett Place jumps to nearly $16 billion
December 18, 2023 – It’s no surprise that Gwinnett Place continues to generate significant public revenues for Gwinnett County, the county’s school system and the entire state.
In the spotlight: Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District
November 17, 2023 – The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District is a self-taxing district that uses additional property taxes to accelerate infrastructure improvements, security enhancements and economic development initiatives.
Small but mighty: Study reveals outsized economic impact of Gwinnett Place area
October 30, 2023 – The Gwinnett Place area, a 2,000 acre region in suburban Atlanta, might have a zombie mall near its center, but the busy area immediately surrounding the mall is hardly a ghost town.
Face off: Atlanta CID’s on their role in the community
July 26, 2023 – Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) have played a pivotal role in facilitating Atlanta’s growth over the past four decades.
Gwinnett, federal officials tout benefits of planned new transit center
July 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Transportation received about 1,000 project applications for a new federal grant program, but Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Christopher Coes said Gwinnett County’s transit center proposal stood out because of what is next to the center.
Ossoff, McBath visit site of proposed Gwinnett County Transit Center
July 24, 2023 – U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath and dozens of local and state officials crowded under the shade of a tent cover under the hot noon sun Monday to celebrate a $20 million federal grant that will create an indoor transit center for Gwinnett County bus riders.
Moving Gwinnett forward: Why the County and Gwinnett Place CID are prioritizing mobility
July 19, 2023 – Georgia’s Gwinnett County may have a famously inactive shopping mall at its center, but the county located a short drive from Atlanta is hardly standing still.
Gwinnett to use $20M on modern bus hub for future transit expansion
June 29, 2023 – The investment comes as county officials work toward redeveloping Gwinnett Place Mall into a mixed-use district with apartments, shops, restaurants, offices, greenspace and a cultural center.
County receives $20 million federal infrastructure grant to build new transit center at Gwinnett Place Mall
June 27, 2023 – Gwinnett County is getting $20 million in federal funding to build a new transit transfer center at the old Gwinnett Place Mall, U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath and U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock announced on Tuesday.
Gwinnett County to get $20 million federal grant for new Gwinnett Place Transit Center
June 27, 2023 – Gwinnett County will be getting a $20 million federal grant for transportation infrastructure, a cash infusion that will go toward replacing the Gwinnett Place Transit Center.
Gwinnett snags $20M federal grant to expand transit center near mall
June 27, 2023 – The federal government is giving $20 million to the Gwinnett County Department of Transportation to replace the Gwinnett Place Transit Center near the dying Gwinnett Place Mall, in an area that is the focus of a major revitalization effort.
These projects will be getting funded with Gwinnett County’s $760M special purpose tax revenue
June 16, 2023 – The money funds nearly $500 million in specific transportation projects.
New life for Gwinnett Place
May 19, 2023 – When it opened in 1984, Gwinnett Place Mall was an icon and a point of pride for Gwinnett County.
Gwinnett Place CID re-elects two of its directors
April 18, 2023 – Directors have re-elected two members of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District.
GPCID board members re-elected, CID continues existence until 2029
April 17, 2023 – Electors of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (GPCID), a self-taxing district that uses additional property taxes to accelerate infrastructure improvements, security enhancements and economic development in the Gwinnett Place area, voted to continue the CID’s existence for another six years and re-elected two board members during the annual Caucus of Electors on Wednesday, April 12.
More people moving to Gwinnett County than anywhere else in metro Atlanta
April 3, 2023 – The former Gwinnett Place Mall is undergoing a 20 year plan to become a major live work and play destination.
With strategy finalized, Gwinnett County begins hard work of creating a legacy development for community
March 31, 2023 – Late in February, after an 18-month process involving thousands of conversations with local residents and an extensive economic feasibility study, the five-member Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a revitalization strategy for Gwinnett Place Mall.
Gwinnett County updates state of the county; makes Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment plans
March 2, 2023 – Gwinnett County, one of the state’s largest counties, has had a busy week.
Gwinnett Place Mall’s future decided
March 2, 2023 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has finally decided on the future revitalization of the Gwinnett Place Mall complex over in Duluth.
Gwinnett County approves plan to transform Gwinnett Place Mall into Global Villages
March 2, 2023 – Yesterday, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners adopted the Gwinnett Place Mall Site Revitalization Strategy for transforming the Gwinnett Place Mall site into a mixed-use development called Global Villages.
Gwinnett County Commissioners approve billion-dollar investment to revamping old shopping mall
March 1, 2023 – A billion-dollar investment to replace Gwinnett Place Mall is one step closer to becoming reality after a major vote Tuesday night.
Billion-dollar investment to revamp Gwinnett Place Mall approved
March 1, 2023 – A billion-dollar investment to replace Gwinnett Place Mall is one step closer to becoming reality after a major vote Tuesday night.
Gwinnett Place Mall revitalization approved by commissioners
March 1, 2023 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved the revitalization of the Gwinnett Place Mall site on Tuesday, officials announced.
What will happen to Gwinnett Place Mall?
March 1, 2023 – Gwinnett Place Mall’s revitalization strategy was adopted by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners this week.
Board of commissioners approves Gwinnett Place Mall revitalization
March 1, 2023 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night approved a strategy to revitalize the nearly-vacant Gwinnett Place Mall near Duluth.
Gwinnett County Commission approves Gwinnett Place Mall revitalization strategy
March 1, 2023 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved a Gwinnett Place Mall Site Revitalization Strategy that focuses on housing, mobility and green space.
Board adopts Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment plan
February 28, 2023 – Gwinnett County leaders decided on the fate of Gwinnett Place Mall.
Commissioners approve revitalization strategy for Gwinnett Place Mall property
February 28, 2023 – The plan for revitalizing the Gwinnett Place Mall property with a mixture of retail, restaurants, green space, a cultural center and residential uses is moving forward.
Gwinnett Place Mall revitalization approved by board of commissioners
February 28, 2023 – Plans are in reach for a dying mall that has really become an eyesore.
Gwinnett Place Mall revitalization approved by board of commissioners
February 28, 2023 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved the revitalization of the Gwinnett Place Mall site on Tuesday, officials announced.
Gwinnett Place Mall to get a facelift. Here’s the plan
February 28, 2023 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners adopted a revitalization strategy on Tuesday that focuses on housing, mobility and greenspace.
Vote on Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment
February 28, 2023 – Gwinnett Place Mall off Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth opened in 1984; but, it has been mostly empty for years now.
Turning dying mall into a community centerpiece
February 27, 2023 – Gwinnett County commissioners going to vote on redeveloping Gwinnett Place Mall.
Gwinnett Place Mall is mostly empty. Redevelopment could start soon.
February 27, 2023 – Within one or two years, Gwinnett leaders could demolish a dilapidated mall and select a development team to replace it with a lively, walkable district.
Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment leads a trio of major county-run economic development projects
February 24, 2023 – It is not just the private sector and Gwinnett’s cities that are undertaking new big projects in the county.
Technology helps CIDs address crime, increase sense of safety
February 24, 2023 – A dozen Atlanta area community improvement districts are investing in Atlanta-based Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Reader cameras to fight and deter crime.
Atlanta CIDs make getting to and around the districts a top priority
February 24, 2023 – The Gwinnett Place Area Mobility and Traffic Study – a partnership between the Gwinnett Place CID and Gwinnett County – was released in November 2022.
$25 million grant to improve safety, add resources in Gwinnett County
February 13, 2023 – According to officials, the board approved Gwinnett Transportation to apply for grants as a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant programs.
Gwinnett County seeking up to $50 million in federal grants for transportation projects in Gwinnett Place area
February 7, 2023 – Gwinnett County officials will apply for two U.S. Department of Transportation RAISE grants, worth up to $25 million each, for mobility projects in the Gwinnett Place area.
Gwinnett Place mall redevelopment plan will get traffic study
January 31, 2023 – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners recently approved $37,500 for a traffic and mobility study of the Gwinnett Place mall area, which is slated for a major redevelopment in the coming decades.
No mall is an island: How Gwinnett County plans to improve mobility as it redevelops site
January 25, 2023 – A new strategic plan to revitalize the nearly vacant Gwinnett Place Mall is being hailed as a potential economic boon to Georgia’s fast-growing Gwinnett County.
Gwinnett approves agreement with Gwinnett Place CID to study mobility and traffic near former mall
January 17, 2023 – Gwinnett County commissioners approved an agreement with the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District on Tuesday to study traffic and mobility in the Gwinnett Place area.
Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment, equity plans unveiled
January 1, 2023 – Gwinnett County residents got to see what the future of the Gwinnett Place Mall property in 2022, and it appears redevelopment will include a mix of housing, retail, community services and highlighting the county’s diversity.
Take a look at our favorite Gwinnett County photos of 2022: Scene from an empty mall
January 1, 2023 – These photos of Gwinnett Place Mall were taken Jan. 14, 2022. With just a few stores remaining, the mall is mostly empty and primarily used by the film industry. Plans for the mall’s future have begun taking shape in 2022.