Atlantic Station Thread II - Page 22

Andrea · #**421** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 4:04 AM**

Is cruising a problem at Atlantic Station? I have no idea because I don't hang out there at night but I've heard people allude to it.

Trae · #**422** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 4:10 AM**

Atlantic Station will come into its own in a few years. Once it starts getting built out. I think some people don't realize how big of a development this is.

sprtsluvr8 · #**423** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 9:43 AM**

Atlantic Station is quite a bit better than that festering pile of leftovers from Atlantic Steel...be happy.

ATLmangum · #**424** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by sprtsluvr8

Atlantic Station is quite a bit better than that festering pile of leftovers from Atlantic Steel...be happy.

Well said

john3eblover · #**425** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by sprtsluvr8

Atlantic Station is quite a bit better than that festering pile of leftovers from Atlantic Steel...be happy.

GThomas · #**426** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by sabino86

Actually, its only the westbound left lane on 17th that is blocked.

Whoops yep ... I meant west.

SAV · #**427** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by sabino86

Yep. Can't wait for them to fill in the other two holes and that bare northeast corner north of Dillard's

and Pier 1.

I cant wait untill they fill in Dillards

sabino86 · #**428** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by SAV

I cant wait untill they fill in Dillards

That store is losing money like crazy (see my previous posts for more)

Chris Creech · #**429** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by sabino86

That store is losing money like crazy (see my previous posts for more)

I just hope it hangs on for a while. The minute it closes you're going to see a bunch of people say that AS just isn't working etc. The last thing you want is that "Curse of Underground".

Maybe at some point they can sell it to a better store chain. It might be nice to have an intown Macy's again.

But yeah, if all else fails, down the road, they can just redevelop that sizeable lot into condos or another office tower, with ground retail.

Does anyone know at AS what is doing very well? What the market there is actually turning out to be? Seems like the restaurants do well, the CA Pizza and FOX grill are always packed. That Old Navy always seems busy. The Theaters seem to be doing VERY well, my Movie Bear group always meets there.

SteveD · #**430** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chris Creech

..my Movie Bear group always meets there.

...interesting! as in all the members are bears?

utguy9999 · #**431** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 11:02 PM**

Anyone know when this planned to open? Also, where exactly is it going to be?

Trae · #**432** Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 11:27 PM**

There is an LA Fitness in A.S?

KB0679 · #**433** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 12:13 AM**

I had no idea the Dillards in AS was doing poorly. It's one of the nicest Dillard's stores I've been in, and had good deals last time I was there (which I believe was back in September or October).

atlantaguy · #**434** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 12:23 AM**

KB0679 - I really don't think Atlanta has ever taken to Dillard's much with the exception of one or two of their far-suburban stores. This is their first store inside the Perimeter, and I just don't think their target market is intown at all. IMO, it should have been a Macy's or Bloomingdale's.

Chris Creech · #**435** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 12:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by SteveD

...interesting! as in all the members are bears?

LOL - yeah, actually they are.

jason21atl · #**436** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 12:57 AM**

The LA Fitness is going to be located in the large space directly below the movie theater. I think it is slated to open in the end of March.

Trae · #**437** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 1:01 AM**

I guess you really can "live, work, and play" in this thing.

cokezero · #**438** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 1:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by KB0679

I had no idea the Dillards in AS was doing poorly. It's one of the nicest Dillard's stores I've been in, and had good deals last time I was there (which I believe was back in September or October).

I noticed you were from SC, so I don't know the age of your local Dillard's stores, but in the Atlanta area, they're all fairly new. The reason I point this out is because the Atlantic Station store resembles the interior of essentially every other Dillard's store in the Atlanta area. Ignoring the central atrium in the AS store, if you were blindfolded and released in an Atlanta area Dillard's, you would have no idea if you were in the Perimeter store, the Mall of Georgia store, or the AS store.

Although I praise them for investing in Atlantic Station, I feel very let down by that store. Leading up to the grand opening, Dillard's and Atlantic Station officials kept referring to that store as their new flagship location. When you think of any other department store's flagship location (Macy's in Herald Square, the former Rich's in Atlanta, or the former Marshall Field's in Chicago), they are always more of a destination than their normal big-boxes in the suburbs. However, the only thing that differentiates this Dillard's from their other newer prototype locations in suburban Atlanta is that it is clad in brick instead of EIFS!

Although it probably has nothing to do with the AS location's current success, or lack thereof, I feel that so much is lacking in the design of such an important location in their chain.

ThrashATL · #**439** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 2:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by utguy9999

Anyone know when this planned to open? Also, where exactly is it going to be?

Should be open already, I know people that left my location in Alpharetta to go to AS and work back in August 2006. It's under the Regal movie theater.

sabino86 · #**440** Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 3:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chris Creech

I just hope it hangs on for a while. The minute it closes you're going to see a bunch of people say that AS just isn't working etc. The last thing you want is that "Curse of Underground".

Maybe at some point they can sell it to a better store chain. It might be nice to have an intown Macy's again.

But yeah, if all else fails, down the road, they can just redevelop that sizeable lot into condos or another office tower, with ground retail.

It's not Atlantic Station's fault, but the fact that we don't advertise.

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Originally Posted by KB0679

I had no idea the Dillards in AS was doing poorly. It's one of the nicest Dillard's stores I've been in, and had good deals last time I was there (which I believe was back in September or October).

That would have been our summer clearance sale. Other than that, markdowns are erratic.

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Originally Posted by cokezero

I noticed you were from SC, so I don't know the age of your local Dillard's stores, but in the Atlanta area, they're all fairly new. The reason I point this out is because the Atlantic Station store resembles the interior of essentially every other Dillard's store in the Atlanta area. Ignoring the central atrium in the AS store, if you were blindfolded and released in an Atlanta area Dillard's, you would have no idea if you were in the Perimeter store, the Mall of Georgia store, or the AS store.

Although I praise them for investing in Atlantic Station, I feel very let down by that store. Leading up to the grand opening, Dillard's and Atlantic Station officials kept referring to that store as their new flagship location. When you think of any other department store's flagship location (Macy's in Herald Square, the former Rich's in Atlanta, or the former Marshall Field's in Chicago), they are always more of a destination than their normal big-boxes in the suburbs. However, the only thing that differentiates this Dillard's from their other newer prototype locations in suburban Atlanta is that it is clad in brick instead of EIFS!

Although it probably has nothing to do with the AS location's current success, or lack thereof, I feel that so much is lacking in the design of such an important location in their chain.

Flagship my —.