North DeKalb Mall Project Spurs Questions Ahead Of Meeting

North Dekalb Mall features a now-vacant Macy’s.

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A plan to tear down and rebuild North DeKalb Mall will be the topic of a community meeting on April 26.

Fittingly, the meeting is being held in the former Ross Dress for Less space, one of many tenants to leave the struggling mall over the years. The redevelopment will include a Costco, 450 multifamily units, a 152 key hotel,  restaurant and retail space. Two existing tenants – the AMC movie theater and the Burlington Coat Factory – will continue their leases at the space during the redevelopment.

Due to the project’s size it will have to be vetted as a Development of Regional Impact by the Atlanta Regional Commission. The redevelopment will be a years-long process and Thursday’s meeting is one of many that will happen before construction begins.