Augusta Exchange

Augusta Exchange

Location	Augusta, Georgia, United States
Opening date	October 1997[1]
Developer	Abernathy & Timberlake Investment LLC
Management	Kimco Realty
Owner	Kimco Realty
No. of stores and services	61
No. of anchor tenants	2
Total retail floor area	800,000 sq ft (74,000 m^2)[1]

The Augusta Exchange is an 87-acre (350,000 m²) regional power center in Augusta, Georgia located at the southeast corner of the intersection of I-520 and I-20 and is a 1/4 of a mile from Augusta Mall.^[2] Located on former farm land,^[3] the center opened in October 1997 and leases approximately 800,000 square feet (74,000 m²) of retail space.^[1] Its main anchors are Target,^[4] and a 20-screen Regal Cinemas movie theater.^[5] The shopping center is currently owned by Kimco Realty.

Anchor & majors

• Target, opened in October 1997,^[4] the Target outlet brought 150 jobs to the Augusta community^[6]
• Regal Augusta Exchange Stadium 20 & IMAX, opened in January 1998,^[5] IMAX added in 2008
• Best Buy, opened in 2002
• Office Depot, opened in 2002
• Staples, opened in 1999
• BuyBuyBaby, opened in 2009, was previously CompUSA from 1999 until that company's shut down of their retail stores
• David's Bridal, opened in 2002
• Sports Authority, opened in 1997, closed in 2014
• Borders, opened in 1997, closed in 2011 and was split for Ulta and Kirkland's.
• Hobby Lobby, opened in 2010 in the old Ashley's Furniture Homestore, which was a local department store, Mansour's, before that

The Augusta Exchange saw a period of many store closings in 2008 and 2009, however, most of the vacant spaces were leased to new tenants in 2010. Ashley Furniture Homestore reopened in the former Goody's location in mid-2010, Basset's Ice Cream replaced a former Alltel in the Spring of 2010, Christmas Tree Shops opened in the former Circuit City location in late 2010, At&t Wireless replaced the former Friedman's Jewelers in Spring 2010, and Discount Furniture replaced the former Bed Mattress in March 2010.

Restaurants

• Atlanta Bread Company, opened November 1998^[7]
• Bruster's Ice Cream
• Chick-fil-A
• Chili's
• Cold Stone Creamery
• Logan's Roadhouse
• O'Charley's, opened in 1998 in former Cookers
• Panera Bread, opened in 2006 on the former site of Just For Feet
• Romano's Macaroni Grill
• Genghis Grill, opened in 2013 in former Souper Salad
• Starbucks, opened in 2007 in former Raspberry Cool
• Twin Peaks, opened in December 2014 in former Sticky Fingers, first Georgia location outside of metro Atlanta
• Subway
• Basset's Ice Cream, Opening Spring 2010
• Buffalo Wild Wings

See also

• Augusta Mall
• The Village at Riverwatch

References

1. Witsil, Frank (1998-02-05). "Augusta Exchange filling vacancies". The Augusta Chronicle.
2. Bankston, John (2001-11-05). "Store Owner in Augusta, Ga., Struggles in Once-Thriving Shopping Center". The Augusta Chronicle.
3. Coryell, Heidi (2000-03-12). "Progress, tradition sometimes clash". The Augusta Chronicle.
4. Rogers, Donna W. (1997-07-09). "Target on target for new shopping center". The Augusta Chronicle.
5. "Regal chain will file for bankruptcy". The Augusta Chronicle. 2001-09-07.
6. Rogers, Donna W. (1997-04-20). "Minneapolis-Based Target to Open Store in Augusta, Ga., Mall. (20-APR-97) Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News". Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
7. Witsil, Frank (1999-01-19). "Atlanta Bread Co. a big hit in Augusta". The Augusta Chronicle.

External links

• Augusta Exchange — Kimco Realty (owner)
• Regal Augusta Exchange 20