3/5 Chris S. 3 years ago on Google
This
is
not
my
favorite
strip
mall.
Mind
you
this
review
in
no
way
reflects
negatively
on
the
businesses
within
the
strip
mall.
I
am
reviewing
specifically
the
mall's
parking,
amenities,
features
and
fixtures
in
specific.
Getting
in
and
out
of
this
strip
mall
parking
lot
is
intentionally
made
difficult
apparently
to
slow
traffic
down.
It's
exactly
5th-Wheel
or
Class-A
RV
friendly.
The
area
in
front
of
Publix
is
often
congested.
For
that
reason,
many
savvy
residents
use
the
roadish
area
behind
Publix
to
avoid
the
worst
of
the
traffic
if
they
are
going
from
the
post
office
to
WallMart
or
even
across
Atlanta
Highway
toward
downtown
Athens.
Night
lighting
is
sufficient.
I'd
like
to
see
them
renovate
the
parking
to
include
actual
trees
rather
than
Crepe
Myrtles,
and
more
tree
islands
to
provide
actual
shade.
This
strip
mall
has
a
few
obligatory
tree
islands,
though
the
trees
are
poorly
kept
and
offer
almost
no
shade
whatsoever.
It's
as
if
they
planned
these
tree
islands
to
be
useless,
shading
only
the
non-parking
areas.
It
was
likely
developed
before
they
had
to
spec
trees
for
strip
mall
parking
lots.
Barnes
and
Noble
and
Publix
are
the
only
"traditional"
anchor
stores
left,
and
I'm
not
sure
how
long
B&N
will
endure
due
to
pandemic
times.
We
shop
at
Publix
regularly,
but
had
I
not
pulled
up
a
map,
I'd
not
have
considered
Publix
and
its
separate
strip
mall
area
as
the
part
of
the
L-shaped
area
I
think
of
as
Athens
Promenade.
Unfortunately,
I
haven't
shopped
at
B&N
in
a
while.
The
other
anchor
stores
are
Bealls
Outlet
and
Bargain
Hunt.
Probably
the
biggest
draw
is
the
Chuck
E.
Cheese's.
I've
seen
a
lot
of
store
front
names
come
and
go
at
this
strip
mall.
I
didn't
think
Bargain
Hunt
would
be
there
long,
but
it's
been
a
few
years,
so
maybe
it
will
be
there
a
while
longer.
It
used
to
be
a
Bed
Bath
and
Beyond.
I
could
be
wrong,
but
it
feels
like
half
the
store
fronts
in
this
mall
are
empty.
Yes
we
visit
Publix
regularly,
but
if
they
hadn't
moved
our
post
office
eight
miles
away
from
its
original
location
on
Alps
Road
a
few
years
ago,
it's
likely
we
would
visit
Publix
a
lot
less
often.