Comments on: Atlantic Station is no Vehicle for Validation

By: AS Insider

AS Insider — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:30:13 +0000

Atlantic Station actually lets any retail store or restaurant validate…they’re just too cheap to do it and would rather tell you that AS doesn’t “allow” it…complete BS.

The first 2 hours are free, the second and third are $1 and you would have to stay there a long time to cause any real pain…and as Rashid & Chintan posted, the movie theater gives you an extra 2 hours free.

Parking isn’t free in Midtown, it isn’t free in VA-Highland and it isn’t free in the B’Head Village…Lenox/Phipps are looking into charging for all of their parking right now so stay tuned.

By: Rashid Z. Muhammad

Rashid Z. Muhammad — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:25:35 +0000

Just make sure that you catch a movie and you should be fine on parking.

By: EasyStreet

EasyStreet — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:12:24 +0000

Atlantic Station sucks!!!! Midtown- east of 75/85 is where it’s at.

By: Smoove D

Smoove D — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:24:45 +0000

I agree with Alex there are plenty of places to shop that offer the same stores as Atlantic Station and free parking. I’d rather drive a few extra miles than pay for parking. Also, deck parking is a pain. There are plenty of stores only a few miles further than Atlantic Station with plenty of convenient surface lots.

By: Wide Lawn

Wide Lawn — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:20:45 +0000

I miss Atlanta so much and this post made me miss it even more. I used to live on Atlantic Drive, before my no good ex boyfriend got another girl pregnant and stole my house there. When I lived there the area that was Atlantic Station was an old steel mill. How I would have loved to live so close to an IKEA! Wow. I would love to see how it looks now. I can’t even imagine it. But goodness, how nice can it be if they won’t even validate your parking?

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:24:23 +0000

>>As for parking, there is no such thing as free automobile storage. It’s built into the prices at Lenox & Phipps.

Cool. I didn’t know that the national chain stores located at Atlantic Station had lower prices than the national chain stores at Lenox & Phipps. Good to know.

By: BPJ

BPJ — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:08:02 +0000

The area is definitely not “generally devoid of people on the weekend.” (I live near there.) It’s actually gotten crowded in recent months.

As for parking, there is no such thing as free automobile storage. It’s built into the prices at Lenox & Phipps. One way or another, you pay. And there are alternatives: the free Atlantic Station shuttle leaves frequently from the Arts Center MARTA station.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:01:37 +0000

It doesn’t make any sense to me either. A new development that is trying to draw people to a location that is generally devoid of people on the weekend, and they want to charge for parking? Midtown is not a happening location for shopping. With the number of malls located in and around Atlanta, Atlanta Station has an abundance of competiton. The only true draw at Atlanta Station is Ikea, and they have their own deck and it’s free parking. What else at Atlantic Station can not be found at an area mall that may be easier to get to, easier to park?

By: Chintan

Chintan — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:59:53 +0000

The movie theater validated my ticket this weekend. I got a total of four hours free.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:52:49 +0000

I don’t find it silly at all. As they say in economics classes, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Decks typically cost in excess of $20,000 per space.

If the dining costs partially subsidized the parking deck, then patrons who used MARTA or the shuttles to get to Atlantic Station — not to mention, patrons on bikes or within walking distance — would be subsidizing the patrons who drove to get to Atlantic Station.

Considering that TAD bonds already helped subsidize the parking deck, I don’t believe it’s right to then get those who don’t use the deck to turn around and subsidize the deck any further.