Brookhaven Station.. A Strip Mall Off Track
It’s a tumultuous time for Brookhaven Station. Two of it’s main tenants have turned over in 45 days!
First, Jocks and Jills is gone. The sports bar had been the most successful tenant of that space. Also gone is the 101 group’s representative, Meehans. Though another Irish pub has replaced it, losing two locations of Atlanta’s restaurant stawlwarts raises the question of what’s going on over there.
One reason may be that the rent climbed aout the $25-$27 per square foot that was being charged. Another may be that Atlanta’s restaurant scene now faces so much competition that chains are looking to branch out to other cities.
Jocks and Jills now operates in Colorado and North Carolina. The 101 Group is opening at Saint Simons beachfront location. There is now enough Atlanta competition that smaller markets are ripe for Atlanta chain pickings.
In the meantime, there is now a big hole waiting for someone to fill walking distance from the Brookhaven MARTA station. Though it’s probably not going to happen, wouldn’t that space make a great Trader Joe’s?
February 7th, 2007 at 2:02 am
All that simply means is the strip mall is ripe for redevelopment. Being across from the rail station makes it an especially good site for mixed-use.
The owners of Brookhaven Station may be letting leases expire for this purpose.
The question, then, is whether the county commission would be supportive of a rezoning, if that hasn’t already been done.
February 7th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
That would require DeKalb County to have a mixed use zoning classification which they don’t. Do I hear annexation petition anyone?
February 8th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Hmm… that explains what happened with the Sandy Springs MARTA station.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Dekalb doesn’t have mixed use zoning? I thought that was the description for the new complexes on Dresden just down the road from the station. Maybe not the official designation, but surely the in-effect description. No?
March 15th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
The rumor was that Jocks and Jills was going to move down the street to the new development going up on Dresden - I wonder what happened to that idea?