by Britni Johnson | Aug 11, 2024 | The Forum
Ever since North American Properties (NAP) purchased The Forum, a Peachtree Corners retail destination that had suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has delivered on its promise to make the outdoor mall a lifestyle destination. The next phase of that plan was...
by Britni Johnson | Aug 6, 2024 | Mercato
Mercato’s latest venture—Tap 42 Craft Kitchen & Bar—launched Aug. 2 in the former longtime space of AZN Azian Cuizine in the North Naples mixed-use development. It’s the 11th location for Tap 42 but the first on the Gulf Coast for a hospitality concept...
by Britni Johnson | Aug 5, 2024 | Avenue East Cobb
Avenue East Cobb was a breath of fresh retail air in Marietta when it opened 25 years ago, an open-air alternative to enclosed malls that was chock with upscale, alternative brands appealing to Atlanta suburbanites. Over the past half-decade, however, newer lifestyle...
by Britni Johnson | Jul 31, 2024 | Mercato
On a hot summer day in 2004, I remember standing in line with my ’21’ Club colleagues at the first Shake Shack in New York City’s Madison Square Park. Twenty years and more than 400 Shake Shacks across the globe later, Naples is getting its first outpost...
by Britni Johnson | Jul 23, 2024 | Colony Square
Three years after opening as a stall in the Politan Row at Colony Square food hall in Midtown, Tandoori Pizza and Wing Co. is set to open as a stand-alone restaurant in the same development this fall. Chef Archna Becker decided to close the 128-square-foot stall...