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Perimeter Village closures prompt community chatter By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody is wrestling with the fate of one of its shopping centers just a few blocks from Perimeter Mall. The Perimeter Village shopping center at Ashford Dunwoody Road and Meadow Lane lies within one of Metro Atlanta’s largest business districts. The three-parcel development, owned by
Winter weather covers Dunwoody Clockwise from top: A family strolls past the entrance to Dunwoody City Hall before 9 a.m. Dec. 10 as more than 2 inches of snow draped Metro Atlanta. Crews from the Public Works Department were plowing the bridges over I-285 around 8 a.m. The city said drivers are getting stuck on the ramps, and crews are closing the Perimeter Center Parkway bridge over I-285 between Lake Hearn Drive and the State Farm complex. Emergency personnel view conditions on Ashford Dunwoody Road before 8 a.m. Jan. 10 at the Real Time Crime Center at Dunwoody Police Headquarters. The city warned residents to stay home and off roadways. The sign for Dunwoody City Hall gives a taste of the winter wonderland that Metro Atlanta residents woke up to Jan. 10. See more winter weather coverage at appenmedia.com.
New York real estate investment trust Kimco Realty, offers a whopping 380,686 square feet of retail space. Since the shopping center lost its Walmart Supercenter last summer, residents have chimed in on Facebook’s Dunwoody Area Community Forum with theories about the closure. The store was one of two in north Metro Atlanta
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A look west from the Perimeter Village shopping center’s parking lot shows the now shuttered Walmart and Petland storefronts within the 42-acre retail development off Ashford Dunwoody Road. Residents have discussed the closures in the Dunwoody Area Community Forum Facebook group. PHOTOS BY: CITY OF DUNWOODY/PROVIDED
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