Phipps Plaza

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Phipps Plaza


caption =
location = Atlanta, Georgia, USA
opening_date = 1969
developer = Simon Properties
manager = Simon Properties
owner = Simon Properties
number_of_stores =
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area = 820,000 sq ft
floors = 3
website = [http://www.simon.com/mall/mall_info.aspx?ID=210 Phipps Plaza]
parking =

Phipps Plaza, owned by Simon Property Group, is an 821,000 square foot (76,000 m²) mall in Buckhead, Atlanta and Lenox Square's sister-mall.

About

In 1969, Phipps Plaza opened as the first multi-level mall in Atlanta and was aimed to become the South's leading upscale and premiere luxury shopping destination. Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor were added as anchors to this upscale plaza. It was not until 1992 with a $140 million renovation and expansion that Phipps gained its third anchor, Parisian, a midscale department store prevalent in the south. In 2004, the Lord & Taylor store closed its doors after nearly 35 years when the company exited the Georgia market. The store was completely renovated to make way for Atlanta's third Nordstrom, which opened in March 2005. On August 2, 2006, it was announced that Belk was acquiring the Parisian chain of department stores, with the store being converted to the Belk name in the fall of 2007. Phipps Plaza is still home to Atlanta's only Saks Fifth Avenue store. The Belk store at Phipps Plaza has now been designated by Belk as one of four of their "flagship" stores.

Phipps has more than 100 specialty shops, five full-service restaurants, a food court, and a 14-screen AMC movie theater.

Anchor stores

*Nordstrom "(Opened 1969 as Lord & Taylor, remodeled and re-opened as Nordstrom in 2005, 153,740 sq. ft.)"
*Belk "(Opened 1992 as Parisian and converted to Belk Sept 2007, 170,000 sq. ft.; .")
*Saks Fifth Avenue "(Opened 1969, 148,645 sq. ft.)"

Exclusive retailers

*Bang & Olufsen
*Barneys Co-Op
*Cole Haan
*Elie Tahari
*Giorgio Armani
*Gucci
*BOSS Hugo Boss
*Jimmy Choo
*Juicy Couture
*NikeTown
*Max Mara
*Sisley
*St. Croix
*Theory
*Tiffany & Co.
*Tory Burch
*TUMI
*Versace
*Valentino "Opening Fall 2008" [http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/04/07/story6.html?page=2]

External links

* [http://www.phippsplaza.com/ Phipps Plaza Mall]
* [http://www.repeatatlanta.com Repeat Atlanta]