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AGRIBUSINESS: Cargill to close Texas plant Cargill Inc., the largest U.S. agricultural company, said it will close a corn processing plant in Dimmitt, Texas, because of poor returns in the [...]

At long last, IKEA is close to making its decision about whether to build a store --- or two --- in metro Atlanta, according to Joseph Roth, a company spokesman. [...]

Add yet another stop to Atlanta's shopping circuit: Discover Mills, a much-anticipated upscale outlet and specialty retail mall in Gwinnett County, opened Friday. The shopping and entertainment complex named for [...]

Melanie Villemain and her friends are Gwinnett County's gold. Every few months, Villemain and three of her friends drive to metro Atlanta for an overnight shopping spree, dropping up to [...]

For many women, shopping is entertainment. And finding a Chanel suit for $299.90 is about as entertaining as it gets for the bargain hunters among them. But if that's not [...]

Today's opening of the Discover Mills mall will be a shot in the arm for a county where more and more residents are shopping for jobs. The mall off Sugarloaf [...]

When Discover Mills opens its doors Friday in Gwinnett County, area consumers will get their first taste of close-in outlet mall shopping and then some. For Mills Corp., the powerhouse [...]

Add yet another stop to Atlanta's shopping circuit: Discover Mills, a much-antici- pated upscale outlet and specialty retail mall in Gwinnett County, opens Friday. The shopping and entertainment complex named [...]

A story in Friday's Metro section should have said the state Ethics Commission voted 3-1 to dismiss a complaint and halt further investigation as to whether Gov. Roy Barnes should [...]

It's almost radical, dude. The nation's first ESPN-sponsored skate park opens in Duluth this fall with the glitter of a Hard Rock Cafe. The 45,000-square-foot facility, to open Nov. 2 [...]

It's almost radical, dude. The nation's first ESPN-sponsored skate park will open in Duluth this fall with the glitter of a Hard Rock Cafe. The 45,000-square-foot facility, to open Nov. [...]

In about two months, the cacophony of hammers and drills at Discover Mills mall will be replaced with the sweet sound of money and the happy babble of shoppers. Gwinnett's [...]

The Mall of Georgia's gain appeared to be Discover Mills's loss when Van's Skatepark this week announced plans for its skateboard recreation area and retail store at the Buford regional [...]

The developers of Sugarloaf Parkway's Discover Mills have added a new twist to the offerings at the mega retail-entertainment complex: an exhibit featuring Georgia's greatest in music and sports. The [...]

Neiman Marcus plans to open a Last Call outlet at Discover Mills, a move that will bring more cachet to the retail-entertainment complex. The addition of Neiman Marcus to Discover [...]

When Publix Super Markets planned two stores less than a mile apart in Midtown, the obvious question was: Why so close? It's a calculated move by metro Atlanta's No. 2 [...]

The hotel industry continues to find Gwinnett very accommodating. Despite adding more than 40 hotels and 4,000 rooms in the past five years, the county has not reached a saturation [...]

The retail portion of Atlantic Station promised to add a destination shopping and entertainment complex to the heart of Atlanta. It still will, backers of the ambitious project vow, despite [...]

The ambitious Atlantic Station project in Midtown is going back to the drawing board on plans for a retail-entertainment complex. Mills Corp., which had planned a giant retail center at [...]

Despite numerous obstacles and continuing talk of delays, the developers of Atlantic Station in Midtown said Monday the mixed-use development is well under way, with parking garages set to begin [...]

Mills Corp., developer of the Atlantic Station retail entertainment center in Midtown, is pushing back the opening date for the project. Mills is rethinking the development, planned as part of [...]

The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce is encouraging businesses in the Discover Mills area to partner with the government to help pay for benefits such as bus shuttles, road improvements, sidewalks [...]

The massive melange of steel resembles little more than a highbrow Erector Set. Yet in almost exactly one year it's slated to be the latest jewel encrusting Gwinnett's retail crown. [...]

Wayfield Foods, a Lithia Springs-based independent grocery chain, wants to expand in metro Atlanta and could be eyeing former Winn-Dixie sites. The 11-store chain could be a larger area player [...]

Construction at Discover Mills has reached a milestone. Steel is being erected at the site of the 1.2 million-square-foot shopping center, a sign of significant progress at the site. 'We've [...]

The home-improvement marketplace is being primed for a tony new addition. Dekor, an upscale home-improvement marketplace, is under construction at the Mall of Georgia Crossing adjacent to the Mall of [...]

Midtown Alliance is spending $40,000 on an in-depth study of the area's retail potential that will be used to help lure high-end stores, boutiques, movie theaters and restaurants to that [...]

Tourism dollars are flowing into Gwinnett County faster than ever before. According to figures released Wednesday, tourism money spent in Gwinnett shot up 27 percent in 1999, for total expenditures [...]

At Grapevine Mills shopping center in Dallas, a 40-foot wide cowboy hat rests above the food court. Opry Mills in Nashville features a guitar on its logo, with musical notes [...]

Eschewing a traditional groundbreaking, Discover Mills officials took a moment Tuesday to detail what the retail complex will contribute to the community aside from another shopping fix. The Mills Corp., [...]

Q: Why is San Diego's weather always so beautiful, in the low 70s all year long, while just to the north, in Los Angeles, temperatures sometimes soar over 100 degrees? [...]

The Mills Corp. announced the first round of tenants for Discover Mills, the 1.3-million-square-foot shopping center set to break ground June 6. The four anchor stores for the shopping center [...]

Las Vegas --- Mills Corp. unveiled the first group of anchor tenants for its outlet mall and entertainment complex under construction in Gwinnett County. Discover Mills, named for the credit [...]

Nashville --- The closing of Opryland more than two years ago was difficult for some, but it may have been the bitter medicine the city needed to reshape its image [...]

'Captain' Bill Shaheen looked out across the tall golden reeds of the Meadowlands marshes waving in a crisp spring wind and wondered aloud: 'Who is the real Al Gore?' Is [...]

Don Fernandez The empty tract of land almost begs for answers. Bulldozers turn the piles of rust-covered clay, preparing the infrastructure for the latest addition to the plethora of shopping [...]

Don Fernandez It will take a while longer for the turf of Gwinnett's newest mall to be officially christened. Set to debut in fall 2001 at I-85 and Sugarloaf Parkway, [...]

Aetna apologizes for reimbursing slave owners Aetna apologized Thursday for selling policies in the 1850s that reimbursed slave owners for financial losses when their slaves died. 'Aetna has long acknowledged [...]

Renee DeGross Naming rights are coming to a mall near you. In the first move of its type, the developer of Sugarloaf Mills in Gwinnett County has sold the outlet [...]

Don Fernandez Even as Christmas shoppers are flocking to the new Mall of Georgia, Gwinnett's next shopping epicenter is preparing for its massive introduction. The Mills Corp. has set an [...]

Tony Wilbert Bass Pro Shops is fishing for a buyer for the former Gwinnett Daily News building and surrounding land. It could signify that the Springfield, Mo.-based retailer is thinking [...]

Tony Wilbert Skaters, grab your boards. California shoemaker Vans Inc. is exporting its popular skate parks to the East Coast, and the first one in the South could land in [...]

Kimberly H. Byrd Opening of the 1.5-million-square-foot Sugarloaf Mills shopping development has been put off until the fall of 2001, officials said this week. A winter groundbreaking is planned for [...]

Milo Ippolito Two stores get head start on mall rivals Staples became the second store to open on the Mall of Georgia campus on Wednesday. The office supply store is [...]

Stand-alone photo. Work continues on the new Ga. 120 bridge over I-85. The project, which is to be completed in the fall of 2000, is one of a dozen in [...]

Michael White Mega-mall developer Mills Corp. is targeting California and Europe in an ambitious plan that seeks to dot the landscape of two continents with entertainment-oriented shopping centers. Best known [...]

Patti Bond Would you pay a cover charge at the mall? Apparently one of the country's largest shopping center developers thinks so. Officials at the Mills Corp., creator of the [...]

Milo Ippolito Secrets were revealed, others hinted at, and struggles foreshadowed at this year's International Council of Shopping Centers conference in Las Vegas. The big news was the disclosure to [...]

Milo Ippolito Just one more quarter in the slots, one more hand of blackjack, another spin of the roulette wheel and I'd have struck it rich --- and my bloodshot [...]

Milo Ippolito Even the stores that might move in don't know what Sugarloaf Mills will look like. Mills Corp. presented store chains interested in moving into an outlet mall with [...]