Augusta Mall

Augusta Mall

Augusta Mall Entrance
Location	Augusta, Georgia, United States
Opening date	August 3, 1978
Developer	The Rouse Company
Management	General Growth Properties
Owner	General Growth Properties
No. of stores and services	134
No. of anchor tenants	6
Total retail floor area	1,107,000 sq ft (102,800 m2)
No. of floors	2
Parking	5,400 spaces
Website	Augusta Mall

Augusta Mall is an upscale two level super-regional shopping mall located in Augusta, Georgia. It opened on August 3, 1978, one week after the now-defunct Regency Mall. It is one of the largest malls in the state of Georgia, and it is the largest mall in the Augusta metro area. Augusta Mall has six anchors: Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Barnes & Noble. The mall features many higher-end tenants, some of which cannot be found outside of Atlanta. Some stores inside the mall include Apple, Teavana, Banana Republic, a multi level H&M, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Pandora, Sephora, Michael Kors, White House/Black Market, Williams-Sonoma, and a two level dual gender Forever 21.

Augusta Mall had about 90 retail spaces when it first opened, anchored by two department stores: Rich's and Davison's. Many of the mall's design features were borrowed from other successful malls in Rouse Company's portfolio. The space frame ceiling is a replica of The Mall in Columbia, Governor's Square Mall, Tampa Bay Center and Hulen Mall while the center fountain and elevator was taken from Beachwood Place, which opened the same month as Augusta. Also in 1978 was the opening of close retail rival Regency Mall. Many references to either mall will often mention the other. A summary of this history is effectively described in a Greater Augusta Area proposal to revitalize the now-defunct Regency Mall: