Malls · Georgia
Rio Shopping Center
Opened 1988. Redeveloped in 2001. Owner of record Couch Cameron Crossing LLC Et Al.
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Site profile16 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
Single-purpose entity
This site: 2701 NW 2ND AVE LLC county-parcels · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km
This site: 486 units in 4 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 30 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 31,200 on 29 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 57 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 8,159 units, Fulton County census-bps · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 7 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisLower-income tract (< $50k)
This site: $47,852 census-acs · all sites with thisNational Register place within 500 m
This site: Fire Station No. 11; North Avenue Presbyterian Church nps-nrhp · all sites with thisRail within 800 m
This site: Civic Center, North Avenue openstreetmap · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 82% census-acs · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: The site now contains a strip mall with a Walgreens pharmacy and 52,400-square-foot (4,870 m2) Publix supermarket dedicated in 2001 as well as the Savannah… extraction · all sites with thisGrocery
This site: …with a Walgreens pharmacy and 52,400-square-foot (4,870 m2) Publix supermarket dedicated in 2001 as well as the Savannah Midto extraction · all sites with thisHousing
This site: …permarket dedicated in 2001 as well as the Savannah Midtown apartment complex. The site now contains a strip mall with a Walgreen extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Closedextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | retail, housingextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The site now contains a strip mall with a Walgreens pharmacy and 52,400-square-foot (4,870 m2) Publix supermarket dedicated in 2001 as well as the Savannah Midtown apartment complex.extracted, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2001extracted, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | Couch Cameron Crossing LLC Et Alcounty assessor |
Planning
| Planning notes | The site now contains a strip mall with a Walgreens pharmacy and 52,400-square-foot (4,870 m2) Publix supermarket dedicated in 2001 as well as the Savannah Midtown apartment complex.extracted, unreviewed |
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Parcels, tax and title
| Parcel | Owner of record | Acres | Use · zoning | Value (appraised · assessed · taxable) | Last sale · deed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 005000021238all 26 county fields
| Couch Cameron Crossing LLC Et Al 950 JOSEPH E LOWERY BLVD NW STE 25, ATLANTA GA 30318 | 0.9 | 691 | $3.6M (appraised) assessed $1.4M | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 005000020768all 26 county fields
| 2701 Nw 2ND Ave LLC 3137 NE 163RD ST, MIAMI FL 33160 | 0.3 | 327 | $1.2M (appraised) assessed $464,120 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1.2 | $4.7M |
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Rio Shopping Center” and “Atlanta” (2 hits, first 2 sampled). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2006-10-13 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2006 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.
| Kind | Filer | Filings | Dates | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMBS trust (weak) | Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C4 | 2 | 2006-10-13 to 2006-10-13 | 8-K 2 |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | Civic Center, North Avenue (rail); 1 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
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| Motorway junctions within 2 km | 248C, 248D, 249A, 249BOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 24: 140 PINE STREET; 311 NORTH AVENUE DEMOLITION; 505 COURTLAND; ATLANTA IMPORT COLLISION CENTER INC.; BRSLB-1492-00(005), PI#531340 (APPLING/PIERCE COUNTY)EPA FRS |
| Census tract 13121001801 | 2,449 people, 16,639 per sq mi; median household income $47,852; 82% renters; 2.7% vacant units; 0.1% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 7 grocers, 2 schools, 27 parks or playgrounds, 12 health, 6 civic, 49 food and drink; 57 cycleway segments, 857 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| National Register places within 500 m | 5: Fire Station No. 11; North Avenue Presbyterian Church; Rose, Rufus M., House; Long, Crawford W., Memorial HospitalNPS |
| Housing permits, Fulton County (GA), 2024 | 8,159 units in 5+ unit buildings, 481 in 2–4, 2,937 single-family; 2023: 7,096 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.58; socioeconomic 0.69; housing and transport 0.55; 51% below 150% of poverty; 45% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 30 within 10 km, 51 within 25 km: 56 Marietta St. (1.9 km); CNN Center (1.9 km); 41 Marietta St. (1.9 km); Peachtree Arcade (2.0 km); Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center site (2.0 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 2,884 m², 6.398178577423096 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 18,576 since 2015; 1,535 in the last 12 months (+6% vs the prior 12); peak 2020-05 with 357Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | very low overall (score 2.4); expected annual loss $269,670; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 4 LIHTC properties, 486 units: The Residences At Maggie Capitol (210 units); City Lights Ii (96 units); Imperial Hotel 2012 (90 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 3,732 establishments (+10%); 55,757 jobs (+14%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $414,221 (-2% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,926/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 31,200 vehicles a day on 29 (principal arterial, 5 lanes); 781 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Opened in 1988 as a 120,000‑square‑foot open‑air shopping center designed by Arquitectonica, the Rio Shopping Center earned several design awards that year. In 2001 the center was redeveloped: a Publix supermarket and Walgreens were dedicated and the Savannah Midtown apartment complex was added, converting the site to retail and housing uses. Today the former mall is closed as a mall and operates as a strip‑mall with those tenants.
Why. not stated in the record
Where it stands. The site is currently closed as a mall and is controlled by the parcel owners listed in the record—COUCH CAMERON CROSSING LLC ET AL and 2701 NW 2ND AVE LLC—who hold the underlying land.
For a planner
- Precedent: retrofit already built with mixed‑use retail and housing (strategy: redevelop, new_use: retail/housing).
- Policy tools used are not specified in the record.
- Open questions: what caused the original mall’s closure, and what zoning or entitlements remain for further mixed‑use intensification.
For a developer
- Site size: approximately 1.18 acres (0.9056 + 0.2792 acres from the two parcels).
- Control: split between two owners (COUCH CAMERON CROSSING LLC ET AL and 2701 NW 2ND AVE LLC).
- Entitlement stage: retrofit completed in 2001, suggesting entitlements are already in place.
- Constraints from context layers (flood, transit, environment) are not provided in the record.
- Market signals: county grew 4.6% 2018‑23, median rent $1,635, and housing is present on site.
What we do not know yet
- Exact reasons for the mall’s closure are not stated in the record.
- Details on anchor tenant losses, demolition extent, or debt are missing.
- Flood, transit, and environmental constraints are not described.
- Origins fields are marked as extraction and have not been verified (verified: draft).
- Opportunity score is low (20.0), indicating limited perceived upside per the model.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Rio Shopping Center Atlanta fity.club
- Rio Shopping Center — Martha Schwartz Par… msp.world
- What's that going to be at Rio Shopping Center? msn.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- closed or demolished site (sourced)
- county grew 4.6% 2018–23
- median rent $1,635
- housing in the record
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Opened | 1988extracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Architect | Arquitectonica |
| County | Fulton County |
| Census division | 5 · South Atlantic |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Background
The Rio Shopping Center was a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) open-air shopping center in Atlanta. It was located at the southeast corner of Piedmont Avenue and North Avenue in the northwesternmost part of what is now the Old Fourth Ward, at its border of SoNo and Midtown Atlanta. It was designed by Arquitectonica in postmodern style, landscaped by Martha Schwartz and opened in the Fall of 1988. It was the first free-standing complex of its kind to be built in central Atlanta in more than twenty years.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1988 Opened
- 1988 Awarded Best New Development - Retail
- 1988 Awarded Best of Architecture
- 1988 Fulton County Developers Award
- 2001 Publix supermarket dedicated
Sources
- Wikipedia: Rio Shopping Center · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year opened
9 quoted sentences
opened in the Fall of 1988.
The site now contains a strip mall with a Walgreens pharmacy and 52,400-square-foot (4,870 m2) Publix supermarket dedicated in 2001 as well as the Savannah Midtown apartment complex.
Despite its awards, the center was not successful in attracting customers and closed about a decade after opening.
The site now contains a strip mall with a Walgreens pharmacy and 52,400-square-foot (4,870 m2) Publix supermarket dedicated in 2001 as well as the Savannah Midtown apartment complex.