Malls · Georgia
Shoppes at Port Royal
Shoppes at Port Royal opened 1991, closed 1994, housed Fort Discovery museum; now closed, ownership and reuse potential unknown today. · summary, model-written
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Reinhabited
This site: Fort Discovery, a children's science exhibition center and museum extraction · all sites with thisEducation
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| Status | Closedextracted, unreviewed |
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| Strategy | Reinhabitedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | educationextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Fort Discovery, a children's science exhibition center and museumextracted, unreviewed |
Site context
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Summary, model-written
The Shoppes at Port Royal opened as a mall in 1991 and closed in 1994. After closure, the building was repurposed as Fort Discovery, a children's science exhibition center and museum. The site is presently listed as closed.
Why. not stated in the record
Where it stands. The site is currently closed; no owner or controlling entity is specified in the record.
For a planner
- Reinhabit strategy directed toward educational use (Fort Discovery).
- No explicit policy tools or incentives are mentioned in the record.
- Open questions include current ownership, zoning designation, and potential for future reuse.
For a developer
- Site size: 128,000 sq ft GLA.
- Control and entitlement stage are not stated in the record.
- No flood, transit, or environmental constraints are noted.
- Market signals from surrounding tract data are absent.
What we do not know yet
- Causes of the 1994 closure are not provided.
- Current owner, property manager, or controlling entity are unknown.
- Present building condition and any remediation needs are unspecified.
- Zoning, land‑use entitlements, and any pending approvals are not described.
- Many fields are marked as extraction and the record is still in draft verification status.
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History and original facts
| Opened | 1991extracted, unreviewed |
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| Closed | 1994extracted, unreviewed |
| Gross leasable area | 128,000 sq ftextracted, unreviewed |
| Census division | 5 · South Atlantic |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States |
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Background
The National Science Center's Fort Discovery, generally known as Fort Discovery, was a 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m2), children's science exhibition center and museum located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, at Riverwalk Augusta. The museum was located in the former Shoppes at Port Royal, which operated from 1991 to 1994.
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Timeline
- 1991 Opened
- 1994 Closed
Sources
- Wikipedia: Shoppes at Port Royal · supports: after notes, gla sqft, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
8 quoted sentences
operated from 1991 to 1994
operated from 1991 to 1994
128,000-square-foot
The National Science Center's Fort Discovery, generally known as Fort Discovery, was a 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m2), children's science exhibition center and museum located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, at Riverwalk Augusta.