Sugarloaf Mills
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[[File:Discover Mills Entrance.jpg|thumb|Main entrance when the mall was known as Discover Mills, {{circa|November 2001}}]] |
[[File:Discover Mills Entrance.jpg|thumb|Main entrance when the mall was known as Discover Mills, {{circa|November 2001}}]] |
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===2000–2001: Development and opening=== |
===2000–2001: Development and opening=== |
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[[The Mills Corporation]] began planning Sugarloaf Mills as a joint venture with [[Mills Corporation#KanAm Grund Group|KanAm]] on a {{convert|230|acre}} site at [[Interstate 85]] and [[Sugarloaf Parkway]] in [[Gwinnett County]], and an initial budget of $170 million. The original (and |
[[The Mills Corporation]] began planning Sugarloaf Mills as a joint venture with [[Mills Corporation#KanAm Grund Group|KanAm]] on a {{convert|230|acre}} site at [[Interstate 85]] and [[Sugarloaf Parkway]] in [[Gwinnett County]], and an initial budget of $170 million. The original (and has been used since 2012) name, '''Sugarloaf Mills''', was named after the mall's planned situation near Sugarloaf Parkway.{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2000 |title=Discover Mills clears series of firsts for malls - Atlanta Business Chronicle |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2000/03/06/focus16.html |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=www.bizjournals.com |language=en-US}} The site began getting ready for construction in early 2000. 80% of the property was cleared by March.{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2000 |title=Discover Mills clears series of firsts for malls - Atlanta Business Chronicle |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2000/03/06/focus16.html |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=www.bizjournals.com |language=en-US}} |
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====The "Discover Mills" name==== |
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