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Plaza Fiesta is a 350,000 square feet (33,000 m²) shopping mall in DeKalb County, Georgia on the eastern border of the city of Brookhaven, on Buford Highway and Clairmont Road. The mall contains a large supermarket ("farmers market"), several large discount stores, and a large space filled with over 140^[1] small vendors, modeled on a Mexican mercado or flea market. According to newspaper Creative Loafing, "to Atlanta's immigrant population, Plaza Fiesta has become as vital a shopping destination as Lenox Square or the Mall of Georgia."^[2]

The mall opened in 1968 as the Buford-Clairmont Mall and included a movie theater. Tenants included Woolco which later became a Burlington Coat Factory. Later the mall became "Outlet Square" and included a Winn-Dixie supermarket. In 1996, new owners turned the mall into "Asian Square", modeled after a crowded Hong Kong street. In 2000 new owners spend $11 million to transform Asian Square into Plaza Fiesta. Marshall's closed in the early 2010s as it opened a store in nearby Town Brookhaven.^[3]

2013 saw a number of openings at the plaza, including the Shoppers World discount store, Planet Fitness gym, and Ross Dress for Less.^[4] That same year, the mall reported over 4 million visitors.^[5] The mall attracts shoppers from as far as North Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.^[6] In February 2020, an Ollie's Bargain Outlet location opened next to the Planet Fitness location.^[7]

Incidents

A robbery and shoplifting took place inside of a store in the mall in April 2021.^{[citation needed]} That same year, a fight was taken place after the mall was closed for the night.^{[citation needed]}

After a string of fights and robberies, the mall issued a new supervision rule requires all visitors under 18 will have to be with an adult 21 years and over after 3 PM while on mall property and placed security measures throughout the mall area. ^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
• Buford-Clairmont Mall-Plaza Fiesta page on Mall Hall of Fame

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