REAL. LOCAL. SAVINGS. 470-639-3910 10800 Alpharetta Highway geico.com/roswell-gordon ¡Hablamos Español!
S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 1 | A p p e n M e d i a . c o m | A n A p p e n M e d i a G r o u p P u b l i c a t i o n | 5 0 ¢ | Vo l u m e 1 6 , N o . 3 9
New businesses open in downtown Crabapple
Limitations apply. See geico.com for more details. GEICO & affiliates. Washington, DC 20076 © 2021 GEICO 20_582734891
Builders continue pursuit of top restaurants, shops By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The face of downtown is changing on a regular basis as Market District Crabapple and Crabapple Market move past challenges to welcome new businesses. Market District Crabapple is a highdensity, mixed-use development under construction along Heritage Walk near Birmingham Highway in Milton. Once completed, the 4-plus-acre development will consist of seven buildings with residential and commercial space. About a quarter of a mile down the street, an expansion that builds off the existing Crabapple Market will feature 11 new buildings and include retail, restaurant and residential spaces. The mixeduse development is privately owned. Both developments have faced delays due to supply chain issues caused by the pandemic but have remained ready to adapt to the changing environment. One of the biggest changes to previous plans has been to Market District Crabapple, which proposed a food hall in building four with five restaurants on the bottom floor and residential units above. Pandemic alters plans Brent Beecham, a partner and developer for the project, said the decision to scrap the food hall was made six or seven months ago. However, the new concept is similar in that there will still be several
CHAMIAN CRUZ/APPEN MEDIA
The Crabapple Market expansion is on track to reach capacity by spring 2022. The mixed-use development will feature 11 new buildings and include retail, restaurant and residential space. options for restaurants in one space, but they will be spread out over three floors, so they have outdoor space. The residential units were replaced with more restaurant opportunities and are now anticipated to go in the final three buildings. “During the pandemic, people started to feel weird about being in enclosed spaces,” Beecham said. “So what we’re doing now is the whole first floor of the building is probably going to divide into two or three big full-scale restaurants, and
then I’m going to build a second level that has porches and whatnot. Hopefully, we’ll have a restaurant there, and on the third floor we’ll have rooftops on both ends.” Beecham said he is in negotiations with potential restaurants, including one that serves sushi, but he did not disclose any names. He said he’s confident buildings three and four will be leased before they are fully constructed by late summer
See BUSINESSES, Page 1
The results are in! See inside!