Visions for Vacancies: Park Place Shopping Center

Dunwoody Patch has a new feature that’s a bit of a modern spin on community planning – a digital forum where we welcome your views about the best use for vacant properties in our community.

Each week we’ll present a new vacant building and ask for readers to think and comment on what they would like to see develop there.

Don’t worry about what zone it’s in, ignore things like setback regulations and all the other zoning stuff the city has to deal with. If you had your say, what would you like to see there? What would be the best use for the community?

This week, the fourth in the series, we’re focusing on Park Place Shopping Center across from Perimeter Mall. The address is 4505 Ashford Dunwoody Road.

The complex - with Alon’s Bakery and Twisted Taco among others - has 82,000 square feet of retail space. There are three spaces that are empty in the shopping center.

Two separate spaces are near Café Intermezzo. One has 1,389 square feet of space and the other has 3,517 square feet of space. The smaller opening is behind the H. Stockton store. It has 750 square feet.

Park Place Shopping Center is one of the highest traffic areas in the city for shopping.  The population within a 5-mile radius is nearly 220,000 people.

What would you like to see go there?

About this column: In highlighting vacant buildings in Dunwoody, we aim to help residents take a proactive role in planning and building their community. We'll take your feedback to public officials and property owners, to inform their decisions about future uses. Know of a vacant building we should highlight? Email jasonmassad@gmail.com