{"id":547165,"date":"2026-03-17T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547165\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:22:13","slug":"developers-push-forward-plan-to-transform-north-point-mall-into-nhl-entertainment-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547165\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers push forward plan to transform North Point Mall into NHL entertainment district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The proposal calls for transforming the property into a walkable entertainment district centered around a 20,000-seat arena designed to attract an NHL team here.<\/p>\n<p>ALPHARETTA, Ga. \u2014 Developers have taken a major step forward in plans to redevelop Alpharetta&#8217;s North Point Mall into a large-scale, mixed-use destination anchored by a proposed NHL arena.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with Jamestown and New York Life said a zoning application was submitted to the City of Alpharetta to begin the formal review process for the nearly 100-acre site.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal calls for transforming the property into a walkable entertainment district centered around a 20,000-seat arena designed to attract a National Hockey League team to the metro Atlanta area.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b16c47f5-a363-4294-a585-3dbf3317ceaf_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b16c47f5-a363-4294-a585-3dbf3317ceaf_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the arena, plans include a mix of entertainment, retail and residential components, such as a 4,000-seat music venue, a smaller community hockey rink, a movie theater and multiple hotels. The development would also feature hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail, dining and office space, along with more than 1,300 apartment units.<\/p>\n<p>Developers said the project would include more than 16 acres of publicly accessible parks, plazas and trails aimed at creating a year-round destination for residents and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Project leaders said the redevelopment aligns with the city\u2019s long-term planning goals and is expected to generate jobs, expand the tax base and add new amenities to the area.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b16c47f5-a363-4294-a585-3dbf3317ceaf_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b16c47f5-a363-4294-a585-3dbf3317ceaf_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The zoning application begins a public review process that will include community meetings and public hearings, allowing residents and business owners to provide input.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, construction would take place in phases, with different portions of the development opening over time.<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown, which is overseeing early planning efforts for New York Life, recently assumed property management of the mall and is working with a team of design and engineering firms to advance the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proposal calls for transforming the property into a walkable entertainment district centered around a 20,000-seat arena designed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-547165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}