Other Barriers To Growth
Some real estate scholars argue that the area was never suited for the proposed potential of the mall. The demographics of the South Fulton cities such as Union City, Palmetto and Fairburn were not strong enough to support such. The mall relied heavily on being regional pulling folks from Douglas County, Camp Creek, Cascade, Southwest Atlanta, Coweta County, Fayette County and Airport Travelers. As more developments opened, the less people came back to Shannon. The mall failed to attract sit down eateries beyond a Cracker Barrel (closed prior to the mall closing) and Buffalo's Cafe (opened and closed in 2002). Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles looked into opening up a store in the mall but chose to be near the bowling alley instead.
As even an undercover vote of no confidence in the mall, Union City focused more on the annexations of South Fulton Parkway and building up the industrial community on Oakley Industrial Blvd.
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