The mall is the fifth largest in Atlanta and the first mega mall opening since the 1999 debut of the 1.2 million-sf Arbor Place in Douglasville on Interstate 20 West. Stonecrest is off Interstate 20, about 10 miles east of Downtown.

Nearby Turner Hill Road expects to host 1,000 new acres of commercial, residential, hotel and retail development near Stonecrest over the next five years, according to preliminary plans filed with the various counties.

Eastern Atlanta residents in DeKalb, Newton and Rockdale counties have been waiting for a regional mall since the 1980s when Toronto-based Cadillac Fairview first proposed the project. Forest City Enterprise partnered with Cadillac Fairview in 1996 and pushed the mall to completion.

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