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Atlanta Developer Submitted Plans Last Month For Environmental Permits For Expanded Epps Bridge Centre
Most of the core of the existing center if filed, including new tenant Ross clothing retailer.
Atlanta Developer Frank Bishop filed paperwork with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers late last month for Phases II and III of Epps Bridge Centre, to be built in the wooded area across the Oconee Connector from his existing shopping center.
Bishop filed the paperwork with the Corps of Engineers because he plans to alter streams and wetlands on the property and needs permits from both the state of Georgia and from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers before he can begin construction.
He also will need to rezone the land, now zoned for agricultural use.
The paperwork Bishop has submitted to Corps of Engineers shows him using 48 acres of an 114-acre tract owned by the Evelyn and Frank Gordy Family.
The proposed expansion of Epps Bridge Centre comes as most of the space in the core of that shopping complex has come under lease.
Bishop confirmed today that he has a “fully executed lease” with clothing discounter Ross for 25,000 square feet of space under construction between Marshalls and the building being constructed for Party City and Bed Bath & Beyond.
For more on this story, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Site plans for expanded shopping center.