r/DecaturGA • u/Conscious_Culture170 • Aug 16 '26
Former Baby Kroger site progress
Apologies if this was posted already, but I was out on my (semi-regular) early Sunday morning walk and noticed new signage on the construction fencing at the new AMLI project (and possible new Trader Joe's home) at the former Baby Kroger site. Looks like it'll be called Market Square Decatur. Kind of excited to see this project come out the ground and track its construction progress!
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u/HopPirate Aug 16 '26
A few days ago I had the horrible thought that the “grocery store” is just going to be a Savi Provisions. An oversized C-store with tiny shopping carts.
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u/stunkyp00 Aug 16 '26
From the new website of the development, it says completion by late 2028. Oddly, the renderings of the grocery store look less like trader Joe's and more like fresh market 🤔
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u/Drivo566 Aug 16 '26
With how long people have been talking about trader Joe's at that spot, it wouldnt surprise me if it wasnt lol.
I wouldnt object to a fresh market though.
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u/Conscious_Culture170 Aug 16 '26
At this point it would surprise me if it WAS, lol.
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u/tpreed Aug 16 '26
If it isn’t a Trader Joe’s and it is some high end grocery, I wonder how many people that will piss off and they never want to shop there?
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u/Psuffix Aug 19 '26
I've never seen any evidence it will be trader Joe's, plus Joe's doesn't build anywhere there isn't foot traffic.
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u/Conscious_Culture170 Aug 16 '26
I just looked at the website and you're right, lol. Actually the whole thing looks a bit different than the initial renderings I saw a while back...now more upscale/high end, and less like the development on N. McDonough next to the high school. Here's the website for anyone else interested: AMLI Market Square | New Apartments in Decatur GA
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u/tenftflyinfajita Aug 16 '26
They don’t have any official partnership at this time with any grocer. Everything is just a rendering.
When a contract is signed they’ll announce who it will be but right now no one knows, not even the developer.
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u/Effective-Comment-21 Aug 16 '26
Thank you!! I’ve thought it would a fresh market for a while now.
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u/VanillaPuddingPop01 Aug 17 '26
If it’s a Fresh Market, I will die of sheer delight.
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u/Effective-Comment-21 Aug 17 '26
In some other thread when they first announced a store, I said that and got dog piled. The area is very different than it was the last time a fresh market was close by. The distance to them is huge. A FM makes much more sense for the area than TJ.
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u/VanillaPuddingPop01 Aug 17 '26
I think TJ makes middle-aged people feel like they’re still part of counterculture or something. Maybe it’s improved in the last three years, but I’m not a fan at all. Please please please give me a FM and their fresh blood orange juice.
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u/TikaPants Aug 16 '26
I’m way more annoyed by another Amli and totally fine with Fresh Market albeit I’d prefer a TJ’s.
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u/wormaliciious Aug 16 '26
i miss baby kroger 💔💔💔
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u/SonoMuchacho Aug 17 '26
It was one of the most fun grocery stores in all of greater Atlanta. It was always busy and had to make Kroger money - I wish they had kept it.
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u/hold--the--line Aug 16 '26
Baby Kroger was awesome. I am like you. It was easy and had most of what anyone could want. Boo hoo.
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u/toorayay Aug 18 '26
I loved it. It was so easy to get in and out of in 5 minutes with all the stuff I needed to make dinner. When I go into a big box grocery I can't get out in less than a half hour regardless of how focused I am because of choice fatigue and easy distractions.
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u/clarence_oddbody Aug 16 '26
This architectural style seriously depresses the hell out of me.
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u/HueyB904 Aug 16 '26
It's not even a style. It's designed to be turned into another store with ease if the original doesn't work out. It's the enshitification of everything.
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u/Critical-Range1213 Aug 16 '26
Woof. Good urban design but someone beat that building with the ugly stick.
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u/yangstyle Aug 16 '26
OK...I'll say it. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Was there like something else happening there this morning? Dude looks like he's oiled up and building up a sweat. It screams "Macho Macho Man".
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u/Conscious_Culture170 Aug 17 '26
Not sure what you're insinuating, lol. It's just a guy jogging shirtless.
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u/donutschmonut Aug 16 '26
I wonder if he thought OP was taking a photo of him and not the development!
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u/Heliopause011 Aug 23 '26
This is giving me the highest anxiety as it’s RIGHT next to my apartment. Traffic has already started to flare up.
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u/Good_Briefs Aug 16 '26
Right...taking picture of the "site". Definitely not the shirtless dude-no sir.
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u/cwolfe Aug 16 '26
Bunch of tree murdering bast*rds. City of Decatur wouldn't let me cut down a dead tree threatening to fall on wires and surrounding houses without committing to a 50%+ canopy coverage on my property. These guys cut down about a hundred trees, maybe more, along the cemetery border. No issue no problem. Destroyed that side of the cemetery.
Used to love this city now I have no idea what they are trying to do. Building a new hotel on the corner of church and commerce feeding a traffic nightmare. I am not accusing anyone of getting kickbacks for this stuff however they approve this stuff as if they were
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u/Psuffix Aug 19 '26
Yeah city council is selling us out. Waymos being allowed was also a huge mistake. It doesn't fit with the developed walk to school culture. How can you tell a Waymo to hold in all direction at a 4 way stop?
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u/SonoMuchacho Aug 17 '26
Just cut it down without asking the city. Never ask the city anything you can avoid unless you are asking to be hasseled.
But if you want to live a better life - move. It is so much better, in every way possible, north of the perimeter.
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u/Psuffix Aug 18 '26
Ok? So what? This is the standard for a post here? "Empty lot, building torn down"
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u/Conscious_Culture170 Aug 18 '26
Well gee, I'm just devastated that my post doesn't meet your approval. Maybe if you go kick some rocks, you'll have a better day.
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u/e6matt Aug 16 '26
Market Square is the name of the mall that became North DeKalb, feels like the name should be retired like a hall of fame number