...as planned beginning Aug. 1, putting nearly 500 out of work and leaving hundreds of thousands of square feet of vacant retail space from Thomson to Aiken. The closings, if approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court, would be finished by mid-September...

...City to the empty Winn-Dixie at the corner of Peach Orchard and Tobacco roads, the Augusta area is dotted with vacant retail space that is slowly decaying. But, industry watchers in Augusta say the city has no more than its fair share of empty...

...I think it's welcome news," said City Administrator George Kolb, who expressed concern about the city's vacant retail space after Macy's announced its closure last year. "It shows that Augusta Mall still has the ability and capacity...

...highlighted included getting the city to clean up downtown parking areas and sidewalks better, completing a study about vacant retail space as a resource for developers, and collecting newly implemented membership dues from 60 business members. Bryan...

...determined last year that the nation has 20 square feet of retail space per person. I'd like to know the amount of vacant retail space per person. Call it journalistic curiosity. Or maybe I'm just a person concerned about Augusta's empty shopping...

...000. While the bridal boutique will be new for Augusta, the relocation of Office Depot will create additional vacant retail space near the Augusta Mall, which earlier this year lost Macy's, one of its anchor tenants. The Service Merchandise...

...owned the rest of the mall property since 1997. Now that ownership of the entire 803,355 square feet of mostly vacant retail space has been consolidated between the two men's companies, Mr. Tucker said, county officials should consider leasing...

...000 square feet. The bulk of metro Augusta's vacant retail space is in Richmond County, where most retail is concentrated...currently home to more than 1 million square feet of vacant retail space, of which the shuttered Regency Mall accounts for...

...international retail organization will visit Augusta later this month to help city officials find ways to market vacant retail space in shopping centers, Mayor Bob Young announced Monday. Officials from the International Council of Shopping Centers...

...If there's a possibility you can think of, it exists," she said. Concerned about the possibility of more vacant retail space in Augusta, City Administrator George Kolb called the department store chain's president as soon as he learned...