18-766: Northlake may refer to: Northlake, Georgia , an unincorporated community in DeKalb County Northlake, Illinois , a city in Cook County Northlake, South Carolina , a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson County Northlake, Texas , a town in Denton County Northlake, Seattle , a neighborhood See also [ edit ] North Lake (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
36-459: A Boy Scout reservation which still has a road bearing its name in the Vinings vicinity (the camp moved in 1960 to a site south of Covington ). The area began seeing growth following World War II , but major development did not occur until Cumberland Mall opened as Georgia's largest and metro Atlanta's sixth enclosed regional mall in 1973. A decade later, the first office tower of Cobb Galleria
54-475: Is composed primarily of low- and medium-density office parks. With about 11 million square feet of office space, Northlake is among the smallest submarkets in metro Atlanta. Major organizations occupying space in Northlake include Emory Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital and Kroger 's Atlanta-area headquarters. Northlake usually has among the lowest vacancy rates in metro Atlanta. Northlake Mall opened in 1971 as
72-550: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Northlake, Georgia Northlake is an unincorporated community in northeastern metro Atlanta , Georgia , United States, in DeKalb County . Although not formally an edge city , Northlake is home to a large amount of office space, retail options, and residential housing. Similar to its edge city neighbor north of Atlanta, Perimeter Center , Northlake's history began with
90-534: Is marked by several modern skyscrapers rising from the wooded hills above the freeways. The Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball play their games at Truist Park , which is located in Cumberland. It is situated ten miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta at the junction of I-75 and I-285 (the "Cobb Cloverleaf") in Cobb County . Although small portions lie within incorporated Smyrna ,
108-594: The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in late 2007, adding nightlife to the area. The Atlanta Opera , founded in 1979, moved its base to this location. The dominant form of transportation in Cumberland, as with most suburban edge cities, is the automobile, which is transported along a network of collector roads. Cumberland Boulevard encircles most of the area, and then continues northeast to Wildwood as Windy Ridge Parkway after crossing US Highway 41 (Cobb Parkway). Windy Ridge runs through
126-499: The business district generally extends as far northeast as the Wildwood Office Park on Powers Ferry Road, and up Cobb Parkway , the district's main street . Windy Hill Road is generally the northern extent of the district. To the south and west, it extends down Cumberland Parkway and Paces Ferry Road . Cumberland has changed immensely over the past 50 years. From 1927 to 1960, the area contained Camp Bert Adams ,
144-741: The I-75 southbound off-ramp, and parallels the road until turning southwest along I-285, becoming Spring Road at 41 (and then Concord Road at Atlanta Road in Smyrna). CobbLinc , Marietta/Cobb County's Transit System serves the District in addition to one MARTA bus line making connections at the Cumberland/Galleria Transfer station. The former Louisville & Nashville (Now CSXT) mainline from Cincinnati to Atlanta, runs just west of Truist Park. Cumberland's office towers house some of
162-640: The Interstate North office park, located immediately to the north of the interchange, and home to the Weather Channel. Interstate North Parkway runs parallel to 75 southeast to 285, then parallels it (and Powers Ferry) across the Chattahoochee River . Akers Mill Road starts in the east at Powers Ferry, is broken by a stretch of Cumberland Boulevard, then continues west across 41. Circle 75 Parkway begins at Windy Hill Road, opposite
180-493: The area since its inception. During the summer of 1994, the Cobb-Marietta Exhibit Hall and Coliseum Authority built the $ 48 million Cobb Galleria Centre by renovating the existing mall there, and it has become another success for the district. A few small shopping centers were constructed in the mid-1990s, and a Cumberland Mall expansion and renovation was completed in 2006. Construction was completed on
198-413: The area's 24 million ft (over 2.2 million m ) of office space, containing more office space than downtown Miami and making it metro Atlanta 's fifth-largest commercial office district, after Downtown , Midtown , Buckhead , and Perimeter Center . Companies such as Travelport , The Home Depot , Genuine Parts Company , Papa John's , RaceTrac , and The Weather Channel are headquartered in
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#1732772010264216-477: The community, a city of Tucker would have to include Northlake in its city borders to be financially viable. The association claimed that including Northlake would be difficult because of likely opposition from business owners. The Northlake Community Alliance, a civic association, has considered establishing a community improvement district, similar to those established in other business districts of metro Atlanta, such as Cumberland and Perimeter Center . However,
234-435: The construction of a shopping mall, Northlake Mall , in 1971. Both the area and mall are named after North Lake, an actual lake within the community. Northlake is located northeast of Atlanta, south of the junction of I-285 and I-85 . The area is served by the arterial roads of LaVista Road , Briarcliff Road , and Henderson Mill Road. The Northlake business district is centered at the juncture of I-285 and Lavista Road and
252-557: The fifth mall to open in DeKalb County, and it was renovated in the 1990s. The area is served by DeKalb County Public Schools . Three private colleges also make Northlake their home, including Mercer University's Atlanta campus . DeKalb County operates the Northlake Library. The Tucker Civic Association did a three-year study of potential cityhood for Tucker and found that due to the largely residential makeup of
270-607: The majority of the area is unincorporated and shares ZIP code 30339 with the Vinings area, which the United States Postal Service assigns as an Atlanta mailing address, although "Vinings" is acceptable as an alternate. While there are no official boundaries (except for the CID, which is a 5½-square-mile area that includes the interchanges of I-75 (Exit#s 258,9,60) and I-285 (Exit#s 19,20), and U.S. Highway 41 ),
288-431: The plan was put on hold in 2010 due to the economy. Cumberland, Georgia Cumberland is an edge city in Cobb County located in an unincorporated area of the northwest Atlanta metropolitan area , Georgia, United States. It is situated ten miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta . With approximately 122,000 workers and 103,000 residents, Cumberland is the region's fifth-largest business district, and
306-426: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northlake&oldid=877675860 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
324-570: Was built on 86 acres (350,000 m ) of prime space in what became the heart of the Cumberland district. This paved the way for several other towers, retail strips and hotels . In 1988, property owners formed the Cumberland Community Improvement District (Cumberland CID), the first in Georgia. The CID, a self-taxing district , has raised millions and has completed several infrastructure improvements in
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