The Forum at Ashley Park

The Forum at Ashley Park is a regional lifestyle center in Newnan, Georgia. It is organized around a broad collection of shopping, entertainment, fitness, and dining uses, with the principal center complemented by a separate strip-mall retail cluster across the street. Unlike a single-store retailer, Ashley Park functions as a commercial destination whose identity is created by the combination of its location, physical environment, tenant mix, and regional accessibility. The available reference material identifies a group of major anchors at the center: Georgian Cinemas, DSW, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dillard’s, Belk, and Onelife Fitness. These businesses cover several consumer categories and allow the center to serve multiple shopping missions. Department stores provide apparel and general merchandise, DSW provides footwear, Best Buy focuses on consumer electronics, Barnes & Noble supplies books and related products, Dick’s Sporting Goods serves sporting and outdoor interests, Georgian Cinemas provides film entertainment, and Onelife Fitness adds an ongoing membership-based service. The wider Ashley Park shopping district includes an additional strip-mall area located across the street. Reported tenants there include Rooms To Go, Hibbett Sports, Old Navy, Office Depot, Michaels, TJ Maxx, Rack Room Shoes, Target, Party City, Ashley HomeStore, Urban Air Trampoline Park, Dollar Tree, BJ’s Wholesale Club, JCPenney, and At Home. This adjacent area broadens the destination’s retail coverage into home furnishings, discount retail, office products, craft supplies, apparel, footwear, warehouse shopping, party goods, and family entertainment. The sources do not clarify the ownership or management relationships between the principal center and every business in the nearby strip-mall area. In 2006, the development was reported as being planned with a 250-room hotel. The supplied reference does not establish whether that hotel was completed, what brand it would have carried, or whether it remains part of the current complex. Accordingly, the hotel is best treated as a historical development proposal rather than a confirmed current feature. The development has also been associated with a third phase of construction intended to extend the existing shopping area. That phase was estimated to open in 2025 and was described as adding multiple restaurants and stores, with KPOT and Superchix cited as examples. No source supplied for this dossier confirms the final opening date, construction completion, tenant openings, or any changes made to the announced plan. The available material does not identify Ashley Park’s founding year, developer, owner, operating company, management executives, financial results, or formal corporate structure. Its current brand proposition can nevertheless be characterized as a regional lifestyle-center model: a concentrated destination that combines national retail anchors with entertainment, fitness, restaurants, and nearby large-format stores for consumers in Newnan and the surrounding United States market.

• 2025

  Third expansion phase estimated to open

  [1]The Forum at Ashley Parken.wikipedia.org

  A third phase was described as extending the shopping area and adding restaurants and stores, including proposed tenants KPOT and Superchix. The actual completion status is unconfirmed.

• 2006

  Hotel component announced

  [1]The Forum at Ashley Parken.wikipedia.org

  The Ashley Park development was reported as including a planned 250-room hotel. Completion and operating details are not confirmed in the available source.

A regional lifestyle shopping center serving Newnan and the surrounding Georgia market through a broad mix of department stores, specialty retail, entertainment, fitness, dining, and adjacent big-box commerce.

• Retail

  Department-store retail

  Ashley Park’s department-store offering includes Dillard’s and Belk. These anchors provide apparel, accessories, beauty, home merchandise, and broader general retail, giving the center destination-shopping scale beyond individual specialty stores.

• Retail

  Specialty retail

  The center’s specialty-retail mix includes DSW, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Together they cover footwear, electronics, books, sporting goods, and related consumer categories.

• Retail

  Adjacent big-box and strip-mall retail

  The retail area across the street adds home furnishings, apparel, office supplies, arts and crafts, discount goods, warehouse retail, party products, children’s entertainment, and other everyday shopping categories through a reported mix of national chains.

• Mixed-use retail development · 2025

  Phase-three expansion

  The proposed third phase is an extension of Ashley Park intended to add restaurants and stores. KPOT and Superchix were identified as examples of planned or anticipated tenants, but the supplied material does not confirm the phase’s final status.

• 2025

  Third-phase retail and restaurant expansionStrategy

  Background

  Ashley Park was described as having a third construction phase intended to extend the current shopping area.

  Action taken

  The planned extension was expected to add multiple restaurants and stores, including KPOT and Superchix.

  Aftermath

  The source gives an estimated 2025 opening but does not confirm construction completion, openings, or the final tenant roster.

  Source

• 2006

  Plan for a hotel componentStrategy

  Background

  The development was reported as being planned with a 250-room hotel, indicating an intention to extend the destination beyond shopping and entertainment.

  Action taken

  A hotel was included in the announced development concept.

  Aftermath

  The available reference material does not establish whether the hotel was constructed, opened, or remains associated with Ashley Park.

  Source

• 2025

  Third phase of Ashley Park expansion estimated for 2025[1]The Forum at Ashley Parken.wikipedia.org

  Product launch · Other

  A third construction phase was described as an extension of the existing shopping area, with planned restaurants and stores including KPOT and Superchix. The available source does not confirm the phase’s completion or final tenant lineup.

• 2006

  Ashley Park development announced with a planned 250-room hotel[1]The Forum at Ashley Parken.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Reference material reported that the Ashley Park development was announced to include a 250-room hotel. The available information does not confirm whether the hotel was built or identify its operator.

1. 1The Forum at Ashley Parken.wikipedia.org