Colonial Lakeshore Mall
Features major department stores as well as many specialty stores, services and restaurants. The mall features one of the few handcrafted Venetian carousels on the Southeast. Location: Pearl Nix Parkway and Hwy. 53.
Phone: 770-535-8877
Website: www.colonialmalllakeshore.com
Gainesville's Main Street Marketplace
Built in 1886, newly opened in December 2002, this open air market offers an array of distinctive shops with local artist’s paintings and sculptures on the walls and in the atrium. There is a fresh Cajun seafood market, heirloom baby shop, boudoir boutique, fried flower retailer, skateboard shop and fudge shop. This market is a must see on the historic square, and they also offer art lessons! Coming soon is an aquarium shop and a dance club. When the tornado came in 1936, many people died. Story has it that many of their spirits still live there.
Phone: 678-776-1346
Mall of Georgia
Southeast's largest mall combines shopping, dining and entertainment. Includes Lord & Taylor, Nordstroms and Dillard's. Mall features include a 500-seat outdoor amphitheater, a 20 screen movie theater and seven-story, 3-D IMAX theater.
Phone: 678-482-8789
Website: www.mallofgeorgia.com
North Georgia Premium Outlets
Located in Dawsonville-30 minutes from Gainesville. Over 140 Premium Outlet store all within one area.
Phone: 706-216-3609
Website: www.premuimoutlets.com/northgeorgia