The BUFORD-CLAIRMONT complex was never entirely successful, what with five major malls within a 5-mile radius. A name change, to THE SHOPPER'S MALL, in 1982 proved ineffective. The retail hub was sold to Maryland's Rouse Company in July 1983. They performed a face lift and remarketed the property as OUTLET SQUARE. Its official dedication was held in November 1983.

Graphic from the Rouse Company  

In this logo montage, we see trademarks of some of the thirty-six stores that operated in OUTLET SQUARE. The major players were Burlington Coat Factory, Marshalls, Winn-Dixie and Eckerd Drugs.

Dekalb County's new "off-price shopping center" was a twin of another OUTLET SQUARE that the Rouse Company had opened -in Charlotte, North Carolina- in 1981. This was a redress of CHARLOTTETOWN MALL. Both of these OUTLET SQUARE malls were modestly successful at first. However, their newness quickly wore off.

OUTLET SQUARE TENANTS 1983:

BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY / MARSHALLS / WINN-DIXIE supermarket / Book Peddler / Burlington Bag & Baggage / Burlington Shoes & Accessories / Card Barn / Casual Male / Creighton Factory Stores / Decorator's Outlet / Dress Barn / Eckerd Drugs / Electrolux / Famous Footwear / Frontier Fruit & Nut / GNC / Georgia Girl ladies' wear / Glass Art / Hit Or Miss / House of Frames / Hyroops / Leo's Pizza / Linens 'n Things / L.S. Hart Ice Cream Shop / M. Dugan / Mister Minit / Plumm's / Publisher Book Outlet / Radio Shack / Real Gold / Storeys 12 Oaks 4 Theatre / Subway Sandwich Shop / Table Top Plus / Tandy Leather / The Children's Outlet / The Finish Line / The Sock Market