Royal Lakes Market Place is scheduled to open in fall 2008.Tenants in addition to Kroger will be Great Clips, Georgia Nailsand Quality Dry Cleaners with negotiations ongoing with a nationalcoffee retailer, bank and a variety of other goods and serviceretailers.

Also planned are a 162,000-sf center in Locust Grove, andMadison is planning another 162,000-sf center in Sandtown. Both arescheduled to open in fall 2009. In Cumming, a 162,000-sf center isplanned to open fall 2010. Centers with a planned winter 2010opening include a 162,000-sf center in Cartersville and a125,000-sf center in Sugar Hill. Plans for each of these centerscall for the inclusion of three to five outparcels and a fuelstation. "We identify markets with the most potential and fill aneed for necessity retail," says Madison Retail principal CharlieWorthen.

In August, Madison completed the 133,700-sf Covington MarketPlace at the intersection of Salem Road and Kirkland Road in NewtonCounty. The center features Kroger's new larger prototype storewith 78,849 sf. The remaining 54,877 sf is small shop space forlocal goods and service providers.