Education Edition - 1736 Magazine, Fall 2019

Collier said the arts center and market greenspace will
be traffic generators that make the surrounding properties
more marketable.
“Those are the two projects we’re super excited
about seeing,” he said. “We are just one piece of a
bigger plan that is coming together.”
The county hosts about a dozen major events at the
park’s amphitheater each year, with an equal number
of concerts and shows organized by private promoters.
More shows and events are expected once the
2,200-seat performing arts center fills the void for a
large-scale indoor-performance venue.
The first non-Meybohm tenant to move into The
Plaza is the build-you-own-pizza chain Your Pie,
which is expected to open its 3,700-square-foot
eatery on the building’s first floor before the end of the
year. The company said it is in late-stage negotiations
with a financial service company expected to occupy
a large amount of office space, but the deal had not
closed as of press time and further information was not
available.
Polatty acknowledged recent developments, such as
the state-backed Georgia Cyber Center in downtown
Augusta and Evans’ Mullins Colony shopping center,
absorbed office and retail tenants that could have
located at The Plaza.
He also said some prospective Plaza tenants, including
a boutique hotel chain, are waiting to see the
development more fleshed out before committing to
the site. Other businesses, namely local and regional
restaurants and retailers not used to class A rents in
Augusta, also are sitting on the fence.
Meybohm’s four-story building can house an office
suite up to 5,500 square feet, 7,000 square feet of retail
and five restaurants, ranging from 2,300-square-foot
spaces on the street level to a 3,800-square-foot suite
on the fourth floor that comes with 1,800 square feet of
rooftop veranda space.
“It’s probably the most beautiful view in the Columbia
County area,” Myers said.
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