Albany Mall - Albany, Georgia - Retail Shopping Center with Dining and Volunteer Opportunities

Albany Mall, managed by Aronov Realty Management Company and part of the Shopmalls family of shopping centers, is located at 2601 Dawson Road in northwest Albany, Georgia. The mall is open Monday through Saturday from 10am until 9pm; Sunday from 1pm until 6pm; and is closed Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas days. Dillard's, JCPenney, Belk and Sears anchor the shopping center, which features close to 80 specialty stores. Since it's opening in August 1976, the mall has remained the largest mall in southwest Georgia. Statistically, the retail center caters to a population of 420,000 plus peoples with the average household income among those consumers being $58,347.

The mall's official website offers shoppers the opportunity to sign up for a monthly email reminder that includes coupons and highlights events and special sales information. Strollers and wheelchairs are available for shoppers' use, but in order to obtain a wheelchair, one must leave a refundable deposit, and there is a small fee for stroller rentals that can be paid by cash or check with proper identification. Discover card mall gift cards are available for purchase at the mall Customer Service Center during regular mall hours and can be redeemed at all Albany Mall merchants who accept Discover card. Gift cards are available in any denomination from $10 to $500, but a $1 processing fee is charged for each card transaction. There are Pepsi and candy vending machines located in several wings throughout mall.

There is a unique volunteering opportunity available through the mall for fashion-savvy males and females ages 5 and up. However, volunteers are subject to application approval. The volunteers serve on the Albany Mall Fashion Board, representing the mall by modeling for fashion events and performing other community service activities in the surrounding area. Applications are only available during a limited period of time each year, and to be considered applicants must submit the proper materials for review between October and the end of December.

Visitors have described the shopping center as smaller than most malls but showed enthusiasm for the dining options available within the mall, which even houses its own Chuck E. Cheese. For the die-hard shopper there are several conveniently located hotels affiliated with Albany Mall: the Holiday Inn Albany Mall, the Best Western Albany Mall Inn and the Hampton Inn Albany at Albany Mall. However, many shoppers expressed a preference for the Wingate Inn Albany Mall, which is within walking distance at less than a half-mile from the retail shopping center.