McDONOUGH — Developers for the proposed Henry Promenade outdoor shopping mall off Jonesboro Road have confirmed that the development will not be moving forward, at least not any time soon.
“It’s dead,” said Steve Edwards of Stafford Properties, who had filed a rezoning application for the property in late 2015.
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