Copyright The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two mixed-use projects, including a city center effort, could change the face of the North Fulton city. Roswell Town Center is an aging suburban shopping center near Holcomb Bridge Road and Alpharetta Highway. (Courtesy City of Roswell) Roswell Town Center has seen better days. It spent the 1970s and 1980s as an enclosed mall, but the retail center at Holcomb Bridge Road and Alpharetta Highway has aged like many suburban shopping centers. 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It would rise on about 7 acres near the historic Canton Street. 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