OVINGTON, GA – (March 4, 2021) – Joint venture partners The Sembler Company and Berkley Development announce the acquisition of approximately 12 acres of land at the intersection of Alcovy Road and Town Center Boulevard in Covington Town Center, a 160-acre master-planned community, just off I-20 and Alcovy Road in the City of Covington, Newton County, Georgia. Construction on the retail portion of the new mixed-use development is projected to begin by the summer of 2021.

The retail plaza’s first phase will be anchored by a 48,387 SF Publix Supermarket, the grocer’s second location in the Covington market. An additional 14,400 SF of small shop space will offer a complementary mix of services, restaurants, and retail designed to meet the needs of the City of Covington and Newton County’s growing residential and employee population. Sembler-Berkley is in the planning stage for the next phase of the shopping center that will add up to an additional 100,000 SF. Development within Covington Town Center will include retail, office, residential, and hotel uses.

“The objective for our 160-acre mixed use project is to identify the “best in class” of each use type, whether it is hospitality, residential, office, restaurant, or retail,” said Harry Kitchen of The Foxfield Company, the project’s Master Developer. “I certainly think the Sembler-Berkley Team and Publix fit that description and will bring the highest quality grocer-anchored center to the project.”

“Covington Town Center will bring a first-class shopping experience to a mixed-used project in an area showing promising growth,” said Berkley Development President, Mike Cohn. “We’re excited to work with The Sembler Company in bringing a Publix-anchored retail center to this project, which we believe will quickly become a staple shopping destination.”

The Sembler company holds a 40+ year relationship with Publix supermarkets, having developed over 60 Publix-anchored shopping centers throughout the southeastern United States.