The Alpharetta city council approved a plan to create a walkable, mixed-use district in its latest effort to revive the North Point Mall area.

Once a premier commercial hub of Alpharetta, the aging North Point corridor received a new redevelopment plan on Monday, the latest in more than a decade-long effort to revive the area.

Swedish home furnishings company IKEA has opened a new outpost in Alpharetta that offers one-on-one consultation services for kitchen design, bath and closet solutions, and storage planning, as well ...