Dark Walgreens-Redevelopment Opportunity
Closed2400 Dawson Rd, Albany, GA 31707
Area Description
Albany is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the seat of Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in southwest Georgia, it is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It became prominent in the nineteenth century as a shipping and market center, first served by riverboats. Scheduled steamboats connected Albany with the busy port of Apalachicola, Florida. They were replaced by railroads. Seven lines met in Albany, and it was a center of trade in the Southeast. From the mid-20th century, it received military investment during World War II and after, that helped develop the region. Albany was named after the capital of New York; noting that New York's Albany was a commercial center located at the headwaters of the Hudson River, and it was hoped that this town near the headwaters of the Flint would prove to be just as successful. Albany is situated in the Upper Coastal Plain of Georgia and lies in a belt of historically rich farmland in the East Gulf coastal plain, on the banks of the Flint River. It is more specifically located in southwestern Georgia, 78 miles southeast of Columbus, 151 miles south of Atlanta, 45 miles south of Americus, 93 miles southwest of Macon, 39 miles west of Tifton, 73 miles northwest of Valdosta, 88 miles north of Tallahassee, Florida, 70 miles east of Eufaula, Alabama, and 84 miles east of Dothan, Alabama. While Albany is one of the largest cities in Georgia to not be served by an interstate, U.S. Route 19 and U.S. Route 82 provide thoroughfares through the city. The two join together north of the city for a short freeway known as the Liberty Expressway. Other major highways that run through the city include Georgia State Route 91, Georgia State Route 133, Georgia State Route 234, and Georgia State Route 520.