NORCROSS, Ga. -- A Gwinnett County shopping center that lost its anchor tenants and has since sat mostly vacant is being removed to make way for a 157,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter.

Crews are working to demolish Green's Corner shopping center at the corner of Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Rockbridge Road in Norcross, according to a report.

The center once had a Kmart and movie theater. After those businesses left, a few nightclubs have operated at the site, the Gwinnett Daily Post reported Tuesday.

The new Walmart is expected to open next summer.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- An airport citizens review committee voted Monday against privatizing or commercializing the Gwinnett County airport, reports the Gwinnett Daily Post. The committee's vote was due to the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on May 8.

The vote was led by members who have protested a proposal to add commercial flights at Briscoe Field. That lead to a split vote on the majority of measures considered by the group -- with six members voting in favor and five abstaining, the newspaper reported. Some members of the committee were bothered by what they saw as a rush to vote and said they would have liked more time before a decision was made.

The recommendation will be made to the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, which will have the final say. Commissioners have also been split on the issue.

ATLANTA -- A Georgia developer spent about 10 minutes Thursday, presenting a proposed $1 billion gambling complex to the Georgia Lottery Board. The board's chairman told 11Alive's Paul Crawley later they will not be moving forward with the project.

Johns Creek developer Dan O'Leary presented what he called an "initial introduction" to the project. He has already signed Georgia football legend Herschel Walker to open a sports bar and restaurant at the proposed site, which would also include about 7,500 video lottery terminals, a hotel, spa, theater, retail and other restaurants.

O'Leary said the project, which would be located near the intersection of Interstate 85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard, would generate some $350 million annually for the Hope Scholarship program, and create about 2,500 jobs.