Now, Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell has learned Kohan Retail Investment Group is behind on the water bill. The owner also owes more than $1 million in back taxes in other parts of the country. “They were not paying property taxes; they would pay it late to avoid tax sales,” said Jarett Heil.

Georgia Power officials said they had been working with Town Center at Cobb for several months to resolve the payments and disconnecting service at the mall was a “last resort.”