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News article today mentioning Loco Lime is closing it's doors.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/neighborhood-news/Loco-Lime-shuts-doors-for-good-241488851.html
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Framing started going up at Plaza25 today.
Looks like a lot of land without any foundation. What is the entire back 2/3 of the property going to be used for?
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And in much grander scale, at the northwest corner of Cental and Clement, extending between the RR tracks and Clement is a 200 unit apartment building (4 stories of apartments over 2 stories of parking) with ground floor retail, which a 2nd phase of more apartments an option on the site.
Not sure who the developer is, this was just listed today on the ACCELA land development website.
Any update on this development? How far back will it go? will it take over where Metro Graphics is located? what about the shops where the upholstey business and croas fit are located? Also any official name for the apartments going where Cast was?
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New signs up at Harkey tile/Ford tire building. Pint central and Salon Twelve 26.
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Signage is up for Joe Hooper's Beverage and Sandwich Exchange. Anyone know when this will open up? Looks like it could be a good spot.
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Midwood Smokehouse is opening to the public on Saturday. They have been working hard for the past month to get this place ready. They have installed an open air smoker. Definitely seems like this place will have better luck than Cafe Central/Central Bar and Restaurant.
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^That may explain why there is no sign sharing a closure. Plus, the Twilight Zone effect of chairs and tables left on the patio, bar stools not put up on the bar, and even the Budweiser sign still glowing.
I noticed the name was scraped off the door and the glowing sign is no longer shining. Any update on what is going in this space?
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I drive past Central Bar and Restaurant everyday and it has not been open in over a week. Their website does not say anything though. Hopefully something will go in there and do well. Definitely a great rooftop view.
hmm that didn't last long. too bad...but i was never tempted to go there. its a great looking space and location but something DISTINCT needs to go there. it says something that both that and Common House closed recently, nice but nondescript bar restaurants.
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Anyone notice that Common House closed? The sign indicated that a different restaurant will be opening up in the space. Anyone have any additional information about this? I was surprised to see that this restaurant closed.
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well, i think this place COULD succeed in either neighborhood depending on the price, but it will do much better in the Fat City Lofts building than it would have next to a Family Dollar and alterations place. I'm sure something cool will eventually go in that space, but the 1 block difference between that spot and Pecan-Thomas might as well be a mile in the minds of most people.
I noticed there is a new sign atop the former Luxe building that says "Bistro Le Bon". I haven't found anything online about it, but there is definite work going on there.
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I drove by today and noticed the Luxe sign was down and a "For Lease" sign was up. Checked their website and it appears they have moved to NoDa. Seems like they spent a good amount of money and bailed.
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New sign up at the 1401 complex on central. Central Cafe and Bar appears to be going in on the bottom floor. The upstairs is still just a wide open space with carpet. Does anyone know anything about this?
Also noticed the street sign went up for Twenty-two.
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I noticed a new sign on the bottom floor of soul. It said:
Twenty Two
Art, booze, eat, schmooze.
Any one know anything more about this place?
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I noticed the Soul sign went on the outside of the building on the corner of Central and Pecan. I drove past last night and you could see that they were doing quite a bit of work on the inside. I am not sure how much work is being performed on the bottom part, which i believe is a wine bar, but the upstairs seems to be progressing nicely.
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Does anyone know about the restaurant going in at 1101 central ave. I noticed they just put a sign out front indicating the name (which i cant recall of the top of my head), but when you go to the website, it mentions opening in spring 2008. I was curious if this was still going to happen considering the building was for lease until recently.
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I know I asked this question a few months ago, but I have noticed that someone bought the property the Charlotte Auto Spa on Central Ave is on in August. Does anyone know if there are any intentions with actually doing something with this or are they just going to leave it as is for the time being.
Also does anyone know what they are doing with the building at 5 points between Intermezzo and the White Rabbit.? I see they built a cinder block retaining wall and i saw people working on the roof a few weeks ago.
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It is store #1, but the original location was a couple of blocks west.
You are probably correct, I just saw on Wikipedia that it was the first store and that it was still in operation today. It seems a bit more modern than what would have been built in 1932. Was it originally built where the family dollar is today?
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While attempting to check out in the incredibly overcrowded PM Harris-Teeter yesterday evening (Did they forecast snow?? Everybody and his brother was at that grocery store!) I was discussing with the manager that they really need to do something to improve that particular store. He said that H-T had plans in place to do a major expansion/renovation but that the City of Charlotte nixed them because they consider the building a landmark. Excuse me? Please tell me that's NOT the case. Charlotte has allowed countless ACTUAL landmarks to be torn down and plowed under over the years but they won't let Harris-Teeter change the woefully inadequate building?! Does anyone know what, if any, truth there is to this?
The only reason I could think it would be considered a landmark is because it was the first ever H-T store. I have no idea if it is actually a designated landmark, but I do know it was the first HT store.
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Riding the bus to work this morning, I thought I saw surface parking or a new asphalt pad behind the straw closer to Central. I think the straw or future grass may be a by-product of the PED-overlay district similar to the split-rail-fenced corral in front of The Plaza Teeter. IOW, you can still do surface parking in PED, it just can't dominate your street frontage. Sadly, I guess this lot will only see limited vibrancy for fireworks-viewing and Memorial Stadium tailgating, instead of any urban residential capitalizing on perhaps the most commonly photographed angle of Charlotte's skyline.
If I am thinking of the lot you are talking about, that was the Antique Kingdom parking lot. There were two different structures to Antique Kingdom, which were both taken down and there was a parking lot in between them.
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I noticed that they put straw down which gives me the indication they do not plan to do anything with it in the near future. I hope they do not rip down that house to have a grass lot.
I looked on polaris and saw that the credit union bought them, but they did not list a price. I wonder what they paid for it.
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I had talked to the owner before they sold and he had mentioned that someone came to his building and offered him a deal he could not refuse. He had mentioned that they might tear it down, which he was sad to hear, but he said the price was too good to turn down. He was not sure what they were going to put there. Very sad to see that house go down, it was built in 1903.
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That is a shame. I thought those were at a decent enough price point to withstand the souring economy. I definitely thought it was going to help Plaza Midwood.
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Does anyone know if they still planning on doing the condo complex on Hamorton Pl? I remember hearing them talk about tearing down the existing apartments and putting in a new condo building. That was a while ago and I have not seen anything happening at the site. I was curious if this project was postponed or cancelled.
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Now that the 1401 central ave building is nearing exterior completion and work is beginning on the inside, does anyone have the names of any tenants moving in? I heard that a coffee shop was moving in on the top floor, but I have not heard anything in a while. I was curious if anyone knew of actual tenants that are going to move in.
Plaza-Midwood Projects (Central, Commonwealth, The Plaza)
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Joe Hoopers has a sign for new management and a new team. Also looks like a new menu rolling out with it. Is it struggling to do well?