[North Little Rock Development]

So everyone is wondering what's going on in the McCain area.  At McCain Mall, they are currently replacing sewage lines and pipes. Nothing really major. It is all a apart of their mall renovation plans.

 

As far as the hotel next to Comfort Inn and Suites, it is to become a Holiday Inn full service facility. I was told a Holiday Inn Select. Not sure about it being a Select, but that would be nice. Not sure if it would be the best location for one.

 

Why they would put a Church's in Lakewood... beats me. Popeye's and Church's should switch places or they should have moved Frostop to that location.

 

Which Wich is coming fast. Can't wait for it to get here.

 

Not to be counted as part of NLR, but On the Border is coming to Warden Rd in Sherwood next to Academy. I wish they had chose to put it next to Buffalo Wild Wings.

 

See, NLR is growing too!!!

[West Little Rock]

Well, there's already one on McCain at Lakewood Village. But yes, downtown would have been a magnificent location. One of the empty shops there could have been renovated.

Question?

Would this new location be located across from the burger place at Kanis & Shackleford?

[North Little Rock Development]

Lakewood Village Shopping Center is adding Kirkland's to its line up of stores. It will be right next to the Jo Ann's. I'm guessing they wanted more space. These stores will be located in the old Goody's store. It looks really nice from the outside.

[McCain Mall]

Thanks for the info. You learn something new everyday.

[McCain Mall]

Not McCain Mall news, but very close by. Lakewood Village will get a different type of restaurant addition to the metro. Taste of India Restaurant. It will be between Shoe Carnival and Avenue. The closest thing I can think of is the Genhis Mongolian Grill. Finally something different.

[The River Market]

I have some awesome news! I actually spoke to someone from Moses/Tucker and he told there is a planned hotel, multi-purpose multi-story building and about three other projects downtown in the very near future. He didn't go into detail, but stated he was very happy about all the new things coming in to

downtown. I stated downtown is growing up. He stated more will come soon as in skyscrapers.

[Little Rock Projects List]

Finally! I font know how many times I've seen wrecks and almost wrecks because of the unsafe set up of the road, lights and no turn lane. I'm sure this would ease traffic congrestion dramatically in the area, lower the accidents and increase pedestrian safety as well. But 2013? Hopefully early 2013.

[The Promenade At Chenal]

I really hope that it survives. Maybe after the other stores open and traffic picks up it would get better as far as customers.

[Little Rock Growth]

Now that's some extreme wishful thinking. All the work their putting into 630, that wouldn't be a thought of option. How would cars get from Downtown to WLR other than Markham, Cantrell, etc?

[Shackleford Crossings]

This is kind of off subject... But has anyone notice the Shoppes at Col. Glenn being built across from The Rave. It's kind of close to Shackleford Crossing. Not sure if it's going to be a big or mid sized center. I saw it today and thought it was interesting.

[Shackleford Crossings]

I went to the new Walmart at Shackleford Crossing last night and was not impressed with it at all. The building's exterior is nice but the inside is awful. The bathrooms were filthy with paper towels everywhere, their inventory is not as good as the other locations around town, and the staff didn't have any clue where most of the items were located. The layout is a bit confusing and the store itself is smaller compared to Hwy 10 and MCcain Blvd locations. I understand that some of the staff are new but I feel they should had proper training before they start working. I think I'll visit the Hwy 10 location until I see improvements at this one.

Wow, that's crazy. At least bathrooms should have been clean. That's a part of having a nice store. And the staff has had some poor training. I did notice that too. I believe the Sherwood, NLR, and WLR (Cantrell) locations are much better as in selection and even size. Shackleford Walmart doesn't even have an automotive section for oil changes and tires. I will say I like the setup of the bakery section wih all the breads and cakes together. To me, the new Walmart should be the best, but has fallen short of it's hype.