Birkdale Village
Retail report: HomeSense opens tomorrow; musical chairs in Birkdale Village
March 22. [Updated March 23] By TL Bernthal. HomeSense will open 8 am Thursday, March 23, in Cornelius. The store will sell furniture, rugs, decor and wall art, lamps and other lighting, kitchen and dining items, and organizational solutions such as for storage. The store replaces Stein Mart, which closed, making room for HomeSense and […]
Congress for the New Urbanism will tour Birkdale Village, other LKN sites
March 14 [Updated March 15]. Birkdale Village has been selected for a tour during the 31st annual Congress for the New Urbanism happening in Charlotte May 31-June 3. In collaboration with Michael Dunning, founder of Charlotte-based MEND Design Collective and former Shook Kelley architect on Birkdale’s original project team, North American Properties will host the national […]
Birkdale Village: Banana Republic closing this month; Kilted Buffalo is open
March 6. [Updated March 7] By TL Bernthal. Banana Republic in Birkdale Village will close March 24 but there’s no indication as to what will take its place. That the location would close was announced last fall. The closest Banana Republic is in Charlotte and is fully staffed, so the sales staff in the Huntersville […]
Birkdale Village developers ask for delay on decision until next month
Jan. 12. By TL Bernthal. Birkdale Village has asked that the decision on its rezoning request be delayed until the Feb. 20 Huntersville Town Board meeting. Susan Irvin, the lawyer for applicant DDRTC Birkdale Village LLC, wrote to the town board that the applicant would like the deferral to allow time for review of the […]
bartaco will take over Nina’s, Corkscrew space in Birkdale
Dec. 21. By TL Bernthal. The bartaco that’s coming to Birkdale Village will go into a prime space created from Nina Boutique’s and Corkscrew Wine Shoppe and Bar’s spaces, according to NAP. Both Nina’s and Corkscrew lost their leases. Nina’s Boutique is expected to move into Antiquity in Cornelius early next year. No plans have been […]
Birkdale Village residents unhappy with remodel transparency
Dec. 2. By Mike McGinnis. If the tone of a community meeting is any indication, opposition to new development Birkdale Village remains focused on the approach the new owners have taken with information dissemination. The just-completed renovation was worth on the order of $20 million. A proposed expansion that includes a hotel, parking decks and […]
Where to park at Birkdale Village? Counting spaces
Nov. 15. TL Bernthal. The number of parking spaces at Birkdale Village exceeds what is required, despite “the lack of parking” sometimes being a talking point about the mixed-use development in Huntersville. Birkdale Village currently exceeds the town’s minimum parking requirements, according to Brian Richards, assistant planning director of the Huntersville Planning Department. In total, […]
NAP says Banana Republic will leave Birkdale Village
Nov. 2. By Mike McGinnis. At a community meeting yesterday, North American Properties officials said Banana Republic, the global apparel and accessories chain, would be leaving Birkdale Village at an unknown date in the future. Employees at the Banana Republic store in Birkdale did not comment. Birkdale Village is asking the Town of Huntersville for […]
2 new stores open in Birkdale Village, plus update
Oct. 24. By TL Bernthal. Two of the promised newcomers are now open at Birkdale Village. Icebox Cryotherapy on Cranlyn Road where Zoës Kitchen used to be and Baby Airlie in the kiosks near the movie theater are now open. With airlie Baby open at 16940 B Birkdale Commons Pkwy. Kiosk 4, all the kiosks […]
Birkdale outlines plan for hotel, 350 multifamily units, offices
Oct. 6. As first reported by Business Today on Sept. 6, Birkdale Village is planning a major expansion that would include a 125-room “lifestyle” hotel, 350 multifamily units and 150,000 square feet of office space. The $275 million plan was shown to the Huntersville Town Board this week. Background The nationally known lifestyle center is […]
