Retail
Tony Vo has more brewing as Waterbean continues to expand
Aug. 22. Cornelius-based Waterbean Coffee, which opened its first Winston-Salem location just last week, will open a new store in the Quail Corners Shopping Center this coming weekend. A 13th store will open in Concord soon, according to founder Tony Vo. Background Vo launched Waterbean less than nine years ago on Jetton Road just outside […]
Cornelius is home again to a compounding pharmacy, and it’s a beautiful space
Aug. 19. By TL Bernthal. Pharmacist and entrepreneur Nicole R. Eastman is experiencing her dream come true as she opens Rose Pharmacy & Boutique Apothecary this week. Even in pharmacy school, the Davidson resident was thinking she’d like to own and operate her own pharmacy one day. Rose Pharmacy & Boutique Apothecary is full-service retail […]
Confirmed: Rumor Mill Market is reopening
Aug. 10. By TL Bernthal. The Rumor Mill Market at 217 Depot St. in Davidson will reopen this month after a two-year hiatus. When the owners — Janie and Scot Slusarick of Cornelius — closed the Rumor Mill Market on Aug. 28, 2020, they never imagined it would be almost two years to the day to […]
Thompsons are named ‘Main Street Champions’
April 26. Paul and Kristin Thompson, who bought and redeveloped Broad Street Place in downtown Mooresville in 2019, have transformed the 21,000 square-foot building into a mixed-use community anchor with retail spaces and apartments while retaining the beloved Mooresville Ice Cream corner shop. The Mooresville Ice Cream Co. dates back to 1924. The North Carolina […]
Birkdale Village breaks ground on $20 million re-do
Jan. 27. North American Properties’ $20 million redevelopment of Birkdale Village is under way in earnest. The owners of the 52-acre mixed-use project—the retail centerpiece of Lake Norman—officially began work yesterday on plans to create a 21st century community gathering place and a new retail experience. No more full circle The trademark circle or roundabout […]
New restaurant, 3 retailers coming to Birkdale Village
Dec. 16. Four new tenants, including a seafood restaurant, are coming to Birkdale Village in Huntersville. Apricot Lane, Brown Bag Seafood Co., Girl Supply and Lovesac will open early next year. Background North American Properties is repositioning and updating the mixed-use project with a new array of stores as well as a new paint scheme […]
Kroger bringing 700 new jobs to Concord, $29 million payroll
Dec. 8. The Kroger Co. will build a high-tech customer fulfillment center in Concord that will create nearly 700 jobs over five years. The total annual payroll will be on the order of $29 million. Home delivery “The acceleration of our delivery business continues with the development of an additional customer fulfillment center, advancing our commitment […]
More details of Birkdale Village makeover
Oct. 26. The makeover at Birkdale Village continues with a new paint scheme and plans to make the 52-acre project a go-to “third place” or community gathering space taking shape between now and next summer. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg says a third place is where people spend time between home and work—our first and second places. […]
Making Birkdale Village a go-to ‘third place’ is under way
Aug. 17. By Dave Yochum. Look for significant—and subtle—improvements at Birkdale Village as North American Properties, its new management and development company, works on enhancing the notion of the “third place” at the 52-acre mixed-use project. Sephora opens Sept. 3, good news in a challenging brick-and-mortar retail environment. But along with the opening comes a subtle […]
Hugh Sykes is Main Street Champ in Mooresville
March 17. Long-time volunteer Hugh Sykes, the treasurer of the Mooresville Downtown Commission, has been named Downtown Mooresville’s 2020 Main Street Champion. A former business owner, Sykes has been a board member for more than a dozen years, managing the Downtown Mooresville Cruise-In event for many years which regularly attracted as many as 600 classic […]
