Town may get more retail
New Carrboro center proposed
Published: Thu, Jan. 04, 2007 12:30AM
Modified Thu, Jan. 04, 2007 03:33AM
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closeCARRBORO -- A new Harris Teeter and shopping center have been proposed near downtown Carrboro.
Plans for The Shoppes at Jones Ferry at 405-407 Jones Ferry Road are being reviewed by town staff and advisory boards, Carrboro planner James Thomas said.
The town has a Harris Teeter less than a mile away next to Carr Mill Mall.
EARTH FARE CLOSING
Earth Fare, a natural foods grocery that opened in June 2005 in Chapel Hill's Eastgate Shopping Center, will close at the end of the month.
Another upscale grocery is expected to move in about mid-February, said Kimberly Brooks, a spokeswoman for property owner Federal Realty Investment Trust, based in Maryland. She said the companies are still negotiating and that she didn't know the name of the other grocery store.
Earth Fare moved into the former home of A Southern Season when that business moved to nearby University Mall.
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Applicant Northwest Property Group, based in Skyland, N.C., is negotiating to buy the land from Calvin and Nora Mellott and Mellott Trucking & Supply Co., Thomas said. The submitting of detailed plans and a permit application shows Northwest is serious about building, he said.
The 7.7-acre property would need to be rezoned for the supermarket, three proposed restaurants and 11 other businesses. The Harris Teeter, which could contain a Starbucks, would occupy about an acre.
The site borders the Abbey Court condominiums, Carolina Apartments and University Lake Apartments, whose residents would be able to walk or bike to the shopping center.
The town usually takes about two years to review and approve projects, Thomas said. There's demand for more commercial development, though full shopping centers have been a rare proposal in Carrboro, he said.
"You're going to see [them] more often," he added, referring to the Board of Aldermen's ongoing push for the town to double its commercial tax base and ease the burden on homeowners. Residential property makes up more than 80 percent of the town's tax base.
Staff writer Meiling Arounnarath can be reached at 932-2004 or meiling.arounnarath@newsobserver.com.
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