commercial development
Downtown will change dramatically with new development
NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | Story by Erica Batten, Photos by Jason Benavides March 13. In a room full of business leaders, it’s understood that any development project has constraints: time, cost, quality, and scope—even when the project is a partnership of public and private, even when the “project” is a town. So when two developers and […]
The Serve pickleball complex goes before Architectural Review Board Friday
Feb. 21. Members of the Cornelius Town Board got their first look this week at a proposal by DB Entertainment to build 16 new pickleball courts along with a restaurant on Chartown Drive. They liked what they saw, and with no opposition, the proposal moves on to the town’s Architecture Review Board on Friday this […]
No plans for Lake Pines-Chartown connection
Feb. 20. By Dave Yochum. It looks like there are no plans to extend Lake Pines Drive to Chartown Drive where there are a number of new businesses and more on the way. Lake Pines tracks north off Westmoreland just west of I-77 toward the southern tip of Chartown which runs parallel to I-77 from […]
Pickleball plan comes before Town Board at their meeting tonight
Feb. 19. By Dave Vieser. At this evening’s Town Board meeting, Cornelius commissioners will get their first detailed look at a proposal by DB Entertainment to build 16 new pickleball courts on Chartown Drive. “What DB is specifically looking to do is amend the zoning on approximately 6.39 acres of vacant property located at 20220 […]
Planning Board OKs Royal Bliss Brewery with conditions
Feb. 13. By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius Planning Board unanimously recommended approval for a rezoning which would permit the construction and operation of Royal Bliss Brewery on three acres at 19149 W. Catawba. The facility, which will be a combination restaurant and beer garden, could be completed by late 2025 if it is approved by […]
Planning Board to review Royal Bliss project
Feb. 12. The Cornelius Planning Board will consider the Royal Bliss Brewery Project at tonight’s meeting. If they recommend approval, the proposal will then be sent back to the Town Board for a final public hearing. Plans call for construction of a 11,800 square foot building on a vacant 2.98 acre plot owned by Griffin […]
Downtown Re-development topic of Newsmakers Breakfast Feb. 15
Jan. 29. The next transformation of downtown Cornelius will be the subject of the Feb. 15 Newsmakers Breakfast at The Peninsula Club hosted by Cornelius Today and Business Today. Background Downtown changed dramatically a quarter century ago with the addition of Town Hall, the Police Station and the live-work units to the south of Food […]
Convenience store coming to W. Catawba at Nantz
Dec. 5. By Dave Vieser. Almost five years to the day after rezoning was first approved by the town, site work has begun on a retail/convenience store complex on the east side of West Catawba opposite Nantz Road. Convenience Development Partners, with offices in South Carolina and Florida, is the developer. “We have finally started […]
Alexander Farms leasing perks up with key retail tenant
Nov. 14. By Dave Vieser. As passersby have undoubtedly noticed, site and land preparation has continued unabated through summer into fall at Alexander Farms, the $110 million mixed-use development at Westmoreland Road and West Catawba Avenue. Though the project’s timetable is running over a year behind plan, the announcement of some new tenants—most notably Caribou […]
There’s lots of developable property available in Cornelius
Sept. 20. By Dave Vieser. Cornelius Today reported exclusively back in June that construction on more than two dozen previously approved projects in the town has never begun. The projects were expected to generate more traffic, not to mention tax revenue. While these projects remain on the back burner, there are plenty more tracts of […]
