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Development Beat: Bookstore Cafe Coming to Five Points, The Dillon Announces Second Retailer

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Week of August 14, 2017

Five Points getting a new bookstore cafe

Brewshop coming to The Dillon

McNeill Pointe permits issued

New nursery for White Memorial

New gym for North Ridge

The French Are Coming to Five Points

Ooh la-la! A new hybrid bookstore cafe possessing a certain je ne sais quoi will open in Five Points, occupying the space that previously housed the Aloma Crenshaw Antique Shop. After more than 20 years in business, the antique shop closed nearly two years ago when Aloma Crenshaw decided to retire. The property was sold for $800,000 to an LLC that also owns the nearby NOFO @ the Pig building.

Located at 2010 Fairview Road, Des Livres & Delices will be a “French concept store blending books (for adults and children) and fine food products, with a tasting area.” While cafes are pretty commonplace in bookstores, how many of them are French-themed? We imagine this place will be a shoo-in for the highly coveted “best place to read Les Liaisons dangereuses while sipping on a Café au lait” award that we’ll be giving out as part of our “ITBest of ITB” series next year. We aren’t sure on an exact opening date, but we’ll keep you posted.

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Brewshop Coming to The Dillon

Heirloom Brewshop, a specialty coffee shop, premium tea house and sake bar, is expected to open at The Dillon in the summer of 2018. The Dillon location will be the first location in Raleigh for the North Carolina native husband and wife team of Chuan Tsay and Anna Phommavong. Bonner Gaylord, Broughton graduate and Managing Director of Kane Realty, teased the announcement Monday night on Twitter.

In the excitement, some misread the announcement and almost took drastic measures.

According to the press release, Heirloom will offer “premium coffee, tea and sake as well as an Asian-inspired food menu.” They plan to introduce a variety of brew methods and concoctions, and their food menu will introduce concepts that are “totally new to Raleigh” and will be made entirely in-house.

McNeill Pointe Permits Issued

Permits have been issued for two one-story, 8,400 square foot shell buildings at McNeill Pointe, a new development at the corner of McNeill Street and Wake Forest Road. The buildings will be “mirrored from each other,” although McNeill Pointe is planned to ultimately house a total of four separate buildings.

Once home to the Ham ‘N’ Egger diner, which later became the Oak City Diner before being torn down in 2008, plans for turning the site just across the street from Mami Nora’s restaurant into McNeill Pointe began more than three years ago. As we reported back in June, McNeill Pointe will offer more than 30,000 square feet of space for office, retail, and restaurant uses. The project is expected to cost around $7 million, and should open by the end of the year.

White Memorial’s New Nursery

It appears that White Memorial, one of the most ITB churches in Raleigh, has finished work on their new nursery. We aren’t sure what the renovations entailed, but we’re told the entire job was completed by one long-haired carpenter, who spent his breaks turning LaCroix into wine for moms that were picking their children up from preschool.

Little Makers

When we first learned about Little Makers Academy holding their grand opening at 2801 South Wilmington Street, we imagined children crafting their own barrels of the venerated Kentucky bourbon, Maker’s Mark.

While we can’t imagine a better long-term goal than learning to craft one of the world’s finest bourbons, it appears Little Makers Academy is actually a childcare facility. According to the Little Maker’s Facebook page, they encourage children to become “Makers” through “doing/building, collaborative learning, and creativity.”

Hot Town, Summer In The City

Things are really heating up at City Council this week, with plans to discuss not just one but two fire station projects. First up will be Station 11, located at 2925 Glenridge Road, which needs approval for an architect. Built in 1971, the nearly 5,000 square-foot building was on track for an extensive remodel that would have exceeded the funding available for such a project.

The scope of the work was scaled down and the City began soliciting for a new design firm back in April. Staff is recommending that the $170,000 award go to Huffman Architects.

The second station on today’s agenda is Station 22, which the City plans to relocate down the road from its present location. Raleigh’s chief fire historian, Mike Legeros, has already done an excellent write-up on this project. The current site of Station 22 on Durant Road is adjacent to a soon-to-be-expanded railroad crossing, the grade separation for which will take up the entire fire station property.

For now, the plan is to relocate and rebuild the station just down the road on the edge of Abbotts Creek Park. Design work on the station is expected to begin in September with construction scheduled to start in the fall of 2018.

New Gym for North Ridge

Nearly three years after suddenly losing Rapid Fitness, the North Ridge shopping center on Falls of Neuse will soon add a brand new gym in the form of an O2 Fitness. As it happens, O2 itself recently shut down a Raleigh location on Person Street, although we’re not sure if this is intended as a replacement or not. The $500,000 project will be handled by Bordeaux Construction.

3 Comments

  1. Did the church of the holy cadillac get permits for the nursery? Does it meet all state requirements? Did you research any of that?

  2. Zero percent chance McNeill Pointe opens by the “end of the year”… 2017. 0%.

    Perhaps by end of year 2018.

  3. Interesting that Gaylords credentials are listed as “graduated from Broughton”. Woo hoooo

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