The Oak Ridge City Center, which could be redeveloped as Main Street Oak Ridge, a multi-use project with retailers, restaurants, residential units, and a hotel, is pictured above. Also known as the former Oak Ridge Mall, the L-shaped building is at center. The white building at center left is Walmart, and it is not part of the proposed redevelopment. Neither is the white building at center top, the Cinemark Tinseltown Theater. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Ray Evans, the city’s retail consultant, will give a brief update on Main Street Oak Ridge, the project to redevelop the former Oak Ridge Mall, during a Monday evening meeting.
Evans will give the update during an Oak Ridge City Council meeting that starts at 7 p.m. Monday, January 11, in the Municipal Building Courtroom.
The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission approved a re-subdivision for the $80 million project on Thursday. City officials said the re-subdivision was a required condition for the closing on the property.
RealtyLink, the new developer, has said they still plan to have some stores open at the site by the Christmas 2016 holiday shopping season.
Main Street Oak Ridge could include a mix of retailers, restaurants, residential units, and a hotel. The current enclosed space between Belk and JCPenney, the two remaining anchors, would be demolished, although those two stores would remain.
See previous Main Street Oak Ridge stories here.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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