This area near the intersection of Wilson Street and Rutgers Avenue, close to JCPenney, should be ready to turn over to the developer of a four-story, 81-room TownePlaces Suites hotel in the next few weeks, a RealtyLink executive said Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Eight new stores at Main Street Oak Ridge could be ready by late spring or summer, a development executive said Tuesday.
Rex Rice, project manager for RealtyLink, the development company, said the Dick’s Sporting Goods and T.J. Maxx stores should be ready for those retailers by late spring or summer, and six other stores—Electronic Express, Maurice’s, PetSmart, Rack Room Shoes, Rue 21, and Ulta—should be ready by summer.
Rice gave a brief project update during a Tuesday morning Rise and Shine event sponsored by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce at TNBank.
Here are photos from the Tuesday morning update and from Main Street Oak Ridge on Tuesday.
Rex Rice, RealtyLink project manager, gave an update on the 58-acre Main Street Oak Ridge development during an Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce event on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, at TNBank. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Excavation work has started on a parking lot at Main Street Oak Ridge, the 58-acre project to redevelop the former Oak Ridge Mall. The work is pictured on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. JCPenney is in the background to the left and Walmart is off to the right. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Excavation work has started on a parking lot at Main Street Oak Ridge, the 58-acre project to redevelop the former Oak Ridge Mall. The work is pictured on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. JCPenney is in the background. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Excavation work has started on a parking lot at Main Street Oak Ridge, the 58-acre project to redevelop the former Oak Ridge Mall. The work is pictured on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. JCPenney is in the background to the left. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Maurice’s, Rack Room Shoes, Rue 21, and Ulta will be built on the south side of Belk, extending through this area that is now a parking lot near a post office. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
A new front entrance is being built at Belk. It will face into the interior of the 58-acre Main Street Oak Ridge. On Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, Rex Rice of RealtyLink said developers hope to complete the new Belk entrance and an associated parking lot by Thanksgiving. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Eight new stores at Main Street Oak Ridge could be ready by late spring or summer, a development executive said Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. This photo was taken from near Belk and the former Sears store and looking toward JCPenney. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Electronic Express and PetSmart will be in the area pictured above, close to Rutgers Avenue and between JCPenney and Walmart.(Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Dick’s Sporting Goods and T.J. Maxx will be built in this area, near where the former Sears store was. Walmart is to the left in the photo above, which looks toward South Illinois Avenue, and the post office is to the right. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
See the Tuesday morning project update here.
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