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Zoning change approved by city officials helps Main Street Oak Ridge project

Posted at 9:30 pm March 9, 2015
By John Huotari 7 Comments

Main Street Oak Ridge Belk on March 2, 2015

The Belk store at the Oak Ridge City Center, which could be redeveloped as Main Street Oak Ridge, is pictured above on March 2.

 

Leasing, financing, and pre-construction work on the Main Street Oak Ridge project is progressing as planned, a developer said in late February, and a change to the city’s zoning ordinance approved on Monday will help the redevelopment.

James Downs, Crosland Southeast partner, said his company hopes to start construction late in the second quarter of 2015. It’s part of a plan to have a grand opening in the fall of 2016.

Survey crews from Cannon and Cannon have completed a boundary survey of the 60-acre site, the former Oak Ridge Mall, and field work is under way, said Ray Evans, the city’s retail consultant. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: boundary survey, Cannon and Cannon, Crosland Southeast, financing, James Downs, leasing, Main Street—Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Mall, ORNL FCU, ORNL Federal Credit Union, Planning Commission, planning unit development, pre-construction, PUD overlay, Ray Evans, redevelopment, tax increment financing, TIF, UB-2, UB-2 zoning, zoning ordinance

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