Business & Tech
Plans Move Forward for New Mattress Store, Shopping Center Renovation in Ross
Ross Township Commissioners must give final approval to the plans.
Mattress Store
The Ross Township Planning Commission has given preliminary approval to plans to demolish the current building at 4840 McKnight Road, across from North Hills Village, and build a new, two-unit building which will house a restaurant and a Select-Comfort Mattress store.If ultimately approved by the Ross Commissioners, and built, Select-Comfort will be the 12th store selling mattresses along the stretch of McKnight from the Shoppes at Northway to the Babcock Boulevard intersection.
The proposed restaurant was described by a representative of Eden Court Capital as "Panera-like" with a drive-thru lane. Since the lease is still being negotiated, the name of the restaurant has not been revealed.
The current building is occupied by Basilone Executive Search and Basilone Technical Search.
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Three Degree Road Retail Shops
Ross Township Commissioners voted unanimously Monday vacate a portion of Second Street to allow for the redevelopment of an abandoned shopper center, which had been original home of Northland Public Library at 120 Three Degree Road.
The building was divided into five storefronts but has struggled to keep tenants.
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“We're hoping to dress the current shopping center up and put in a 10,000 square foot retail tenant, and then two, 1,200 square foot tenants and take part of the building down and revitalize that center,” said Chip Hansen of Trinity Commercial Development after meeting with the commissioners on May 6.
Hansen did not want to comment about any potential tenants.
“We’re taking part of the building down to increase the parking ratio. It’s still tight, the building has been there for a long time and that’s just kinda what it is. You can’t expand it because there’s no room. It’s currently at its max,” he said. “The couple of tenants that we are talking to, they are okay with that parking ratio.”
The commissioners decision to vacate a portion of second avenue will allow for the installation of a water line to supply sprinklers in the building.
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