July 25. By Dave Vieser. If all goes well, Royal Bliss Brewery will be opening a new location in Cornelius by early 2025. Officials from Royal Bliss, which currently operates a brewery in Denver, unveiled their expansion plans at the town’s July 24 pre-development committee meeting and every member expressed support for the project. Plans call for […]
July 18. What sometimes gets lost in the managed growth equation is that property owners have rights too, within reason of course. Greenberg Gibbons’ Cornelius Commerce Center proposal, which was withdrawn last night, was backed by the landowners—the eighth and ninth generation at that. Speaking at a public hearing, Wes Hunter, son of the property […]
July 18. OPINION. We are both surprised and disappointed by the Cornelius Town Board’s decision tonight to deny Greenberg Gibbons the opportunity to present new information about the proposed Cornelius Business Park. The company has worked with Town staff for years to create a project that best served the Cornelius community. Upon request of the […]
July 18. By Dave Vieser. In a stunning turn of events, Drew Thigpen of Greenway Gibbons Properties, the applicant seeking approval for a flex office complex on Bailey Road, withdrew his rezoning application at Monday night’s Town Board meeting. It followed almost 90 minutes of comments from a packed with residents, most from Bailey’s Glen […]
July 17. The public hearing for the Cornelius Business Park is still on the agenda for tonight’s Town Board meeting but developer Greenburg Gibbons has asked that it be moved to Aug. 21. Drew Thigpen, of Greenburg Gibbons, said he wanted the delay so he can have more time to respond to concerns raised by […]
July 12. By Dave Yochum. The would-be developer of Cornelius Business Park on Bailey Road has asked the Planning Dept. for a one-month delay in the vote on the controversial Greenberg Gibbons project opposite Bailey Road Park. The Cornelius Planning Board has recommended that the Town Board deny a rezoning for what was previously called […]
NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | By Erica Batten and Dave Vieser A panel discussion hosted by Business Today and Cornelius Today in June focused on the persistent issue of development in a region that takes pride in both its vibrant, forward-looking stance and its small-town atmosphere as well as low property tax rates. While “smart growth” […]
July 5. The Junker project—a multi family housing proposal whose approval shook local politics two years ago—may undergo changes from what was approved by the Town Board. However, the total number of units does not change under the revision being considered by the developer. “The most substantive change is conversion of the two traditional multifamily […]
June 27. More than 500 people who live near a proposed 36-acre, five-building flex-space business park on Bailey Road just east of the railroad tracks have signed a petition objecting to the potential rezoning and development. The Cornelius Business Parkcproposed by Greenberg Gibbons Properties would require the Cornelius Board of Commissioners to approve a rezoning of […]
NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | JUNE 22 Three Lake Norman leaders—a developer, a former Huntersville mayor and a sitting town commissioner in Cornelius—will discuss the state of development amidst the current climate in and around Lake Norman at a Newsmakers Breakfast June 22 at The Peninsula Club. [THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT] The event features: John Aneralla, […]