Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Owner Sandra Campbell is planning a new Mexican restaurant and sports bar concept for the space formerly home to El Ciclon Mexican Restaurant.
Earlier this year Smyrna-Vinings Patch highlighted the building formerly home to El Ciclon Mexican Restaurant at 2731 South Cobb Drive in a Visions for Vacancies feature. Now in July the building has a new owner and a new look. Sandra Campbell told Smyrna-Vinings Patch she purchased the building with plans to open an authentic Mexican restaurant called La Pantera later this month. “It’s a restaurant and sports bar,” she said. “We’ll have flat screen TVs, authentic Mexican food and a DJ on weekends. Everything is new—state-of-the-art. It’s beautiful inside with authentic Mexican architecture.” Campbell is no stranger to the restaurant industry. She said she’s owned restaurants before and currently owns The Memphis Grill in Dalton, Ga. She …
Friday, June 15, 2012
What business would you like to see in the old Blockbuster location?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? Seeing a Blockbuster that's still open is about as rare as seeing someone using a pay phone. The stores are closing left and right in metro Atlanta. Visions for Vacancies has even highlighted one in the past. This week we look at the store on South Cobb Drive that closed earlier this spring. The vacant space sits next to NAPA Auto Parts and Aaron’s Electronics. It’s located within within the North Smyrna Opportunity Zone meaning that business owners within the zone who hire two full-time employees receive a tax …
Friday, June 1, 2012
What would you like to see developed at the Jonquil Village site?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? Normally Visions for Vacancies highlights a vacant structure, but this week’s feature looks at an empty development—Smyrna’s Jonquil Village. Plans for Jonquil Village have changed several times over the years and a new plan is being developed by Branch Properties now. The original plan called for a mixed use development with high-end condominiums and Publix as an anchor store.Tampa, Fla.-based developer A.G. Armstrong was to complete the project, which won city approval for a $26.2 million tax allocation district …
Friday, May 25, 2012
What business would you like to see in the space formerly occupied by Borders?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? This week we’re asking readers what business they’d like to see in the space formerly home to Borders in Parkway Pointe shopping center. The bookstore closed its doors in April 2011 after the company announced that it had filed for bankruptcy and would close one-third of its stores. The large space sits in the Parkway Pointe shopping center at the corner of Cobb Parkway and Cumberland Boulevard in the Cumberland CID. Other retailers in the shopping center include Old Navy, Pier One Imports and AMC Parkway Pointe 15. …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Crossings at Four Corners opened in January and is still looking for some tenants. What would you like to see there?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? Recently we asked what you’d like to see in the old Kroger location on South Cobb Drive. Now we’re crossing the street to The Crossings at Four Corners shopping center, home of the new Kroger and several vacant retail suites. Smyrna’s new Kroger opened with much fanfare in January and judging by the full parking lot it’s a popular shopping destination. Several of the suites in the shopping center now have tenants like T-Mobile and Nail Styles, but others have yet to be filled. The square-footage of the available …
Friday, May 11, 2012
What would you like to see in the vacant 4,170-square-foot restaurant space?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? This week Visions for Vacancies takes a look at the vacant building at 2596 South Cobb Drive that was formerly a Dairy Queen. This 4,170-square-foot building was built in 1969 and is still restaurant equipped from its days serving Blizzards and Sundaes. The building is listed at $479,000 and is in the same shopping center as the new home of Adventure Outdoors. An added bonus, the building is located within the North Smyrna Opportunity Zone meaning that business owners within the zone who hire two full-time employees …
Friday, April 27, 2012
What would like to see open at Creatwood Corners?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? This week Visions for Vacancies looks at the empty retail space that used to be home to Aislinn Spa and Salon in Creatwood Corners. This space is in the same shopping center as another Visions for Vacancies spotlight, the old Great Harvest Bread location. Suite D is 1,120 square feet and is next to Attitude’s Boutique. Other shops at Creatwood Corners include Val's Vinings Barber, Village Green Flowers and Gifts, The Body Bar and Lamoth Dental Services. Because of the shopping center's proximity to Campbell Middle …
Friday, April 20, 2012
What would you like to see in the old Kroger location?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? Smyrna residents are proud of the new Kroger located in The Crossings shopping center on South Cobb Drive. What they’re not so proud of is the vacant building that housed Kroger before it made the big move in January. The building located in Concord Square shopping center at 3315 South Cobb Drive is a stone’s throw from the new store. The fate of the 42,000 square-foot retail space has been a hot topic in Smyrna since it was vacated in January. One citizen asked about the building at a recent South Cobb Drive Business…
Friday, April 13, 2012
What business do you think should open in the space formerly occupied by Blockbuster on Spring Road?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? Blockbuster video stores are a dying breed in Smyrna-Vinings. The South Cobb Drive store is in the process of closing now, but today we’re turning our attention to the site of its former sister store across town. The Blockbuster at 2350 Spring Road in Plantation Pointe shopping center closed its doors earlier this year and has yet to find a new tenant. The shopping center is anchored by Cobb International Farmers Market and other businesses nearby include Khuan’s Hair Design, U.S. Café Express and Smyrna Liquors. If …
Friday, April 6, 2012
What do you think belongs at 2731 South Cobb Drive?
Visions for Vacancies is Smyrna-Vinings Patch's new weekly feature that looks at a vacant building and asks readers what they'd like to see there. This is your chance to dream big. If it were up to you, what would you open there? Last week’s Visions for Vacancies feature looked at the former Piccadilly location on South Cobb Drive. This week we’ve moved up the block a bit to the former home of El Ciclon Mexican Restaurant. This 4,200-square-foot building is listed at $350,000 by Power Realty Partners. It features restaurant amenities like a walk-in cooler, freezer, range hood, furniture, fixtures and equipment. All these items are included in the sale price. What would you like to see at 2731 South Cobb Drive? Tell us in the comments.
Smyrna Jonquil
5:06 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
I agree. I wish that we had more choices--No more Italian either! more ›