09-13-2020, 09:51 PM
Rumor has it Malama isn't moving until their current lease expires. I can hardly wait to see who moves into their old space, or what happens to the old shopping center. Will the gas station close because there's a new one right next door? Hilarity ensues.
Entirely possible that Popeye's isn't bothering to open until Malama moves. The Popeye's suite still has a dirt floor, no fixtures, so no commitment, they could easily walk away at this point.
Coco Cantina is supposed to be open on the 28th. The menu features vegetarian entrees and includes quinoa. There will be an assortment of bottled beers in addition to the draft selection.
I suspect the slow-to-open is just the usual County permitting/inspecting process -- while the shopping center is all-new fully-compliant class-A retail space, it's probably not owned by the "right" people. Side effects include truly awful timing on the new traffic light.
Looking further down the road ... there's an undeveloped parcel between the two shopping centers, now prime for development because it's surrounded. At the rate things are doing I probably won't live long enough to see the groundbreaking.
Entirely possible that Popeye's isn't bothering to open until Malama moves. The Popeye's suite still has a dirt floor, no fixtures, so no commitment, they could easily walk away at this point.
Coco Cantina is supposed to be open on the 28th. The menu features vegetarian entrees and includes quinoa. There will be an assortment of bottled beers in addition to the draft selection.
I suspect the slow-to-open is just the usual County permitting/inspecting process -- while the shopping center is all-new fully-compliant class-A retail space, it's probably not owned by the "right" people. Side effects include truly awful timing on the new traffic light.
Looking further down the road ... there's an undeveloped parcel between the two shopping centers, now prime for development because it's surrounded. At the rate things are doing I probably won't live long enough to see the groundbreaking.