Archive for the ‘Trenholm Road’ tag
Gillespie's Cleaners / Burnette's Cleaners, 5213 Trenholm Road: June 2022 (Moved) 1 comment
This building, next door to the Forest Acres City Hall, was a dry-cleaner for many years, starting as Gillespie's and then as Burnette's. For many of those years, the right-hand side of the building had a coin laundromat though that closed some time before Burnette's left for Forest Park, a block or so away.
The building sat empty for several years, until demolition started in late June of 2022. The building is now completely razed, which, with the old Russell & Jeffcoat lot adjacent to it also now bare gives a surprising amount of open space in central Forest Acres for new construction.
(Hat tip to my sister)
Jos A. Bank, 4840 Forest Drive Suite 12 C: January 2022 no comments
Here's yet another store very much in my orbit into which I never went for one reason or another. I believe that the last time I bought clothes I thought about looking through the shirts in this Trenholm Plaza storefront, but in the event I ended up at Belk's & Amazon.
With this closing, there are now three empty spaces on this side of the plaza, to include the old Stein Mart (which was a Halloween store for a while) and Rosso.
On the other hand, there is now a Mac store in the old Michaels Jewelry, so they are still able to fill vacancies.
(Hat tip to commenter Heath)
Circle K, 8200 Two Notch Road: Late July 2021 3 comments
As you can see from these two sets of pictures, the Circle K at the corner of Two Notch Road & the Trenholm Road Extension is closed, the pumps have been demolished, and apparently the storage tanks have been dug up, or that is the next step.
The store here was much smaller than the current Circle K style, and to me the lot does not look big enough to put in one on their new standard lines. In the case of a similar situation on Bethel Church, they removed the pumps and tanks and then put the building on the market. I expect they will do the same here, unless they go as far as razing the building entirely.
(Hat tip to commenter Thomas)
Michaels Jewelry, 4840 Forest Drive: March 2021 1 comment
I noticed a sign for a 50% off closing sale at this Trenholm Plaza jewelry store when I was coming up Trenholm from Decker the other day. I don't believe I have ever been in this store, but it has been there quite a while as a Columbia Star profile indicates this location opened sometime around 2004. I can't find anything online about the closing, but there was this story about a 2013 robbery that I can't ever recall hearing about before.
This closing will bring the count of vacant storefronts on this north wing of the plaza to four by my count.
UPDATE 15 February 2021 -- The closing signs are up:
J. Crew, 4840 Forest Drive: 24 January 2021 no comments
J. Crew apparently has the distinction of being the first major retailer to file for bankruptcy due to the COVID-19> infestation, and this store at Trenholm Plaza, which was the only Midlands location, closed as a result of that.
ColaDaily has the story, as does WLTX which also points out that this leaves the shopping center with four vacancies.
(Hat tip to commenter Heath)
B.L.D. Diner, 4840 Forest Drive Suite 26: December 2020 (Open Again) 7 comments
The B.L.D. Diner is the follow-on operation in this Trenholm Plaza space to Hooligans (which was a follow-on to Edisto Dairy). The name is an acronym for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, but the one time I went there, they were still ramping up, and started closing during my late lunch.
I presume this closing (which is "until further notice") is due to our old friend COVID-19. I hope they do come back, but Trenholm Plaza has certainly taken some unexpected hits this year, and this is one more.
(Hat tip to commenter Larry)
UPDATE 17 May 2021 -- Open again:
Stein Mart, 4840 Forest Drive: September 2020 2 comments
As noted by commenter Andrew and others, Stein Mart filed for Chapter 11 on 12 August 2020 and is expected to close most or all of its 281 stores across the country.
This story focuses on the Trenholm Plaza store, pictured above. A list of all of the announced store closings is here.
To the best of my recollection, I have never been inside this store, at least as Stein Mart. It is hard to say after so many years and upfits, but I believe this is the space once occupied by Tapp's Twig, a "smaller than a branch" storefront run by storied local department store Tapp's. If so, I would have been inside a number of times growing up.
Looking at the store closing list, I see the other local store is in Lexington, and I will try to get by before it is gone. In the meantime, the closing sale is already on, so we'll see if this location lasts into September.
(Hat tip to commenter Andew)
UPDATE 21 September 2021 -- Now a Spirit Haloween:
Gobble! Gobble! no comments
Sinkhole, 4000 Trenholm Road: 14 October 2019 no comments
I'm sure you've all seen the video of this sinkhole that errupted on Trenholm Road in front of Mays Park on 14 October. If you haven't the WLTX clip is embedded above.
The State says it was the result of a 16 inch water main breach. As of Sunday 27 October, when I took these pictures, the road was still closed, though work was obviously ongoing.
Avenue, 2726 Decker Boulevard: August 2019 1 comment
Here's another Fashion Place closing. I don't know anthing about Avenue other than that they sold women's clothes. Perhaps Ross coming to the old Staples location across the plaza was a factor here.