In case you missed it, here’s a look back at a few business highlights for the past week.
Asia Garden Chinese & Japanese Restaurant relocating in Hamilton Hills
It will take two weeks to a month, but Asia Garden Chinese & Japanese Restaurant is relocating in Hamilton Hills.
Asia Garden is moving to 660 Carriage House Drive, from 581 Old Hickory Boulevard.
Danver’s opening ‘modified’ restaurant inside Cook Out
When Cook Out opens at 4 Stonebridge Place, they will offer more than grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches and North Carolina barbecue.
According to a company spokesperson, a dual operation will be created when a ‘modified’ Danver’s Restaurant joins Cook Out in the facility.
Cook-Out bought three of the five Memphis-area Danver’s in 2017.
The most recognizable menu item at Danver’s is its roast beef sandwich.
Founded in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1989, Cook Out is located in over 100 cities with drive-thru restaurants in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Mississippi and Maryland.
Former Kmart location getting new tenant
The property Kmart vacated at 732 Old Hickory Blvd., in October, 2017, has been leased to Amerco, a real estate company in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 94,500-square-foot facility will be converted to a U-Haul center, offering truck and trailer rental, interior heating and climate controlled self-storage and U-Box storage.
Additional storage buildings will be constructed on the east side of the lot, which consists of 9.83 acres.
Kmart first opened at 732 Old Hickory Blvd., in the early 1970s.
Residents rallied to prevent this business from opening
Residents turned out in numbers and voiced their opposition at City Hall Monday, of a proposed opening of a nightclub in their neighborhood at 32 Rebel Road, in south Jackson.
Joe Gullett, who managed the American Legion at 165 Perry Switch Road, was denied the request by the Board of Zoning Appeals at City Hall, Monday, to open the facility, that would have occupied 1,663-square-feet.
The primary reason for denial was the proximity of 18 residences near the proposed club, which is about 200 feet from South Highland Avenue.
Gullett could not be reached for comment.
Bargain Hunters Paradise – new retail outlet opens in North Plaza Shopping Center
Gimme A $5, a rapidly growing discount retailer, has opened in Jackson Plaza, 53 Carriage House Drive.
Leased by Wyatt W. Woeltje, Hickman Realty Group, the 38,000-square-foot-store will operate in three areas – liquidated items, clothing and food.
Every item in the store is only $5 on Saturday and Sunday, $3 on Monday, $2 on Tuesday, $1 on Wednesday and Thursday, and only $0.25 on Fridays.
Store hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays.
The retailer is also located in Clarksville, Dickson, Lebanon and Madison.
JEA names Austin, Baughn to Committees
Ted Austin was appointed to the Employee Health Plan Benefits Committee, and Mike Baughn was appointed to the Retirement Plan Administrative Committee, when the Jackson Energy Authority held its monthly meeting, Thursday.
Both appointments are for five years.
Ted Austin is the vice president of Customer Service and Community Relations at Jackson Energy, and fellow employee Mike Baughn is the vice president of Information Technology.
Austin, who joins Monte Cooper, Braxton Williams, Ben Lovins and Mike Stegall on the Committee – replaces Thomas Varughese, whose term expired June 30.
Baughn, who joins Matthew Coffman, Jackie Arnold, Nancy Nanney and Mechele Williams on the Retirement Plan Administrative Committee – replaces Steve Raper, whose term expired June 30.
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(PHOTO: Shoppers lined the sidewalks at North Plaza Shopping Center for the opening of Gimme A $5 at 53 Carriage House Drive, Saturday – courtesy Wyatt W. Woeltje, Hickman Realty Group)
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