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Changes to CVS plans detailed

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Staff

By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

CARRBORO – Representatives of Hart-Redd, a company that wants to build a 24,000-square-foot commercial building on the northwest corner of Greensboro and Weaver streets, showed updated plans for the project at a community meeting at Carrboro Town Hall Monday night.

The new design still calls for a two-story building that will house a CVS pharmacy downstairs along with upstairs storage and office space.

Chris Bostic, an engineer with Kimley-Horn, said the new design takes into account a recent survey of the property and shows the portions of the tree canopy that will be preserved. Bostic, who is working with Hart-Redd, a Tennessee developer, also said plans are for a 24-hour pharmacy at the location. The design shows 69 parking spaces, including 20 in the existing lot along Weaver Street and 49 spaces north and west of the building. The loading dock and truck access is in the rear of the building, with truck traffic entering from Weaver Street and leaving via Short Street.

The new plans drew concerns from a group of about two dozen residents who peppered Bostic with questions on traffic flow, pedestrian access, lighting and the impact of proposed parking areas off Short and Center streets on nearby residences.

Richard Jaimeyfield, co-owner of the only structure on the east side of Center Street that won’t be razed under the plan, reiterated that he and his partners refused to sell because the project was not a good fit with the core of the town.

Cindy McMahan, co-owner of Elmo’s Diner, said she’s worried the project will exacerbate parking problems in the downtown area. She was among several attendees who questioned whether a proposed traffic study could be accurately conducted while Weaver Street is under construction.

At the meeting, board of aldermen member Jacquie Gist agreed to take a request to the board that the traffic study be expanded to gauge the impact of the project on additional streets.

The town has yet to receive a formal application for the project, which will trigger a formal review and public hearing on the rezoning of the property.

Residents near the project have launched a website – centerofcarrboro.blogspot.com – to track the project and have scheduled a community organizing meeting for April 3 at town hall from 2 to 3 p.m.

Michael Horn of Raleigh-based engineering and design firm Kimley-Horn and Associates fields a question at a community meeting on the CVS project Monday night at Carrboro Town Hall.

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