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Hendersonville News

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Starbucks lease, new surgeon, Champion credit union

Hendersonville’s first standalone Starbucks is not out of the ground yet but a lease with the world’s best-known coffee shop is on the market. The developer, New Mountain LLC of Waynesville, bought the land on Four Seasons Boulevard and Orrs Camp Road from Boyd L. “Bub” Hyder and Lucille Hyder Logan in May for $1.2 million. The new owner bulldozed the 1920 rock house that housed Jimmy Edney’s Land of Sky realty office and Hendersonville Printing Co. and graded the site. Starbucks will build a store to its specifications but won’t own the land, commercial real estate brokers say.In a financial arrangement that is typical of retailers that choose not to own real estate, Starbucks will lease the property from the owner. Starbucks plans a 2,053-square-foot shop with 31 parking spaces and a drive-thru window on the six-tenths acre site. Through a broker, New Mountain has offered the ground lease for $2,535,555. Under a so-called triple-net lease, Starbucks would be responsible for maintenance, insurance and taxes. In an advertisement for the “rare Starbucks ground lease,” Moseley Real Estate Advisers said the Starbucks lease is for 20 years at $9,500 a month with a 10 percent bump in year 6 and four five-year renewal options.The ad touts the site’s proximity to I-26, retailers Belk’s and JC Penney and fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s, Krispy Kreme and Bojangles. Commercial real estate brokers here say the lease is likely to sell to a real estate investment trust or some other fund because its annual cap rate of 4.5 percent beats other safe investments.Starbucks operates 22,000 shops in 67 countries. Last month it reported record revenue of $4.9 billion and earnings of just under $1 billion for its 2014-15 fourth quarter ending Sept. 29. Vascular surgeon joins Pardee practice Craig MillerCraig Miller, a board-certified vascular surgeon, has joined Vascular Surgery at Pardee, at 835 Fleming St., the Pardee Physician Network announced.Miller also provides diagnostic and therapeutic vascular imaging services. Procedures are performed on both an inpatient and outpatient basis at Pardee Hospital, as well as in the Vascular Surgery office.Miller earned his medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine. After finishing his internship and residency in surgery at the Ohio State University Medical Center, he completed a fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at the University of California at San Francisco, where he was a fellow of the university’s Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory.He is the author of “The Making of a Surgeon in the 21st Century,” which is in its third U.S. edition and has been translated into several languages, and “The Big Z: The Life of Robert M. Zollinger, M.D.,” which has been nominated for the Welch Medal, awarded to the most outstanding book on American medical history.To schedule an appointment with Dr. Miller, call Vascular Surgery at Pardee at 828-693-8019.   Champion Credit Union hires Chappell as development manager Lori ChappellLori Chappell of Canton has joined Champion Credit Union as the business development manager.Chappell has a bachelor of science in sport management and a minor in marketing from Western Carolina University. She has worked in the mortgage field in the Asheville and Hendersonville markets. In 2007, she began her career in education, where she was the career development coordinator for Henderson County public schools and most recently a teacher at Canton Middle School.Chappell will be responsible for leading the business development and community partnership efforts of Champion Credit Union, a community-chartered financial cooperative with branches in Henderson, Haywood, Buncombe, Graham, Swain, Jackson and Madison counties.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

LIGHTNING PHOTOS: Cyclocross racers circle Jackson Park

Pro and amateur racers warmed up on a course at Jackson Park on Friday in preparation for the two-day North Carolina Cyclocross Series that will attract several hundred riders and pro support teams.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Sinatra and Streisand together at last

Although Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand never performed together — unless you count taping a duet in separate recording sessions — it’s tantalizing to think of the iconic performers together in a Christmas concert.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Mills River may get more business on NC 280

MILLS RIVER — Mills River could see more development in an area of N.C. 280 that has already seen the farm community's most robust retail growth.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Neighbors rip proposed rehab facility in Mills River

MILLS RIVER — Emotional and angry residents on Thursday night exhorted the Mills River Town Council to reject a zoning permit for a residential substance abuse treatment program in a large house on Old Turnpike Road during a contentious zoning war that will continue next week. After more than three hours of testimony and comments, council members called a timeout, saying they had too many unanswered questions and would resume the case next Tuesday.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Valley Hill station move to lower insurance cost for some

CRAB CREEK — Crab Creek residents are getting faster response time for both fire and emergency medical calls thanks to a new fire station further west and new EMS station and crew. The move also means some Crab Creek homeowners with poor fire protection ratings will get a better rating and cheaper fire insurance.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Publix zoning request goes to city Planning Board

Publix fans who have been looking forward to the grocery chain's first Hendersonville store can take heart. It's not dead.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Two charged with murder in body dumped on Ninth Avenue

Hendersonville police have issued murder warrants for a 23-year-old man and 20-year-old woman in the death of Deque DeAngelo Taylor, the 28-year-old Fletcher man who was dumped out of a Jeep on Ninth Avenue last week.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Clifton Shipman award winner named

Jeff Miller, a smalltown drycleaner who founded the veteran-honoring effort that has flown 170,000 World War II veterans to Washington to see the National World War II Memorial, was honored Wednesday as the 2015 recipient of the Clifton Shipman Award. Representing the Hendersonville Business and Merchants Association, Don Holder presented the award after Miller had spoken about HonorAir, the organization he founded in 2006. Miller described he made common cause with early supporters around his age who also had fathers who were WWII veterans. One was Chuck Allen, a US Airways executive who agreed to the first charter flights from Asheville Regional Airport to Washington. The first flight was on Sept. 23, 2005. Last April, an Honor Flight Network group invited Miller to Washington to greet the 400th flight. "Now we're up to about 450," he said. Miller and Earl Morse, a former U.S. Air Force pilot who first flew three or four World War II veterans at a time to Washington in a small plane, formed the Honor Flight Network. The network has chapters in 43 states and 133 cities. Miller estimated HonorAir and the Honor Flight Network have spent $23 million just on charter flights. That doesn't count chartered buses, food and other costs. Honor Flight Networks also have flown Korean and Vietnam veterans and will always fly terminally ill veterans from any era, he said. Named for the longtime business owner, the Clifton Shipman Award honors someone who has demonstrated qualities and achievements in the community. Miller's family-owned drycleaning business is celebrating in its 100th anniversary. Past winners of the Shipman Award are Doris Eklund, Steve Easler, Carson Calton, Boyd Hyder, Sammy Williams, Sandra Walker, Don Holder, Pat Shepherd, Doc Moore, Chat Jones, Danny Williams and Melissa Maurer.     Read Story »

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