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Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Elevation Church to move into a new Charlotte site. It used to be a brewery
Elevation Church is moving into a former brewery near uptown Charlotte. The evangelical, non-denominational megachurch led by Steven Furtick will open at 2215 Thrift Road in Wesley Heights, the church has said in videos on Instagram. Just a week ago, Elevation posted a video of the sign going up in front of the building saying, 'Things are moving quick at our new building.' In November, the Matthews-based church announced tours of the 'future home' building on Instagram. The church has not said when it will open at the old brewery site, and officials did not respond Monday to requests for comment. It's less than half a mile from the church's current uptown site at Station West at 919 Berryhill Road. Midnight Mulligan Brewing, which opened in 2022 in the former Fleming Labs Building, quietly closed last year. The 14,457-square-foot one-story building was built in 1955 and renovated in 2020. Charlotte real estate firm Summit Avenue Thrift Road LLC purchased the white stucco building on 2 acres in 2018 for $1.5 million, Mecklenburg County property records show. It was last appraised for $5.2 million, tax records show. Elevation Church has 19 locations in North Carolina and South Carolina, Virginia, Florida and also in Ontario, Canada, according to the church's website. Nine are in the Charlotte region. Furtick and guest speakers preach live from the Ballantyne campus at 1701 Elevation Point Drive. It's live-streamed to the church's other campuses, according to the website. Elevation officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. In 2023, Elevation ended its decades-long affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention after the convention upheld decisions to expel churches with female pastors. Elevation's website lists Furtick's wife, Holly, as co-founder and pastor of the church. The couple founded the church 2006. Elevation's revenue totaled over $101 million, according to the church's 2024 report. That's a 6.5% decrease from the prior year's total of $108 million. Sunday in-person weekly attendance rose by about 300 people to 17,373 last year compared to 2023, according to the report. The church's weekly viewership rose slightly to over 1 million last year, according to the report. Elevation Church gave nearly $12.2 million to outreach efforts last year, for a cumulative total of nearly $118.2 million over the past 19 years, according to the report.
Axios
25-04-2025
- Business
- Axios
Orosoko Sound Bar and Oaklore Distilling owners to open new South End bar and bottle shop
A new bottle shop and bar by the owners of Orosoko Sound Bar and Matthews-based distillery Oaklore Distilling will open in South End this summer. Why it matters: Located across the street from Orosoko, Oaklore Bottle Shop & Bar will sell Oaklore Spirits exclusively, and it'll serve as a waiting room space for those on the Orosoko waitlist. "The new space will complement Orosoko's operations, offering patrons a stylish, comfortable venue they can visit while they wait for dinner," an Orosoko representative tells Axios. The vibe: A large bar will be the centerpiece of the 900-square-foot space at 1425 Winnifred St. It will seat approximately 30 people at the bar, with additional lounge seating. Bar patrons will face two roll-up doors that open to the sidewalk for "people-watching," its owners tell Axios. What to expect: Its menu will feature signature cocktails made with Oaklore Spirits (and other premium spirits), crafted by beverage director Bryant York. The bottle shop will exclusively sell Oaklore Spirits. Once it opens, Oaklore Bottle Shop & Bar will operate seven days a week. Orosoko is a relatively new upscale restaurant with shareable plates and top-notch acoustics. Owners Greg and Lisa Pappanastos opened it last year with partners Nick Spain and Jay Pound. Driving the news: This weekend, Orosoko is celebrating its first anniversary with a four-day celebration. It'll have a pop-up outdoor cabana cocktail bar outside, plus a ticketed dinner party on Friday, brunch on Sunday and other weekend events. Oaklore Distilling opened in 2022, co-founded by Matt Simpkins and Tom Bogan. Its most popular spirits, Four Grain Bourbon and North Carolina Straight Rye Whiskey, are available in more than 60 bars and restaurants, as well as in more than 50 ABC stores across the state. Last summer, to meet demand, its owners purchased a new 6,000-square-foot building, along with a bottling line that increased its production capabilities from 100 cases a week to 280 cases in 1.5 days, or by 250%.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Record Charlotte area grocery sales topped $10.4B last year. One store was clear favorite
For the sixth year in a row, Walmart captured more Charlotte-area shoppers' grocery dollars than any other store, despite intense competition from local grocers like Harris Teeter and Food Lion. It's a lucrative market that saw record sales of $10.4 billion last year, a 2% increase from $10.2 billion in 2023, according to a new annual report by Chain Store Guide. The sales tracking firm gets its data directly from grocery stores. Walmart had the most sales revenue of any grocer in the region, the report found. It grabbed 23% of the market share last year, the same as 2023 — but that still accounted for $2.4 billion in revenue. Matthews-based grocer Harris Teeter, owned by The Kroger Co., was second for the sixth year with 16% of the market share, about the same as 2023. Harris Teeter saw $1.6 billion in regional sales. We sought out the lowest-priced grocery stores in Charlotte. Here's what we found Salisbury-based Food Lion, owned by Ahold Delhaize, consistently ranked third. Food Lion took 15% of the market share last year, which was slightly up from 2023. Food Lion saw $1.5 billion in sales. The trio of chains continue to comprise more than half of all local grocery sales. Walmart has dominated the Charlotte market share since 2019, knocking Harris Teeter from its No. 1 perch that year. Harris Teeter had held the top ranking from 2016 to 2018. Walmart has 32 supercenter stores in the region, Harris Teeter has 60 stores and Food Lion has 103 regional stores. All are unchanged from 2023. Walmart Neighborhood Market's eight area stores gained over $169 million in sales for 1.6% of the market share. The report counts those smaller store sales separately from the Walmart supercenters. Retail giant closing its Charlotte corporate office with over 260 layoffs In the report, the Charlotte region includes Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan and Union counties, as well as Chester, Lancaster and York counties in South Carolina. Rounding out the top 10 in market share were: Publix, 10.8%; Sam's Club, 5.6%; Costco Wholesale, 4.3%; Super Target/Target, 4.2%; Lidl, 2.8%; Dollar General, 2.3%; Aldi 2.1%. After the top 10, here's how other stores ranked for capturing market share: Whole Foods Market, 1.6%; BJ's Wholesale Club, 1.6%, Ingles, 1.5%; Family Dollar, 1%; Trader Joe's, 0.9%; Dollar Tree, 0.8%; The Fresh Market, 0.6%; Earth Fare, 0.6%; Lowes Foods, 0.6%. Another 92 stores made up 3.2% of the market share, about the same as 2023 with 96 stores. Compare Foods dropped off the market share list this year, falling into 'other operations.' Store expansions continue to shake-up where Charlotte supermarket customers shop. There are 729 grocery stores in the Charlotte region, down from 745 in 2023, according to the report. Dollar General has the most stores, 149, followed by Food Lion and Dollar General, 93. This year, several grocery stores have opened and more are planned: ▪ This month, Publix supermarket debuted a 55,477-square-foot grocery store at 11525 Carmel Commons Blvd. It's Publix 24th store to open in the Charlotte region since the first one opened in Ballantyne in 2014. Publix has at least five more stores planned at: Wesley Chapel, The Arboretum, 10 Tryon building in uptown, Clear Creek Crossings and one in South Park. ▪ In January, Food Lion opened a store at 155 Crosstie Lane in Troutman, about 35 miles north of uptown Charlotte in Iredell County. The company opened three stores in the Charlotte area since 2022 at 2201 West W. T. Harris Blvd. and 5939 Weddington Road in Charlotte, and 11745 Statesville Blvd. in Cleveland. ▪ Sprouts Farmers Market will open a 21,000-square-foot store this summer at the One NoDa Park development on the corner of 36th and Tryon streets in Charlotte. It will be the third location for the Phoenix-based grocer, which opened a store in Steele Creek in fall 2023 and also has a store in Ballantyne. ▪ The West Boulevard Coalition is opening Charlotte's first cooperative grocery store, Three Sisters Market. The full-service grocery store will debut in an area that has been without a traditional supermarket for over 30 years. It's expected to open this year. ▪ Last July, Matthews Board of Commissioners approved changes to a grocery store plan with illustration signage similar to Trader Joe's in a 13,5000-square-foot building at Matthews Gateway on East John Street. ▪ Last May, Mecklenburg County commissioners OK'd $1.5 million for California-based grocer Spangler's to build an 8,000-square-foot store at Kohler and Statesville avenues, north of uptown. ▪ In 2026, Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans will make its Charlotte debut with a 110,000-square-foot grocery store on the east side of Ballantyne in south Charlotte. Construction is under way. ▪ Historic West End Partners will open a 15,000-square-foot cooperative grocery store in partnership with Weaver Street Market, which has four stores in the Raleigh region. It's part of the grassroots group's larger development plan that includes 290 apartments. ▪ Harris Teeter will open two 60,000-square-foot stores in York County, The Herald previously reported. The 5366 Hwy. 55 E. store in Lake Wylie is expected to open in fall 2026. A Fort Mill store on Fort Mill Parkway also is expected to open in 2026.
