End of mystery in Charlotte Hall
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This was in the Enterprise not long ago-
In northern St. Mary’s, the Charlotte Hall McKay’s will be moving into a new building on the other side of Route 5 from its current location.
Grading permits were issued on a 12.6-acre property on the southbound side of Three Notch Road to start work on a development called Charlotte Hall Station.
“It originally was going to be a Safeway,” said Harry Knight, permits coordinator with the St. Mary’s County Department of Land Use and Growth Management.
The prior developer was on the verge of building, but there was a disagreement about traffic improvement and the national economy took a downturn, he said. Since then, “Mr. McKay has bought the project,” Knight said.
The land is actually owned by CMI Properties of Charlotte Hall, but the McKay’s have ownership of the project and have entered into a long-term lease for the land, said part-owner John K. Parlett Jr.
McKay said he hopes to have the new store open in the summer of 2013. Plans are for the current Charlotte Hall grocery location to become a national-brand clothing store, he said, hopefully by the fall or winter of 2013.
Fairland Market, a McKay family corporation, owns the McKay’s Plaza.
The McKays will be responsible for making road improvements at the new location and Charlotte Hall Station will connect into a septic system across the highway that is being converted into a sewage treatment plant.
That plant would be operated by the St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission. However, it won’t be available for future use for others.
Charlotte Hall, a designated town center, had its future public sewer project removed by the county commissioners earlier this year.
The Charlotte Hall Station sewer system is “only to handle which is currently planned up there,” said David Elberti, chief engineer for MetCom, “and not intended to handle future growth.”
“Someday MetCom could expand that,” Parlett said, if the county commissioners put back into building plans a public sewer project.
Charlotte Hall Station has approval for seven buildings, with a total square footage of 103,911. One building would be the new McKay’s, one would be a bank and the other five are for retail/sales uses. There are no restaurant uses listed.
The second phase would include a gas station on the property.
McKay called the new store a “natural progression,” as “Charlotte Hall has been one of our best stores for 30 years. The people of northern St. Mary’s have been very good to us.”
In northern St. Mary’s, the Charlotte Hall McKay’s will be moving into a new building on the other side of Route 5 from its current location.
Grading permits were issued on a 12.6-acre property on the southbound side of Three Notch Road to start work on a development called Charlotte Hall Station.
“It originally was going to be a Safeway,” said Harry Knight, permits coordinator with the St. Mary’s County Department of Land Use and Growth Management.
The prior developer was on the verge of building, but there was a disagreement about traffic improvement and the national economy took a downturn, he said. Since then, “Mr. McKay has bought the project,” Knight said.
The land is actually owned by CMI Properties of Charlotte Hall, but the McKay’s have ownership of the project and have entered into a long-term lease for the land, said part-owner John K. Parlett Jr.
McKay said he hopes to have the new store open in the summer of 2013. Plans are for the current Charlotte Hall grocery location to become a national-brand clothing store, he said, hopefully by the fall or winter of 2013.
Fairland Market, a McKay family corporation, owns the McKay’s Plaza.
The McKays will be responsible for making road improvements at the new location and Charlotte Hall Station will connect into a septic system across the highway that is being converted into a sewage treatment plant.
That plant would be operated by the St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission. However, it won’t be available for future use for others.
Charlotte Hall, a designated town center, had its future public sewer project removed by the county commissioners earlier this year.
The Charlotte Hall Station sewer system is “only to handle which is currently planned up there,” said David Elberti, chief engineer for MetCom, “and not intended to handle future growth.”
“Someday MetCom could expand that,” Parlett said, if the county commissioners put back into building plans a public sewer project.
Charlotte Hall Station has approval for seven buildings, with a total square footage of 103,911. One building would be the new McKay’s, one would be a bank and the other five are for retail/sales uses. There are no restaurant uses listed.
The second phase would include a gas station on the property.
McKay called the new store a “natural progression,” as “Charlotte Hall has been one of our best stores for 30 years. The people of northern St. Mary’s have been very good to us.”
kwillia
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Made me laugh.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
That was a crappy mystery..
It's more of a riddle. Ready? Charlotte Hall is getting a sewer plant but not a sewer system, because our knucklehead commissioner thought that would work better in Lex. Park? Bottomline, we get all of the stink and only half the benefits! Oh hey! Love that huge new parking lot! It's just like having a Walmart there without the actual Walmart! We're on our way up in CH!
Dakota
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Was that behind the Food Lion or the spot marked for Charlotte Hall Station (the new McKay's store)?
What is so frustrating is there is such a need for a nice grocery store in the area and for some reason, Safeway backed out? Or at least that is what we heard and now McKay's is having issues getting their store built?
I dunno... it makes me wonder if the Charlotte Hall McKays is the next on the chopping block of McKay's stores since the old man died.
nobody really
I need a nap
I agree w/ dakota, charlotte hall needs a decent grocery store!
I heard Safeway was blocked by McKays (unscrupulous dealings) and the only reason they started the "NEW" McKays in Charlotte Hall was to prevent any other grocery stores from building there because they knew it would push out their business. But we all know how the rumor mill runs around here.
Dakota
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I have also heard that they plan to remodel the old store but of course, all rumors...
What I do find interesting is this..
Chris Shasho said...
It is still for sale. On a side note we are not going to be representing McKay any longer.
November 11, 2013 at 11:57 AM
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http://shashoconsulting.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-new-charlotte-hall-station-has.html
So basically the community got hyped up for a new store and the (thank you sm8) unscrupulous dealings (which was my thoughts as well) are the reason we have no Safeway... so the community here is stuck with just the crappy run down smelly old McKay's and small & often short-staffed Food Lion.
kom526
They call me ... Sarcasmo
Safeway had issues with the amounts of money they would have had to spend in order to build their store. Tommy is moving ahead with the project and paying the bills that Safeway would not pay. You all do not realize just how bad things are/were with that whole area, and there are PLENTY of players in the game.
I know I certainly hope so as do many others. Only time will tell how it will all play out and until then all we can do is wait patiently. I know with myself personally I have been trying to frequent the McKays in Charlotte Hall as much as possible in the hopes that if more money is going into the store it will provide more funding to get the store built faster. That being said all the money in the world will not be able to make the ground cooperate.
I had heard somewhere in these threads, that the deal had fallen through...there will be no McKays...
kom526
They call me ... Sarcasmo
Did you read post #17?