The Liberty Bell Plaza kiosks that opened last year in downtown Walnut Creek don’t seem to be looking so good as I dropped by yesterday and noticed every single one of them was closed. On a sunny Sunday afternoon. Is it over or will they reopen as Christmas approaches? Stay tuned…
The historic Danville Hotel, Restaurant and Saloon on Hartz Ave. in downtown Danville is getting redeveloped and “replaced with approximately 35,000 square feet of new residential, retail and restaurant uses” according to the Town of Danville website:
The historic Danville Hotel structure and the McCauley House on Hartz Avenue will both be retained and renovated. Existing uses on the remainder of the 1.12 acre site will be replaced with approximately 35,000 square feet of new residential, retail and restaurant uses. The project will include 16 for-sale second story residential units, averaging 1,200 square feet in size.
Castle Companies, the current co-owner of the property, will be preparing more detailed project drawings for Design Review Board review over the next several months. This effort will be followed up by preparation of building and site improvement drawings for the planned construction in 2012.
Find out more about the project from the Danville Express here.
Back in August I noted that The Squirrel’s Coffee Shop was closing in Lafayette and it looks like the developer is moving quickly as the old Handlebar Toys location has been uncovered so it’s possible to see roof trusses inside. Take a look here to see what the Lafayette Park Plaza shops will look like when it’s finished.
1385 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
A couple of weeks ago I noted that The Candy Counter will be opening soon on N. Main St. in downtown Walnut Creek and now there is a small window display of various candies that will be for sale.
Spotted at Spitz Jewelers in downtown Walnut Creek, the sign incorporates a diamond ring into the design, brilliant!
1323 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Back in February of last year I noted the closing of Studio Blue Digital Print and Copy and now The Nail Lounge has opened in its place on Locust St, across from Anthropologie.
Dick’s Sporting Goods is opening soon according to a sign on the former Bally Total Fitness building in Pleasant HIll. If they are opening there I’m not sure what’s going where the Dome movie theater used to be, anyone know?
1687 N. California Blvd, Walnut Creek
The eyebrow threading salon iBar is opening soon in another location (in addition to their Broadway Plaza location) right next to The Counter at the Mercer apartment complex on N. California Blvd. in downtown Walnut Creek. If I had to take a guess I imagine this is in preparation for when Broadway Plaza closes. This way they’ll still have a downtown Walnut Creek presence, and since the stores at Mercer are populated by so many salons this makes sense that they would move there.
Back in August the Walnut Creek police reported that the Walnut Creek Tiffany’s had their front doors smashed in by a truck and this is how to doors look like now. Pretty sad, I hope it gets replaced soon.
BCBGMAXAZRIA has closed in Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek recently judging from the empty storefront as seen in the photos below. By the way, how do people pronounce this store name? Surely people don’t pronounce the entire name, right? It’s eight syllables!
Empty inside:
