Ingles wins approval for store renovations
Preston Kendall, project manager for Ingles Markets Inc., said Ingles is planning a “big remodel” of the interior of Store 91, 11847 Kingston Pike while also adding a covered canopy and cart corral enclosure to the exterior. As such, he submitted a site plan for the newer segment of the storefront to FMPC.
“This is part of a big remodel that we’re doing inside of the store,” Kendall said. “This is something to help what we’re doing on the inside and give people a place to sit outside and under shelter from the sun and the weather.”
“For the FMPC, this is relatively minor, at least from the exterior perspective,” Town Community Development Director Mark Shipley said. “What’s being proposed is a covered seating area east of the eastern access into Ingles.
“And then, on the west end of the west entrance, there would be a cart corral area expansion there,” he said. “Now, the covered area on the east side — and this is one of the comments when the first site plan came through — does cross the sidewalk across the front of the building.
“So, they’re routing the pedestrian route through that space if somebody wants to come from the east of this covered seating area. That route will be marked and delineated, and all the tables will have to be fixed so they don’t stray into the path, because that can happen if that’s not taken care of,” Shipley said.
“Most of their work is going to be interior.
“They’re trying to blend in the exterior as much as they can, given the fact that you’re going to have an age difference, obviously, in the material,” he said. “So, it’s not going to be a perfect match, but I think they’ve done a good job with what they’re proposing.
“I think they’ve already addressed the subject-tos,” Shipley added. “It looks like the only remaining comment is just a reminder that the exterior signage is a separate review and approval, and the fact that it’s on this plan doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s been approved.”
Mayor Ron Williams, also an FMPC member, made the motion to approve the site plan, and Commissioner Jeff Devlin seconded it.
“We are going to try to match everything as close as we can,” Kendall said. “We can get the same brick, but it’s going to be an age difference, so it will look a little newer than the other.”
“Also, we’re putting crash-test bollards in front,” he added. “We’re not counting on the brick and the fence to hold cars back from the pedestrians.
“The other side is just an enclosed cart corral,” Kendall said. “So, instead of being outside in the elements, with animals — birds, mainly — getting on them, we’re going to enclose it so the carts will be inside.”
