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Pardee adds Southeastern practices on Jan. 1

Mills River Business

With job boom, Mayor Freeman sees need for housing

A partnership of Swiss and Canadian manufacturers plans to invest at least $217 million and hire 350 workers at a new automotive parts plant in Mills River over the next six years, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and Mills River Town Council said in public notices this week.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Jongo Java is best decorated downtown

Jongo Java took first place as best decorated downtown storefront followed by Christmas Garden and Dad’s Collectibles as part of the Home for Holidays promotion by the Henderson County Tourism Development Authority.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

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 »

Mills River Business

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 Business

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 Business

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 »

Henderson County Business

Friday Staffing holding career fair

Friday Staffing is holding a Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Pack Memorial Library in Downtown Asheville, 67 Haywood Street.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Todd Thompson, a friendly restaurateur and antique collector, dies

Stephen Todd Thompson, a sociable front-of-the-house host and storyteller and avid collector of classic signs and other relics of the Old South, died on Saturday of a heart attack after several weeks of poor health, family members said. He was 59.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Pardee Home Health, upscale gun range, commercial zoning

Pardee Home Health a 'best practice' agency Pardee Home Health received a Patient Satisfaction Award of Distinction from Fazzi Associates and was named a national best practice agency for the second time, Pardee Hospital announced. The award is presented to home health organizations that demonstrated superior performance in patient satisfaction in 2014. Recipients are determined based on a comparative analysis of agencies involved in Fazzi Associates' HHCAHPS system. Pardee Home Health ranked in the database's top 25 percent based on Overall Satisfaction and Likelihood of Recommending survey questions. “I am proud of our Home Health Department because our team members bring excellent care into the home," Denise Lucas, Pardee's chief nursing officer, said in a news release. "This recognition shows that the care delivered through Pardee Home Health meets a very high standard and the registered nurses, rehab professionals, nursing assistants, and social workers make a positive difference in the lives of many patients and families. Behind the scenes, we are fortunate to have a great team in the office supporting this work.” "Once again, Pardee Home Health is continuing its longstanding tradition of quality care and outstanding patient outcomes," added Pardee Home Health Director Bryan Brandon. "Our experienced staff and the quality of care we provide to each of our patients are the keys to our high patient satisfaction scores." Bright’s Creek to open upscale Beretta Gun Club MILL SPRING — Bright’s Creek, the upscale residential golf and sporting resort community overlooking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, has begun the development of its 200-acre indoor and outdoor luxury shooting grounds, The Beretta Gun Club and Shooting Grounds at Bright’s Creek. The Beretta Gun Club, which is expected to open in the spring of 2016, will feature a variety of ammunition sporting activities designed by championship shooters such as Anthony I. Matarese Jr. and will include two fully-automated 20-plus-station championship sporting clay fields; FITASC fields; Five Stand, five-person steel plate challenge courses; a tactical shoot house; skeet, trap and wobble stations; archery range; and multiple shooting ranges varying from 25 to 500 yards.The club will offer exclusive services VIP members including access to an on-site gun valet, secure gun vault, camo-cart for clay course usage and firearm rentals. It will also offer firearm education and safety courses for first-time shooters as well as tactical and defense training.The Beretta Gun Club is the culmination of a strategic partnership between Bright’s Creek developer Alianza Trinity Holdings and Beretta, the oldest and one of the most recognized firearms makers in the world.Bright’s Creek has been undergoing expansion since 2013 when the mountain resort was acquired by Alianza Trinity Holdings. In addition to the gun club, the family-friendly community features a top-rated Tom Fazio golf course, an equestrian center, a lodging community and clubhouse with future plans for a swim and fitness club, wine tasting room, children’s activity center and multiple outdoor entertainment areas. To find out more about Bright’s Creek visit, www.brightscreek.com/. HVAC company clears zoning hurdle A heating and air conditioning company’s plans to move from Fletcher to Hendersonville advanced when the Henderson County Planning Board voted unanimously for a zoning change that would allow a new building on property currently zoning for houses.Jeffrey Lemons of Bryant Heating and Air Conditioning asked for the rezoning of a 2.9-acre parcel of land on Hyder Farm Road, off Clear Creek Road just west of I-26. The change from R1 residential to industrial conditional use would allow the company to build its new office and shop at 619 Hyder Farm Road. Current owner of the property is Delinda Pressley. The Board of Commissioners will take up the request at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7. Local UCB team honored for Q3 The Hendersonville branch of United Community Bank was recognized as one ofthe top six bank teams among UCB’s 133 offices throughout the Southeast for its third quarter performance.UCB, a Blairsville, Ga.,-based holding company with $9.4 billion in assets, honored the top performing employees and bank teams last month at an awards luncheon. Additionally, the bank chose the Hendersonville branch as a Champion, receiving $500 to donate to charity. The Hendersonville team selected Meals on Wheels and Blue Ridge Humane Society as recipients of the donation. John Goins represented the Hendersonville team.   Read Story »

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