Wakefield Crossing Shopping Center
LocationRaleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates35°56′29″N 78°33′34″W / 35.94139°N 78.55944°W / 35.94139; -78.55944
Address13200 Falls of Neuse Rd.
Opening date2001
Total retail floor area75,927 sq ft (7,053.8 m2)

Wakefield Crossing Shopping Center is a grocery-anchored shopping center located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The center contains a number of large and small businesses, including grocery stores, restaurants, and more. In February 2023, the shopping center was sold to the Washington, D.C.-based firm Granite Canyon Partners for US$14.3 million, and currently maintain the center.

History

The grocery-anchored shopping center[1] was constructed in 2001, with a total area of 75,927 sq ft (7,053.8 m2).[2] Its location was ideal, being situated in the Raleigh submarket, within 30 miles of Research Triangle Park, UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, NC State University, and the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.[2] In the same year, a Food Lion would be built in the center, taking up about 50% of the gross leasable area[2] and anchoring the center, followed by Tuesday Morning soon after.[1]

On February 16, 2023, the center's second anchor store Tuesday Morning would announce its closure after its parent company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.[3] On February 28, 2023,[2] the Blackstone Inc. real estate investment trust "Preferred Apartment Communities" sold the center through JLL for US$14.3 million to the Washington, D.C.-based firm Granite Canyon Partners[1] would once again sell the center to Wakefield Wellons, LLC.[2] At the time of the 2023 sale, some other larger tenants in the center included Subway, "Dante's Italiano", "Wakefield Tavern", "Wake Health Medical Group",[2] "El Tapatio", and "D's Bottle Shop",[1] and a McDonald's and "Town Hall Burger & Beer" in the outparcels.[1] Annually, the center has an average of 791,000 visits per year.[2]

List of businesses

Since the closure of Tuesday Morning, the center now only has two major businesses in the main parcels: being Food Lion[4] and Subway,[5] with a McDonald's[6] and Exxon located in the outparcels.[7]

The center also houses a number of small businesses, including "Amy Nails",[8] with "ManeCave Barber Studio"[9] in the outparcels. More notable small businesses are listed below.

D's Bottle Shop & Craft Beer College

D's Bottle Shop & Craft Beer College is a beer store and wine bar, specializing in craft beer.[10] The establishment is owner and operated by Kelly and Nathan Kreel, with Nathan being a home brewer for twenty years before both founding the store.[10] It hosts a collection of 400 brews from 140 brewers from a number of locations.[11] The business occasionally hosts event nights, fundraisers,[12] and celebrates a few winter holidays including Oktoberfest annually.[13][14]

Front-view of a tan building with red trim
Front-view of the establishment in September 2023

Dante's Italiano

Dante's Italiano is an Italian restaurant, serving New York-style Italian cuisine.[15] The New York-native restaurant owner created the establishment out of his love for the type of cuisine.[15] According to restaurant reviewer Robin Jarvis, the interior of the restaurant is described as "cozy",[15][16] with its ambiance "part casual and part one-step-up, without becoming too formal".[15] The establishment is known for its meatballs, pasta, pizza, salad, antipasti, calzones, and stromboli,[15] and occasionally hosts live music[17] and half-price wine nights.[18]

Front-view of a tan building with red trim
Front-view of the establishment in September 2023

Wakefield Tavern

Wakefield Tavern is an tavern founded in 2010 by the current owners Anthony and Joelle Scalese,[19] but would only receive its certificate of incorporation about two years later on 20 November 2012.[20]

The tavern serves a variety of food and drinks, being notable for their fried prawns, corned beef, cheesesteaks, and ice tea.[21] It is open during brunch, lunch, and dinner hours,[22] and holds weekly events: including live music, trivia nights, and 'Wine Wednesdays'.[22] Annually, a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness is also held, in memory of two of the owners families members,[19] and previously a Star Wars Day fundraiser and food drive.[23]

Crime

While crime is often low in and around the center,[24] non-insignificant crimes have taken place: including a double homicide in the parking lot in June 2020,[24] and an armed robbery at the Subway in August 2023.[25]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Brummett, Laura (March 6, 2023). "Raleigh shopping center sold. Expect rents to go up". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sharp, Jenna (February 28, 2023). "Raleigh community retail center with grocery anchor trades | JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale of the 75,927-square-foot Wakefield Crossing in Raleigh, North Carolina". JLL. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ Cain, Brooke (February 16, 2023). "Tuesday Morning stores are closing in the Triangle. Here are the locations". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Food Lion Grocery Store of Wakefield Crossing". Food Lion. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Subway® Wakefield Commons II Shop CTR". Subway. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2900 Wakefield Pines Drive". McDonald's. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Exxon- Refuel 114". Exxon. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Amy Nails". amynailswakefield.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Mane Cave Barber Studio". manecavebarberstudio.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  10. 1 2 "D's Bottle Shop". dsbottleshop.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  11. ↑ "D's Bottle Shop & Craft Beer College". visitraleigh.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  12. ↑ "D's Bottle Shop – A few words from D & Susan". beerguyscarolinas.com. December 20, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  13. ↑ Mace, Jody. "Oktoberfest at D's Bottle Shop (and more)". triangleonthecheap.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  14. ↑ "D's Bottle Shop – Can you kick the keg?". beerguyscarolinas.com. November 30, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Jarvis, Robin (March 5, 2020). "Enjoy Old-Fashioned New York Style Italian Cuisine At Dante's In North Carolina". onlyinyourstate.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Dante's Italiano". visitraleigh.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Eduardo de Rosamaria at Dante's Italiano". allevents.in. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Dante's Italiano". Tripadvisor. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  19. 1 2 Chou, Renee; Glusco, Jodi Leese (October 26, 2021). "North Raleigh restaurateurs turn personal loss to breast cancer fundraiser". WRAL. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Wakefield Tavern, Inc". OpenCorporates. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Wakefield Tavern". restaurantguru.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  22. 1 2 "Wakefield Tavern". visitraleigh.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  23. ↑ "May the 4th Be With You at Wakefield Tavern". shoplocalraleigh.org. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  24. 1 2 Rivera, Ana (June 12, 2020). "2 found dead in parking lot at Wakefield Crossings shopping center in Raleigh". The News & Observer. WTVD. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  25. ↑ Daniely, Willie; Hepner, Jelia (August 16, 2023). "Teen robbed at gunpoint at Raleigh Subway". WRAL. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
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