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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Biggby Coffee has officially opened their doors in Pineville!Here with all the details are owners Melissa and John McPhail. Melissa, a published author, and John, a Navy Veteran, have a long-standing relationship with coffee. After only two weeks of being an empty nester, Melissa decided that she wanted to open a business in the coffee industry so she can help other people create great new memories involving coffee. When she learned about BIGGBY COFFEE, she instantly fell in love with the brand and the product.

At BIGGBY® COFFEE, we like to say we aren’t really in the coffee business. Of course Biggby Coffee sells the world’s best coffee, but that’s because we love how coffee brings people together. Each and every BIGGBY® drink is made from scratch by our skilled baristas. Ingredients are chosen with our fanatics in mind by a team of coffee enthusiasts. Let us help you find your BIGGBY® drink today! Check out their new location is in the Pineville NC area at 10215 Mcintyre Ridge Road Suite 100. “When you come to our location our barista will ask you ‘Do you want your drink, hot, iced or frozen?’ “ says McPhail. Biggby Coffee has a number of popular such as Caramel Marble and Teddy Bear. Coffee is not the only thing we do. Biggby Coffee has so much variety on their menu such as energy drinks, frozen smoothies and more.. “We are proud to announce that this is Charlotte’s first Biggby Coffee location” say McPhail. For more information and great coffee visit Biggby.com.

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The Mecklenburg County Office of Economic Development has partnered with Elnik Systems, the only furnace supplier that is focused on the debind/sinter technology for Metal Injection Molding (MIM), to announce the company's plan to build a new, state of the art industrial facility in Pineville.

Elnik Systems is leasing 52,417 square feet in a 202,000 square foot facility that will will house world-class production equipment and serve as a training site, bringing 55 new jobs to the area with an average salary of $63,636. Elnik officials cited Mecklenburg County's excellent quality of life and access to a high-quality labor market as major factors in the company's decision.

Elnik Systems is a family-owned business established in Germany in 1969. In 1999, Elnik moved operations to New Jersey and began to standardize its MIM furnace line. The move to Pineville will allow Elnik to expand production and continue the manufacturing of the most advanced MIM furnaces and debinding ovens in the world for one-step debinding and sintering processes. The company will support area STEM programs, technical schools and universities by offering process engineering and metallurgy training and education.

"We see Mecklenburg County as a place where our business will benefit from locating in a business-friendly environment with a skilled labor force," said Elnik Systems president Stefan Joens. "We are positioning the company for strong growth and the right location is a major part of that strategy."

"Keeping Mecklenburg County's economy heathy depends on our ability to attract and support companies large and small," said Mecklenburg County Commission Chairman George Dunlap. "We welcome Elnik Systems to our corporate community, and we look forward to helping them build a strong future here while providing jobs to our citizens."

This project was a collaborative effort between Mecklenburg County and the City of Pineville. Construction is under construction with an opening slated for early this summer.

Office of Economic Development The mission of the Mecklenburg County Office of Economic Development is to provide resources to the business community with the purpose of attracting, retaining, and expanding employment opportunities for County residents. We strive to stimulate the local economy and expand the local sales and property tax base, while maintaining a positive balance between growth, social equity and the economy.

Nothing can re-create the same feel of the now-shuttered Asian Corner Mall, once a vibrant gathering spot for Charlotte’s Southeast Asian community, filling up with crowds for holidays and cultural celebrations over the years. But now, a few common threads are appearing in a new spot in the Charlotte area — The Centrum shopping center in Pineville.

“It’s like the new Asian Corner,” said Vu Van, the co-owner of Lula Banh Mi & Bakery who also goes by Tony.

There are plenty of national chains at the busy Pineville shopping center, located directly across the street from Carolina Place Mall. Home Depot, Best Buy Outlet, David’s Bridal and Guitar Center have been staples for quite a while. Recently, however, an influx of Asian-owned local businesses with a more personal touch is bringing in new customers, as well.

Among the growing similarities taking shape over the past year between Asian Corner and The Centrum are the presence of banh mi shops, a nail mall that moved between the shopping centers and international markets as anchor stores. In fact, Super G Mart even announced its intentions to become a “cultural hub” to The Charlotte Observer’s Catherine Muccigrosso.

“Of course, G Mart drove up everybody, from every part of the city,” Vu said, adding that neighboring business owners are all networking to support each other at The Centrum, including Super G Mart’s vice president of business development, Peter Han.

“We talk all the time — he comes here, we go there. ... Maxim Nail, we go back and forth. They send a lot of their customers this way as well, so it’s a pretty good community that we’ve got here,” Vu said.

That sense of community in the area is visibly growing. Super G opened Christmas weekend to much fanfare. Customers are now walking the aisles, bouncing to feel-good beats by Sean Paul and Usher as they fill carts with Chinese eggplant and Napa cabbage, fresh fish and packages of rice noodles.

Nearby, Maxim Nail Mall celebrated its grand opening in January with a buffet of treats from neighboring Lula, handing out well-stocked gift bags with every purchase, as well. And at Lula, it’s not uncommon to see a crowd of folks chitchatting on weekends while waiting for their banh mi and baked goods. Some order in Vietnamese.

“It’s Rock Hill, it’s Fort Mill, it’s Mooresville, Huntersville — people drive from Hickory, just to come up here,” Vu said, adding that people come in from Boone, Greenville and Greensboro, and other surrounding areas, specifically to shop at Maxim Nail Mall.

“And then when they all drive down here, those Asian business owners, they want not only Asian groceries, but they want Asian food. So they come down here and pick up a dozen sandwiches,” he said.

At Maxim Nail Mall Supply, a woman purchasing salon supplies chatted up owner Lam Pham as she checked out, asking about his children.

He said most of his old customers — whom he’s known for years — have followed along with the move from Asian Corner, but he’s got new customers, too.

“We’re kinda stepping up,” Pham said. “It’s a really nice area for community, for everybody to come and have a new experience ... Especially the Super G, which is the biggest one in the state — they have everything in there.”

Like others in the growing coterie at The Centrum, he’s looking forward to the new food court on the way inside Super G Mart, including a new location of Tous les Jours. A Taiwanese hot pot restaurant, Yiding Hot Pot, will be opening soon in the shopping center, too.

As of now, the new and locally owned Asian businesses at The Centrum in Pineville include:

Location: 10400 Centrum Parkway, Suite A, Pineville, NC 28134

Lula Banh Mi & Bakery, a family owned banh mi takeout shop, sells rice and noodle bowls, curry and stew, along with Vietnamese banh mi on scratch-made bread. Plan ahead, because the secret is out and the shop is often busy. You’ll want to make sure to pick up a few of the shop’s macarons or a cupcake to finish your meal off with a touch of sweetness.

Location: 10420 Centrum Pkwy., Ste. I, Pineville, NC 28134

Maxim Nail Mall, a wholesale nail salon supplier, was previously located at Asian Corner Mall. Now, Lam Pham, who owns the shop with his brothers, has moved the business to Pineville. Inside, nail technicians and salon owners will find thousands of bottles of nail polish and dip in every color imaginable, along with industrial size jars of hand scrub, wax warmers and more.

Location: 10500 Centrum Pkwy, Pineville, NC 28134

Super G Mart, an international grocery store owned by the Han family, expanded at the end of 2022 by opening its third location at the shopping center. As. you’re browsing the aisles, you’ll find fresh produce, live tilapia, prepared bulgogi and Japchae, and specialty pantry goods from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean. (You’ll even find a few American staples, such as Lunchables and Coke.)

Location: 10610 Centrum Pkwy, Pineville, NC 28134

Signage for Yiding Hot Pot is up at the Centrum at the former Pineville location of Jason’s Deli, which closed in October 2020. Construction is still under way, and an opening date has not yet been announced.

Less than a year after making its Charlotte debut in South Park, a French-Asian bakery is opening its second location in Pineville.

Tous les Jours opened Friday inside Super G Mart at 10500 Centrum Parkway. In May, franchise owner Chulho Chang of Charlotte, who grew up in South Korea, opened the first bakery and cafe at 4625 Piedmont Row Drive in Charlotte.

Tous les Jours is known for breads, pastries and signature Cloud Cake — a fluffy whipped cream and sponge cake concoction.

While the 3,500-square-foot, two-floor South Park has cafe seating and a bigger focus on pastries, the new 1,200-square-foot bakery is to-go and will have a larger selection of Asian breads, Chang said.

Baking will be done on-site, Chang said. Each location has four bakers, three cake makers and about seven part-time employees. Bakery hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. daily.

Tous les Jours, a California-based bakery founded in 2004, has 70 stores in the U.S. and over 1,650 worldwide, according to the company’s website. One other North Carolina store is in Cary.

Tous les Jours is the first tenant to open at the family-owned Super G Mart international grocery store that opened in December.

It’s the third and largest Super G Mart at the 108,000 square foot, with plans to include a food hall, 2,800-square-foot full-service restaurant, retail and a community center.

The bakery opening is another step toward achieving the goal of becoming a cultural hub, Peter Han, company vice president of business development, said.

“Seeing the excitement from the community reassures we’re headed in the right direction,” Han said.

Han expects the bakery could give morning weekday sales a boost too.

The food hall will have about 12 tenants and is expected to open by summer. Han said the locally-owned vendor openings have been delayed, mostly because of construction costs.

Once at least seven tenants are ready, the food hall will open, he said.

Super G Mart has two other locations in Greensboro and at 7323 E. Independence Blvd. in Charlotte. Both stores are about half the size of the Pineville location.

Super G Mart was founded in 2008, and the Han family took ownership of it four years later. Super G Mart CEO is Irene Han, Han’s mother, and his brother, Paul Han, is general manager.

Chang said he’s looking forward to being a part of community events at the supermarket, such as cooking classes.

He also has plans to open up to three more Tous les Jours locations in the region over several years, possibly north of Charlotte in Huntersville, Mooresville or Concord, and in South Carolina in the Fort Mill or Rock Hill areas.

Sprouts Farmers Market is sprouting up in a competitor’s former space in Steele Creek amid growing grocery store competition in the Charlotte market.

SThe specialty grocery store will open at 14124 Steele Creek Road, company spokeswoman Ashley Lang confirmed Thursday. The 24,250-square-foot building in the Rivergate shopping center area has sat vacant for nearly three years since Earth Fare closed.

The Steele Creek store will hire about 100 full- and part-time employees, Lang said.

The southwest Charlotte near Lake Wylie is part of the Phoenix-based grocery store chain’s expansion plan to open 32 stores across the country this year, Lang said.

Similar to Earth Fare, Sprouts focuses on organic and natural foods and products.

“More than 500 Sprout brands are USDA-certified organic and 70% are non-GMO verified,” Lang said. “We also like to partner with local farmers and bakeries to build strong community connections.”

Sprouts has five stores in North Carolina, including one in Charlotte that opened in 2018 at 15121 Ballancroft Parkway in Ballantyne.

In 2020, Asheville-based Earth Fare filed for bankruptcy and closed all 55 stores in 10 states, including seven in the Charlotte region. The Steele Creek store had opened in January 2019.

Some stores began reopening after Hulsing Enterprises purchased the brand in March 2020. Earth Fare opened six stores around Charlotte, but has since closed two.

Earth Fare is significantly smaller than Sprouts, with 20 stores in eight states, including the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

Sprouts has 380 stores in 23 states and about 31,000 employees.

The natural foods grocery store was founded 21 years ago and has been rapidly expanding, having just this year opened eight stores in Arizona, California, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia.

Sprouts does not have plans to open any other stores this year in the Charlotte market, Lang said.

The company reported third-quarter net sales total of $1.6 billion, a 5% increase from the same period in 2021, ending Oct. 2.

The Steele Creek store faces competition not only from nearby Publix, Harris Teeter and Target, but a growing field of competitors throughout Charlotte.

Supermarket competitors Walmart and Harris Teeter, owned by The Kroger Co., are No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, according to industry publication Chain Store Guide.

This month, Publix opened a 48,387-square-foot store at North Creek Village in Huntersville.

The Florida-based grocer has plans to open at least six other stores in the Charlotte region: 10 Tryon building on the corner of Tryon and Ninth streets in uptown, Arboretum at Providence and Pineville-Matthews roads, Clear Creek Crossings development on the corner of Albemarle and Rocky River Church roads, Harris Farms Shopping Center in Mooresville, The Colony on the corner of Sharon and Colony roads in SouthPark, and at 11525 Carmel Commons.

▪ In January, Lowes Foods said it will open a store at Kellswater Commons in Kannapolis. The Winston-Salem-based grocer also plans to open a store this year at Christenbury Village shopping center in Concord. Last year, Lowes Foods debuted its first-of-its-kind store in Huntersville in a former Earth Fare at 14021 Boren St. with a food-hall style design and an entertainment area.

▪ In December, Super G Mart, a family-owned international supermarket, opened its third and largest North Carolina store at 10500 Centrum Parkway in Pineville.

▪ In November, California-based online grocer Food Rocket made its East Coast debut opening within two Circle K stores in Charlotte at 8505 S. Tryon St. and 8008 Harris Station Blvd. It offers delivery within a half hour for a 6-mile radius.

▪ In November, Food Lion opened a store in Cleveland. Last year, the Salisbury-based grocery chain also opened stores in former Harris Teeter locations in Charlotte at 5939 Weddington Road in Charlotte and 2201 West W. T. Harris Blvd.

▪ Last year, discount German-grocer Lidl opened its 10th Charlotte-area store at 11200 Carmel Commons Boulevard.