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Hundreds in line as Whole Foods Market opens its doors in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 1:14pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As the doors opened at Whole Foods in South Lake Tahoe Wednesday morning, the line that had wrapped around the building made its way into the much-anticipated store grand opening.
The line started forming at 6:00 a.m.
Updates on South Lake Tahoe's Bijou Marketplace
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:58pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Bijou Marketplace in South Lake Tahoe is starting to take shape with the first business, Chase Bank, open and serving the public. Panda Express will most likely be the next to open.
Also confirmed for spaces with plans submitted and approved are Whole Foods and Hub Coffee, with a nail salon and Five Guys currently in plan review.
See the layout in the photo above and below are the confirmed businesses with applications on file going into the spaces:
3600 Lake Tahoe Blvd. Building A Unit 100 – Whole Foods
Portions of Bijou Marketplace in South Lake Tahoe for sale
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/01/2018 - 7:09pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There is already international interest in two buildings at the nearly completed Bijou Marketplace in South Lake Tahoe after being listed for sale just over a week ago.
Work begins at Bijou Marketplace; Whole Foods 365 plans first Lake Tahoe store
Submitted by paula on Mon, 08/07/2017 - 4:55pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - "We've been waiting to be in South Lake Tahoe for a long time," said R. Adam Smith, Executive Director of Store Development for Whole Foods in Northern California. "Couldn't be more thrilled than to be here today."
Smith took part in Monday's groundbreaking at the new Bijou Marketplace along with the Jim Halferty and Chris Peto of Halferty Development Ground, the owners of the property along Highway 50 and the corner of Ski Run Boulevard, and local officials.
Groundbreaking ceremony for Bijou Marketplace in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 6:33pm
Event Date:
August 7, 2017 - 2:00pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The community is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony of the new Bijou Marketplace project in South Lake Tahoe on Monday, August 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Halferty Development purchased the old Knight's Inn and surrounding properties for $3.1M on May 9 and had plans to bring in a Whole Foods 365 and other tenants that might include a bank, salon and other retail or restaurants.
This new center was formerly known as the Bijou Park Creek Watershed Management Project and The Knights Inn and Southwest Corner.
Bijou Market Place approved by South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/11/2017 - 8:44pm
Going away is the Knight's Inn, and in its place will be Bijou Market Place. Halferty Development today announced the name of their South Lake Tahoe project that was formerly known as Bijou Park Creek Watershed Management Southwest Corner Project.
During Thursday's Planning Commission meeting, the commissioners unanimously adopted the resolution that certified the project's Initial Study, Mitigated Negative Declaration, Initial Environmental Checklist and Mitigated Finding of no significant affect. They also approved the permits so now Halferty Development can move forward.
City of South Lake Tahoe sells property to Halferty Development for $3.1 million
Submitted by paula on Tue, 05/09/2017 - 4:26pm
Portions of the land where Knight's Inn currently sits and the corner lot at Ski Run Boulevard and Highway 50 were sold today to the Halferty Development Corporation for $3,100,000.
During a special meeting of the City Council two agreements were approved. The first was a Commercial and Disposition and Development Agreement (CDDA) and the second was a Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between the City of South Lake Tahoe and Halferty.
Knight's Inn purchase approved; All phases of Bijou Park Creek project outlined
Submitted by paula on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 9:47pm
The South Lake Tahoe City Council made it official Tuesday and unanimously approved the purchase of the Knight's Inn for $5,935,000, paving the way for the 850-acre Bijou Park Creek Watershed Restoration Project. The 110-unit Knight's Inn, a motel built in 1956 on Highway 50 near Ski Run Blvd., has been owned by the Patel family since 1994.
"This project has been in the works for 10-12 years," said Pradip Patel. "This is the best for me, my family, and the community."
Special SLT City Council meeting Tuesday on purchase of Knight's Inn
Submitted by paula on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 6:17pm
What is officially known as the Bijou Park Creek Watershed Restoration Project, or unofficially the Knight's Inn Project, will be brought before the South Lake Tahoe City Council to be approved during a special meeting on Tuesday, March 14 at 4:00 p.m.
The three phase, 850-acre project will be both an environmental and economic development project, something the City has been working on for several years.
A new 365 by Whole Foods Market is headed to South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 11/05/2016 - 9:32am
Whole Foods Market has announced it signed a lease for a new 365 by Whole Foods Market™ store in South Lake Tahoe, but they haven't said exactly where it is going.
City officials still hope to make Knight's Inn and Ski Run corner project a reality
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/16/2016 - 10:29pm
The City of South Lake Tahoe is still trying to work out a deal with the Halferty Development Company, a $4 million sale of the developable portions of the lots known as the "Knights Inn Properties."
During Tuesday's City Council meeting a purchase agreement was scheduled to be voted on, but SLT City Manager Nancy Kerry had to pull it off the agenda.
"We are still working on it," Kerry told South Tahoe Now. "We are still negotiating and have some issues to work out."
Motel and surrounding property could be demolished to make way for new project
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 10:58pm
The Knights Inn could be purchased by the City of South Lake Tahoe for $6 million should a grant be awarded them by the California Tahoe Conservancy. If that happens, the City would purchase, and then demolish, the motel located on Highway 50 near Ski Run Boulevard to make way for a new environmental and retail project.
There is grant money available through the CTC which the City will apply for. The funds come from the state's Proposition 1 Water Bond which was approved by voters in 2014 to authorize $7.545 billion in general obligation bonds for water projects.
City Council News: Lot sells for $1.1M; Raises given; Connolly and Regan Beach updates
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/21/2015 - 12:04am
The City Council Tuesday formalized the offer on the SW corner lot on Ski Run Blvd and Highway 50. The lot, along with 12,000 square feet of commercial floor area (CFA), was sold for $1.1 million to Halferty Development Company.
City selling lot on corner of Ski Run Blvd and Highway 50 to developer
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/19/2015 - 11:27pm
The City of South Lake Tahoe is set to sell the vacant lot they own on the southwest corner of Ski Run Blvd and Highway 50 during Tuesday's City Council meeting.
A purchase and sale agreement between the Halferty Development Company, LLC of Pasadena, CA and the City of South Lake Tahoe was created on January 5, 2015 and will be voted on January 20, 2015. The agreement shows that Halferty has offered $1,100,000 for the lot and will get 12,000 square feet of commercial floor space with the sale.
