New Development Activity in the area

Looks like they are calling it West Edge - https://castoinfo.com/commercial/portfolio/west-edge/

https://buildout.com/sharing/west-edge?file=4097181

Assuming Target is most likely the left side Anchor, if not, then the middle one. Looks like lots of small opportunities open too for new things.


Best guesses based on some research and some AI help:


ANCHOR STORES

Location Best Guess Confidence
West Anchor (147,000 s.f.) Target Very High — land purchase reported by TBJ
Center Anchor N.I.S. Costco Moderate — fuel canopy + footprint + market gap
East Anchor N.I.S. Dick's Sporting Goods Moderate — biggest retail gap visible in aerials
OUTPARCELS / LEASE PENDING LOTS

Lot Best Guess Runner Up Confidence
Lot 2 Chick-fil-A Raising Cane's High — most glaring QSR gap in all of Clayton
Lot 3 Raising Cane's Wingstop Moderate
Lot 4 Starbucks (drive-thru) Dutch Bros Moderate — Target co-location is nearly universal
Lot 5 Texas Roadhouse Olive Garden Moderate — Italian/steakhouse gap exists
Lot 6 First Watch Carrabba's Low-Moderate — sit-down breakfast gap is real
Lots 8/9 Hotel (Hampton Inn / Marriott Courtyard type) Urgent Care / Medical Moderate — Novo Nordisk campus drives business travel
INLINE RETAIL STRIPS (Buildings A–E)

These smaller 1,100–3,400 s.f. units are harder to predict specifically, but based on what's missing and what typically fills these spaces in comparable NC suburban developments:

Type Likely Tenant
Wireless carrier T-Mobile or Verizon
Fast casual Jersey Mike's or Which Wich
Fitness/wellness Massage Envy or Hand & Stone
Nail/beauty Generic nail salon or Sport Clips
Financial Edward Jones or a regional credit union
Pet Nothing — PetSense already next door
Specialty food Smoothie King or Nothing Bundt Cakes
Medical Eyeglass World or America's Best
WHAT I'D ACTUALLY BET MONEY ON:

1. Target ✓ (basically confirmed)
2. Chick-fil-A (nearly certain given the gap)
3. Starbucks drive-thru (follows Target almost everywhere)
4. A hotel of some kind
5. Costco (high conviction but not confirmed)

WHAT I GENUINELY DON'T KNOW:

• Whether the center anchor is Costco or something else entirely
• Which specific sit-down restaurant chains fill Lots 5/6
• Whether Carrabba's or Olive Garden wins the Italian segment

 

great info

 

Not Chicken Salad Chick, but Daves Hot Chicken. below from N&O
The newest Dave’s location will go into 220 Cabela Dr., in Garner, joining the shopping center with Bass Pro Shops, Long Horn Steakhouse and Starbucks. This Dave’s is being built as a stand-alone 2,500 square foot restaurant at the corner of Cabela Dr and US Hwy 70. Dave’s Hot Chicken, a California-based spicy chicken chain, opened its first Triangle location in Wake Forest in 2023 and has since added locations in Holly Springs and Raleigh. The brand also plans to open a Cary location this Fall, The News & Observer previously reported. The Triangle Dave’s Hot Chicken franchise is owned by married couple Russell and Loreen Hansen. The original deal was for six restaurants, but VP of operations Larry Holcomb said in a phone interview that more locations may be added.

Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article316137086.html#storylink=cpy

 

I went and looked up about a dozen other Costco sites, and the building footprint for the center anchor matches almost exactly their typical layout, with the fuel island at the top between lots 6 and 8. I would call that a 75% chance right now without some actual news.

 

Saw this on a developer's site. in front and north of Food Lion 50/42.

 

AI Speculation:
2500 sqt ft

• Taco Bell — prototype is almost exactly 2,500 sq ft, very active in suburban NC growth corridors

• Wendy's — fits the footprint, very active near Publix-anchored centers

• Raising Cane's — confirmed ~2,300 sq ft prototypes, and they are aggressively expanding in the Triangle right now

• Burger King — plausible but slower growth in this market currently

• Arby's — possible but I'd rate it lower probability given their current growth pace vs. the others

7225 sq ft

• Urgent care / medical outparcel (WakeMed is literally across the street — a satellite clinic or urgent care in that range is very plausible)

• Dental group (Aspen Dental, Heartland Dental-type practices often occupy 4,000–8,000 sq ft freestanding pads)

• Auto parts retail (O'Reilly, AutoZone typically run 6,500–7,500 sq ft — almost exactly this size)

• Dollar store (Dollar General's new prototype is around 9,000 sq ft, so probably too big; but their smaller formats exist)

• Fitness (smaller boutique concepts — though 7,225 is on the low end for a Planet Fitness)

Of the restaurant candidates, Texas Roadhouse is by far the most likely given their building size match (~7,163 sq ft prototype), active NC Triangle expansion, and explicit growth strategy targeting this type of location. The non-restaurant options — urgent care, auto parts, medical outparcel — remain real possibilities too, especially with WakeMed right across the street.

 

That site has been posted as available since the Food Lion was first under construction. I bet the 2500 sq ft and 7725 sq ft buildings are just suggestions. After sitting for so long, I bet they'll accommodate anyone that's interested with whatever type of building they want.

 

On my bid site the target at that address is bidding soon and has a listed start const date of Dec 1, 2026. Also, the ABC in front of that site is bidding a new store down at the Walmart across entrance road from the wake med urgent care. This frees up that 1 space on the site plans.

 

I knew the ABC was moving, I wasn't sure if they would sell the property to the developer or try to sell it themselves.