The Common Market’s original Plaza Midwood location.

The Common Market, the eclectic deli, general store and community gathering spot, will be opening its third and largest location near Cotswold in Spring.

The 6,500-square-foot space will be located at 4420 Monroe Road near the Oakhurst and Cotswold neighborhoods across from Commonwealth Avenue. The store will be known as Common Market OakWold to reflect its proximity to both neighborhoods.

The newest space will include the usual deli and retail oddities as well as coffee, beer, wine and prepared foods from its full kitchen.

A community meeting planned for Monday, Feb. 6, at Clayworks will collect ideas from local residents for other things people would like to see the market to offer.

There is also plans in the works for a fourth location on Tremont Avenue that will occupy 7,000 square feet of space to replace its former South End location, which was shuttered to become regional headquarters for Austin, Texas-based Dimensional Fund Advisors.

The new South End site’s opening is planned for early next summer.

A rendering of finished NoDa Street Market. D3 Studios

A brewery, Thai restaurant and coffee house/pub are among the newest tenants added to the roster for the $2.45 million project under way in North Davidson.

The market parcel, which will span the two buildings located at 3701 and 3629 N. Davidson Street, is about 1.25 acres.

The entire project will encompass approximately 23,000 square feet of “industrial chic” space with original brick walls and barrel vaulted ceilings, according to a Charlotte Business Journal report.

The North Davidson street site prior to its transformation.

Divine Barrel Brewery is taking over the more than 8,000 square feet of space currently occupied by Charlotte Roller Girls, who will be relocating.

Thai restaurant DeeJai will open its third location in the Queen City at 3629 N. Davidson St. The restaurant currently has locations in South End and Eastover.

Crown Station, which formerly was located in Elizabeth, will re-emerge in NoDa Street Market and offer its coffee house/pub vibe with live music.

NoDa Street Market is being developed by Charlotte’s Bird Dog Group Inc. and designed by D3 Studio.

There is no timetable for project completion as of Dec. 4.

Whether you call Fourth Ward home or not, you will want to make it there for the 39th annual Fourth Ward Holiday Home Tour taking place Dec. 2-4.

Friends of the Fourth Ward is putting on the 3-day that gives ticket holders access to a number of private homes decked out in all their holiday grandeur.

Tickets for the self-guided walking tour cost $30 for all 3 days, though ticket holders may only visit each tour stop or location once. There will be choirs and hand bell ensembles performing throughout the weekend on neighborhood porches.

Ticketholders will also receive wine, food and beer samples and complimentary horse and carriage rides throughout the neighborhood. Some of the vendors providing drinks and food tastings are Rock Bottom Brewery, The Asbury, Mert’s Heart & Soul and Assorted Table.

Tour hours are 5 p.m. to 9 p.m Dec. 2 & 3 and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 4.

Tickets may be purchased online or on location at the corner of 9th and Poplar streets. A limited number of paper tickets are available at Alexander Michael’s and Park Road Books.

This annual tour is the largest fund-raiser for the Fourth Ward neighborhood. Monies raised go toward neighborhood improvements such as better lighting for the neighborhood and park, crosswalks and money for bags for dog walkers to keep the neighborhood clean, among other community supplies and support.

The gorgeous kitchen inside this David Weekley-built Avignon home on this year’s Parade of Homes tour.

Get ready to window shop your way through some of the Greater Charlotte area’s newest and nicest homes this weekend!

The annual Parade of Homes begins Oct. 7 and lasts 2 more weekends through Oct. 23.

Whether you are in the market for a new home, a building site or just design ideas for a renovation, Parade of Homes is free and it’s fun.

This year’s parade includes more than 75 homes, including model homes, homes for sale and communities with available building sites.

The Parade of Homes web site offers a tool that allows you to choose the homes you want to see and then map your tour route. The parade can take you all the way from Lake Wylie to Lake Norman!

Twenty builders are represented on this year’s tour, including Alan Simonini Homes, Bonterra Builders, David Weekley, Saussy Burbank and Toll Brothers.

Parade home prices range from $200,000 to more than $1 million.

Some of the in-town and SouthPark neighborhoods on the tour include: Central Living at Iverson, Cherry, Eastover City Homes, Churchill Commons, Channing Hall and Avignon.

For a complete map of homes and list of homes on the tour, see the Parade of Homes Charlotte site. The tour is hosted by the Home Builders Association of Greater Charlotte.

Tour dates are as follows: Oct. 7-9, 14-16 and 21-23. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

For more than a year, Hart’s has been whipping up tasty floats and sodas from its vintage VW Bus and popping up at food truck rallies and private events. Now, Kara and Greg Urquhart, the duo behind Hart’s have leased a space to plant roots in North Davidson.

The 908 E. 35th St. location, at the intersection of Whiting Avenue, is 700 square feet and fulfills the couple’s original dream of having a permanent location for them to support other local food sources in creating their own culinary concoctions. Hart’s inked a 3-year lease for the space.

The Urquhart’s, who use vanilla ice cream from Waxhaw Creamery in their floats, hope to support several more local businesses in their new location by offering coffee, baked goods and more ice cream flavors.

The trendy NoDa area of Charlotte caters to the eclectic and local with artists, local restaurants and, more recently, an uprising of local breweries. For Charlotteans with children, Hart’s will give them a destination in the neighborhood.

Not just a day-trip destination, NoDa has some fantastic real estate! Currently, there are 12 properties for sale in NoDa,  both renovated and unrenovated older homes.

This warehouse at 300 North College, the former site of Cosmos and Republic, is getting a makeover!

A management duo is bringing music, beer and family-style Italian dining to Uptown.

Tim Dolan and Jason Astephen are the faces behind 300 Bar Group, and they have big plans for the 300 block of North College Street.

The pair is set to open their beer and music hall Flight next month.

The casual, North Carolina-centric German-style beer hall will have 80 brews on tap from behind its 70-foot bar. The list will include Tarheel State brews, such as Asheville’s Wicked Weed.

Flight’s musical selections will be as diverse as its tap list. A house band and local groups will perform weekly, but nation performers will appear a few times a month. Open mic night will also be a staple of the schedule.

In addition to Flight, 300 Bar Group has plans to bring family-style Italian dining to the block.

The 8,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by Cosmos will be turned into a 1950s era as yet unnamed Italian restaurant. It will feature a high-end wine bar for wines by the glass or bottle.

300 Bar Group has leases on three spaces in the 300 North College warehouse location, which is being called Northside Station.

300 Bar Group’s goal is to rebrand the location with local restaurants and destinations that keep people eating, drinking and enjoying local fare to give back to the Queen City economy.

Gather round as Plaza Midwood merchants host their annual Fall Crawl Art Fest.  Head out to Midwood this weekend for funky finds and unique treasures as Midwood residents and artists collaborate to bring you local art in what feels like a culturally rich blockparty.  But wait a minute, this won’t be your typical art crawl.  Midwood business owners, residents and artists will have live street art featuring dance, performance art, drum circles, hooping, jewelry, crafts, cartooning, music and painting!  Plaza Midwood’s website describes the festival as a “fun-filled and culturally eclectic experience throughout the streets of the business district. In a neighborhood known for its diversity, we bet you will find some hidden gems you never knew were here!”

You won’t want to miss it!

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

Get ready…  this weekend Myers Park will hold its largest community yard sale yet!  Residents of Sterling Road will fill the street with goodies at bargain prices from 7-11 AM this Saturday!  The yard sale will happen rain or shine unless there is a huge storm.  If it storms, it will be held on Sunday.  There will be balloons at participating houses.  Kick off fall by strolling down the tree-lined streets of Myers Park hunting for fabulous finds.