FAIRLAWN: CoreLife Eatery and City Barbecue are coming to the community.
The developer who plans to tear down the two aging Wyant buildings on West Market Street and construct a new restaurant and retail complex in their place has submitted paperwork to the city identifying the two chains as future tenants.
Development Management Group of Nashville, Tenn., is seeking final approval from the Fairlawn Planning Commission for the project at 2858 and 2872 W. Market St. A meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. May 11.
The $1 million project involves building a 9,280-square-foot structure that would house the restaurants at opposite ends and an unidentified retail store in the middle.
“We’re very happy to have them and wish them success here,” Mayor Bill Roth said Friday.
Neither CoreLife nor City Barbecue has a location in the Akron-Canton area. The nearest location for CoreLife is in Strongsville. Roth noted that many chains like to use Fairlawn as a test market because of the demographics.
CoreLife, which opened its first location in Syracuse, N.Y., in 2015, offers salad, grain and broth bowls, advertising itself as a healthy restaurant for active lifestyles. It says its fresh ingredients are free of trans fats, artificial colors, sweeteners, other artificial additives and GMOs.
City Barbecue, which began in 1999 in Columbus, offers barbecue meats. The chain operates 35 locations in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and North Carolina, according to its website. None are in Northeast Ohio.
Neither restaurant chain could be reached for comment.
Rick Armon can be reached at 330-996-3569 or rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com.