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WADESBORO — Randy Coble and Clair Campbell welcomed guests to the ribbon cutting ceremony for Westwood Lodge and Hunt Club held on August 24. The couple’s vision is for Westwood to be a wedding venue and relaxation destination.

“With all the incredible support from County Development, the Chamber, our neighbors, and other business owners that are doing their part to expand (Anson County) globally… we recognize the growth in Anson County, particularly in Wadesboro. As we’ve become owners of property here we realize (Anson) is a rough diamond that is getting shinier and shinier by the minute,” explained owner Clair Campbell for why she and her husband chose Anson.

The Lodge offers accommodations and activities such as golfing, target practice, massage packages, pickle ball, and even croquet.

Built in 1937 on land owned by Dr. Sorrell, a local country doctor and gentleman cotton farmer, the Coble-Campbell team have lovingly restored and tamed the property to its austere former glory.

“We are not buying Jurassic Park,” Campbell jokingly told her husband when first she glimpsed the jungle overtaking the lawn.

The two persevered, removing over 160 pines and taming the relentless wisteria tendrils wrapped around them, revealing a glimpse back in time.

“We have sunsets here, and that’s my thing,” shared Campbell. “You can have a quiet enjoyment here that you can’t find in the city.”

“We are erecting a 50’ by 85’ permanent tent, heated and cooled, so it will be available year round,” stated Coble. “We have one hundred parking spots graded… so weddings, gun shows, are some of the events we’d like to attract to the area.”

A natural decorator, Campbell has designed the interior to be reminiscent of Jane Austin’s Longbourn.

“I really decorated it (Westwood Lodge and Hunt Club) with a country home in mind,” she said. “The kind of place you invite friends for the weekend and they stay a month.”

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PGP has completed its $10.8 million purchase of the Westwood Plaza in Greenwood, SC.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prudent Growth Partners, LLC, a private equity real estate firm with locations in Chapel Hill and Charlotte, NC, has completed its $10.8 million purchase of the Westwood Plaza, an 83,354 square-foot multi-tenant shopping center located in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Built in 1996 and renovated in 2012, the Westwood Plaza boasts a strong group of e-commerce-resistant tenants and is shadow-anchored by a high-performing Wal-Mart (top 3% in SC based on foot traffic). Greenwood is a hub of traffic and retail in the middle of western South Carolina. It is located an hour south of Greenville and an hour and a half west of Columbia. With a diverse tenant base and a desirable location, the center is currently 89% occupied, and the lineup features a healthy mix of businesses.

The center is strategically located within a dominant regional retail corridor with strong Planet Fitness and Dollar Tree anchors. Four tenants are original to the center, and two more have been in place for over a decade. The immediate trade area contains many other local and national tenants, including Lowe's, Firestone, Ulta Beauty, Kohl's, Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart, and the Greenwood Mall.

"Our company is excited about the Westwood Plaza and another acquisition in South Carolina. Given its Wal-Mart shadow position and location within the western half of the state, we are confident about this center's performance. It is a favorable purchase for our investors and a great addition to our portfolio," said Tom Hahn, President of Prudent Growth Partners.

Prudent Growth Partners, LLC is a private equity real estate investment company based in Chapel Hill, NC. The firm focuses on properties that tend to be overlooked by larger institutions and provide exceptional returns on invested capital along with the possibility of longer-term capital gains achieved by expert management and future price appreciation.

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Owners of 32 condominiums in Marion are worried they could lose the entire value of their properties because of soil erosion under the complex. (Photo credit: WLOS staff)

MARION, N.C. (WLOS) — Owners of 32 condominiums in Marion are worried they could lose the entire value of their properties that state and engineering officials have deemed unsafe because of soil erosion under the complex. The apartments, built in the mid-1960s, sit over a dam that moves water off Westwood Lake. The complex is located on Westwood Chateau Drive.

"That's a crack monitor," said Larry Greene, with the neighborhood association. He and his wife own two units. "It tells us if the crack's getting wider."

Last month, residents were evacuated as Greene and others found cracks in the exterior brick walls and ground in the courtyard sinking. Greene said an engineer hired by the association to drain the lake to assess damage backed out.

Greene said the association secured a new engineer who plans to submit a lake drain plan to the North Carolina Dam Safety Agency. Greene and others however have checked with their insurance companies who have told them the units or complex won't be covered for repair work based on the lake and dam damage causing problems in the complex. Greene said the units range in value from around $45,000 to higher.

One couple who came by the complex Wednesday said they were devastated. They didn't wish to give their names but confirmed their insurance company had told them the same information. The couple said they had recently bought a second unit in the complex through a family member. They said they felt units went for around $80,000 but anticipated they could be worthless if the complex isn't repairable and possibly condemned.

"I get $1100 a month in rental income from each unit," said Greene. "That's money we depend on for our retirement and with no one in the units, that's a significant loss for us. Of course, if you own the property and have a mortgage then you've pretty much lost whatever that is, unless we're able to get these apartments back on track and occupied again, which is, I say in my opinion, is not likely."

Greene however said the new engineer is moving forward with work and will submit a lake drain plan. The lake is expected to take five to seven weeks to drain. Only then will engineers be able to fully assess three detected voids, or large soil erosion areas beneath the complex.

Greene and McDowell County Emergency Management Director William Koehler said those voids, that were detected as being filled with water, are at risk of eroding more which could become a large sinkhole. Residents were advised to move out, but one tenant remains in one of the units.

The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission has approved a proposal to relocate an ABC store from Morganton Road into the nearby Westwood Shopping Center.

The Cumberland County ABC Board, which owns the 10 package stores that operate in the county, submitted the request. The Westwood Shopping Center site will replace the ABC store at 5091 Morganton Road.

After relocating, the Westwood store won't open until May 1, 2021, said David Horne, the general manager of the Cumberland County ABC Board.

"That's when the lease expires. We've got a 30-day window," he said. "It's a relocation. We're actually closing the current Morganton Road location. We're closing it down and moving it across All American to Westwood."

Following the move, the store will increase greatly in size from its current 3,000 square feet of space, across from Cross Creek Mall, to roughly 8,000 square feet in the shopping center.

"The store is going to be almost three times as big," he said. "We may have to add to the staff."

The Morganton Road store operates with a staff of four full-time and four part-time associates, he said.

In a related matter, the Cumberland County ABC Board will be taking over a renovated warehouse on Glidden Street that will provide about 28,000 square feet to store its inventory. The current warehouse, built in 1962, offers a space of 6,500 square feet, according to Horne.

"It's much better suited to operate the stores and have better selection," he said. "Right now, our space is so limited."

The county ABC Board gets its shipment of spirits from Raleigh on Fridays, Horne said. That inventory typically is depleted by Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, he said.

"It's empty," he said of the board's current warehouse. "With 28,000 square feet, we'll be able to order more."

"Both of these (moves) will probably add jobs to both locations because they're bigger to operate," Horne said.

Cumberland County ABC falls among the top sellers in the state, said Horne, normally around No. 5 or No. 6 among the state's 170 county and municipal ABC boards.

"As far as increases," he added, "our sales increase has been greater than any of the top 10 boards over the last two couple of years."

Staff writer Michael Futch can be reached at [email protected] or 910-486-3529.

A new ABC liquor store opens Monday at the Westwood Shopping Center in Fayetteville, and when it does, it'll be among the largest in the state.

The current ABC location at 5091 Morganton Road is moving down the road to the shopping center. The current store is around 3,000 square feet, while the new location will be around 8,000 square feet, which Cumberland County ABC Board General Manager David Horne said would make it among the largest in the state, rivaling stores found in Raleigh and Charlotte.

The extra 5,000 square feet will mean more registers and a widely expanded product selection. Horne said the store will stock between 350 and 400 items never before carried at an ABC store in Cumberland County.

ABC previously ran a store at the Westwood Shopping Center more than decade ago, Horne said, but the store was small and tucked away in the rear of the plaza. The store was then moved to its current spot on Morganton Road.

Plans to relocate the store to its new location were first announced in August.

Original story:Morganton Road ABC store relocating to Westwood Shopping Center

The new store is located at Suite 102 in the former home of a Monkey Joe's children's play place, easily visible and accessible from Morganton Road. While the pastel yellow and purple walls have been painted over, the 21-foot ceilings remain, giving the new store what Horne described as a modern warehouse feel.

Of the 170 ABC boards statewide, the Cumberland County board is the fifth largest. With bars and restaurants limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, sales at ABC stores countywide have "skyrocketed" since the pandemic began in March 2020, Horne said.

As for future ABC locations, Horne said the board would like to open a second store in Hope Mills, but nothing is imminent yet. While future stores in Cumberland County likely won't be as large as the new Westwood location, Horne said to expect the average store size to grow to around 5,000 to 7,000 square feet.

The new store will be open Monday through Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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