Little Hardware looking to move to English Village
Little Hardware could be moving into the current Park Lane building in English Village as early as this summer. The business is currently located in Mountain Brook Village.
“This appears to be a good opportunity for us if all the pieces fall into place,” Little Hardware owner Frank Davies said. “It’s exciting to have he opportunity to be in that space because I think it’s a good location.”
Mike Mouron, chairman of Capstone Real Estate Investments, is currently in a binding contract to purchase the property. He said he hopes to sign a letter of intent with Little Hardware this week that will move quickly into a lease agreement.
“I see nothing to prevent the purchase from going through,” Mouron said.
Mouron had previously been in negotiations with owners of The Tavern at the Summit about moving into this space.
The lease of the current tenant of the space at 2117 Cahaba Road, Park Lane by Kathy G., lasts through the end of June, so the earliest that preparations could begin for Little Hardware’s proposed move is early July.
To the right of the existing building, Little Hardware is looking to build a complementary dry storage shed to house materials such as fertilizers and charcoal. The space where this would be built has been used for parking for Park Lane and previous tenant Arman’s. A segment of the lot lined with a fence and greenery that acts as a buffer between the building and the residence next door. It would remain as it currently is, Mouron said.
In order to build such a structure, this segment of the property must be rezoned from Residence C to Local Business district.
“We believe we have complete neighborhood support [for this rezoning] and have met with neighbors including the ones who live in the residence adjacent to the property,” Mouron said.
The Mountain Brook Planning Commission will consider this proposed rezoning at its May 5 meeting, and if approved, Mountain Brook City Council will hold a public hearing on the rezoning at its May 12 meeting.