It has been a long wait but the precursor to commercial development at the large Fischer Crossing retail center has begun. The area on the northeast corner of Fischer Road and Ga. Highway 34 in east Coweta County is the site of grading activity that will lead to the planned opening of 200,000 sq. ft. of retail in 2015.
Though no tenants have been identified, signs posted on the Fischer Crossing property note plans to establish 200,000 square feet of retail space on the site.
As approved by the Coweta County Commission, both a median cut on Ga. Highway 54 at Wynn’s Pond Road and the installation of a gated cul-de-sac on the west side of Wynn’s Pond Road near the retail area for use by residents of the Featherston Fishing Club and emergency vehicles are required before the first retail certificate of occupancy will be permitted.
Project representative Steven Gaultney last year agreed to the condition pertaining to the cul-de-sac. That permit from the county has been issued.
The condition dealing with the median cut on Hwy. 54 at Wynn’s Pond Road has long been a requirement associated with the Fischer Crossing commercial project. County planning staff confirmed that the permit and engineering for the median cut is being finalized.
Gaultney last year told commissioners the development would represent a $32-33 million investment.
Originally rezoned from RC (rural conservation) to C-7 (major commercial shopping center) several years ago in accordance with the county’s 2006-2026 Comprehensive Plan, the 77-acre northeast quadrant of the Fischer Road/Hwy. 34 intersection was to be home to a Kohl’s department store that would serve as the anchor and would include a number of other retailers. But that was during the Great Recession and resulted in the eventual loss of the property by developer Scott Seymour after Kohl’s pulled out of the project.
