Fayette

Pavilion developer Stan Thomas hopes to start

construction on Upton's department store Monday, if

permits are ready in time.

The store

will be the first in phase three of the shopping center,

followed quickly by Belk, Kohl's and JoAnne Fabrics.

Phase three

will occupy 50 acres on the Ga. Highway 314 side of the

Pavilion property, which runs all the way between 314 and

Ga. Highway 85 across from Pine Trail Road.

Fayetteville

is a hotbed of construction activity currently. Grading

also has begun for Applebee's restaurant and a super

Eckerd pharmacy at the southwest corner of Hwy. 85 and

Banks Road, and for a Lowe's superstore next to Banks

Crossing shopping center, also on Hwy. 85.

Final

permits aren't yet ready, but developers of a Barnes and

Noble shopping center at Pine Trail Road and Hwy. 85,

across from the Pavilion, say they hope to start work by

mid-May.

Pavilion

developer Thomas also is seeking annexation into

Fayetteville for a parcel near Rent-All Plaza, next to

Pavilion, that will hold a Ryan's Steakhouse and another

as yet unnamed restaurant. He added he hopes to begin

construction soon on O'Charley's and Steak and Shake on

an adjacent site that is already in the city.