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The Zandale Center, across Nicholasville Road from Ramsey's, hosts the new Zandale extension of the popular downtown Common Grounds coffee house. And it appears poised to reinvent itself as a specialty destination shopping center and a walkable destination for the densely populated neighborhoods surrounding it. Lori McCreary, the owner of Common Grounds, said she likes the way Zandale's tenant mix is going. "I'm originally from Seattle, and in Seattle we had these pockets everywhere," she said of destination shopping areas that emphasize walkability. "You had this abundance of things you can walk to, when you want to go somewhere and get outdoors. ... It's nice to take care of the area you have and revitalize it. Coffee shops are one of those aspects. It gets you out and meeting your neighbors." Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/17/3093030/zandale-shopping-area-evolving.html#storylink=cpy

Common Grounds' new coffee house in the Zandale neighborhood opened three weeks ago — but not for long. Frozen pipes quickly shut down the store, which features coffee and limited food offerings, including breakfast sandwiches, and has a drive-through. The store, at 2200 Nicholasville Road, will reopen Thursday. It's the second store under the Common Grounds name. Owner Lori McCreary said she had been looking for two years for a place that could support a drive-through. It was difficult to find a spot in the Richmond Road/Hamburg corridor, she said, but the Zandale area on Nicholasville Road yielded the right location. "The food will be something we will build up to" at the Zandale store, and customer input will be sought, she said. "We're seeing what the crowd wants before we put it in there." The original Common Grounds, at 343 East High Street, opened in 1992 near the beginning of the 1990s coffee-house culture — and 10 years before Starbucks came to Lexington. It offers a breakfast and lunch menu and is known for its open-mike nights every Monday. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/01/27/3055105/common-grounds-coffee-to-reopen.html#storylink=cp

The oldest operating coffee shop in Lexington, Common Grounds, is expanding as owners Lori and BJ McCreary have undertaken the shop's latest growth initiative with the conversion of the I Can't Believe It's Yogurt location in Zandale shopping center on Nicholasville road. The oldest operating coffee shop in Lexington, Common Grounds, is expanding as owners Lori and BJ McCreary have undertaken the shop’s latest growth initiative with the conversion of the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt location in the Zandale shopping center on Nicholasville Road. - See more at: http://bizlex.com/2014/01/common-grounds-opens-new-location-as-part-of-broad-growth-plan/#sthash.QKyNFv63.dpuf The oldest operating coffee shop in Lexington, Common Grounds, is expanding as owners Lori and BJ McCreary have undertaken the shop’s latest growth initiative with the conversion of the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt location in the Zandale shopping center on Nicholasville Road. - See more at: http://bizlex.com/2014/01/common-grounds-opens-new-location-as-part-of-broad-growth-plan/#sthash.QKyNFv63.dpuf The oldest operating coffee shop in Lexington, Common Grounds, is expanding as owners Lori and BJ McCreary have undertaken the shop’s latest growth initiative with the conversion of the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt location in the Zandale shopping center on Nicholasville Road. - See more at: http://bizlex.com/2014/01/common-grounds-opens-new-location-as-part-of-broad-growth-plan/#sthash.QKyNFv63.dpuf The oldest operating coffee shop in Lexington, Common Grounds, is expanding as owners Lori and BJ McCreary have undertaken the shop’s latest growth initiative with the conversion of the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt location in the Zandale shopping center on Nicholasville Road. - See more at: http://bizlex.com/2014/01/common-grounds-opens-new-location-as-part-of-broad-growth-plan/#sthash.QKyNFv63.dpuf The oldest operating coffee shop in Lexington, Common Grounds, is expanding as owners Lori and BJ McCreary have undertaken the shop’s latest growth initiative with the conversion of the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt location in the Zandale shopping center on Nicholasville Road. - See more at: http://bizlex.com/2014/01/common-grounds-opens-new-location-as-part-of-broad-growth-plan/#sthash.QKyNFv63.dpuf

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