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Black color for Kedron Kroger meets resistanceMon, 08/11/2008 - 8:21pm
By: The Citizen
Company asked to provide options at next planning meeting When the Kroger Company decided on a new exterior color scheme for its $3.2 million renovation of the Kedron Kroger in Peachtree City, they missed one little detail. They forgot to ask the city permission to stray from the color schemes that were established for the first phase of the Kedron Village shopping center back in 1995. The company wants to change features such as the roof, awnings and other accents from the current hemlock green to black to make the center take a more sophisticated look, said Evyonne Johnson, assistant real estate manager for Kroger. Kroger also wants to repaint the roof of its gasoline canopy the same black. The color issue was debated by the Planning Commission Monday night. Ultimately the commission asked the company to return at its next meeting in two weeks with schematics that showed the black theme and also other options such as a hunter green. The black wouldn’t be consistent with the other buildings in the center, said City Planner David Rast. He recommended leaving the roof the same hemlock green color but allowing the awnings and other material to be painted black. Planning Commission Chairman Marty Mullin disagreed, saying the other outparcels in the shopping center weren’t consistent either. He argued that the glass elements in the towers had a black color that would tie in with the roof. Commissioner Patrick Staples said he wasn’t comfortable with the black color on the roof and tower but said he’d feel better if the outparcels’ roofs were also painted black. Paula Jayne, the property manager for BVT Management, owner of the shopping center, said that might be a possibility. The error was discovered well after the company’s repainting was underway, and roughly 80 percent of the project is done. But for now, no work can proceed due to a stop work order issued by the city, at least until the color issue can be settled. Meanwhile the clock is ticking for Kroger, which is hosting a grand re-opening at the store in October. Mullin asked Staples what color he’d have the Kroger painted if he owned the Kroger. Mullin responded that he preferred the hunter green instead of the black, but no one advocated strongly for any other color. The vote to continue the matter was 4-1 with Mullin voting against. “The biggest complaint I’ve heard since being on the commission is that wasn’t the original plan, you’ve changed the plan,” said commissioner John McCann. login to post comments |