<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Charlotte, NC</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">5.2.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Harris Teeter is set to open a new 45,000 square foot store in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 29.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Located at 1704 Central Avenue, the opening will commence with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8 a.m.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The event will be attended by relatives of the company's co-founder W.T. Harris as well as neighbors, contractors, architects and artists who worked to create a new facility which better reflects the company's standards while serving to enhance the Plaza Midwood neighborhood.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/harristeeter_body_image2.jpg" alt="Images 043013" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“The surrounding neighborhood and corporate Harris Teeter’s passionate anticipation for the first Harris Teeter grocery store site fostered a quest for a truly distinctive design,” said Richard Barlett, partner at Bartlett Hartley & Mulkey architects PA, the company responsible for design. “The area’s intense focus on the arts and numerous Central Avenue corridor art deco styled building inspired the industrial deco motif. The building profile is unmistakably unique with intricate details resulting in a rare yet delightful venue for a grocery store.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The newest Harris Teeter in Charlotte boasts many firsts for the company, in keeping with Harris' tradition of finding ways to differentiate his business from the competition. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/harristeeter_body_image.jpg" alt="Images 043013" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The art deco store features a green roof system visible from an upstairs seating area. The company has also brought in wood from Harris' original 1704 Central Avenue location and incorporated it in the ceiling planks of its market hall and seating area, as well as the produce stands in the Farmers Market. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.harristeeter.com/" target="_new">Harris Teeter</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
