Biggby to open on West Columbia
Dillon Davis
Biggby Coffee will be featured in a new two-tenant commercial property on Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek.
Jerome Fine, the managing member of SFR Properties, which owns the property, said the East Lansing-based coffee company will occupy one of two available spaces at 1101 W. Columbia Ave., next to Friends & Co. It will be the coffee company's third location in Battle Creek with the other two at 5466 Beckley Road and within FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Emmett Township, respectively.
Fine said the other side of the building does not have a tenant.
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"We are pleased with the opportunity to be able to redevelop this property for a new use," Fine said Tuesday.
The new building will sit on the former site of the Copper Chimney Indian restaurant. The restaurant, which Fine said closed "four or five years ago" and its parking area were demolished as a part of this project.
According to the property's site plan, the 2,900-square-foot building will have a parking lot and drive-thru service for customers. The estimated construction cost of the project is about $315,000, city records showed.
Multiple attempts to contact Biggby for this story were unsuccessful. Fine said SFR hopes to have construction completed to turn the building over to Biggby by Dec. 15.
Tracy May, co-owner of Friends, was positive about the new business coming next door. The construction has taken up a part of the bar and restaurant's parking area on one side of the building, but May said she's seen no negative effects for Friends in the process.
"We welcome it," May said. "Hopefully they do well."
Contact Dillon Davis at 269-966-0698 or dwdavis@battlecreekenquirer.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DillonDavis