Board approves annexation and rezoning for Wendell Commons grocery‑anchored center at Wendell Falls Parkway and Eagle Rock Road

The Wendell Town Board approved annexation and rezoning of approximately 21.27 acres at the northeast corner of Wendell Falls Parkway and Eagle Rock Road to allow development of Wendell Commons, a grocery‑anchored commercial center proposed by Barnett Properties.

Staff described the proposal as a Corridor Mixed‑Use Conditional District (CMX‑COD) development intended to implement the town’s Blueprint Wendell small‑area recommendations for a grocery‑anchored node between downtown and the Wendell Falls community. The master plan includes a roughly 51,000‑square‑foot grocery anchor, a 10,000‑sq. ft. retail building, a 6,000‑sq. ft. retail building, four 4,800‑sq. ft. retail buildings and a roughly 50,000‑sq. ft. outparcel that has not yet been designed. The site lies adjacent to existing and under‑construction residential neighborhoods; a 155‑foot Duke Energy transmission easement separates the proposed grocery from Eagle Rise subdivision to the…