MILFORD – Walnut Street would possibly be the historic shopping center of Milford, but over the years it has been largely replaced by 113, also known as Dupont Boulevard.
Today, the road is home to all of Milford’s big retail stores, 4 of its grocery stores and some of the city’s busiest chains, such as Wawa and Chick-fil-A.
“In 1937, there were 113, but there was no publicity in 113,” said Rob Pierce, Milford’s director of plan-making and economic development.
“I think it was only when you moved from downtown in the late 60s and 70s that things started looking to get located,” he says. “I know the 113 went from a four-lane, two-lane highway in the 1960s and 1970s. “
Pierce said that in the early 1990s, Walmart built its original location in Milford, U. S. 113, at the same mall as Food Lion today, but finally, Walmart overca overca overcate the area and moved to its existing location near Buccaneer Street.
Today, Arthur Helmick owns this original Walmart property, demolished part of the old building and built an independent cinema, Milford Movies 9.
Next opening of the film
“We hope to bring another 400,000 people through our doors every year,” Helmick said.
He said the theater, which is almost finished, will be 40,000 square feet long and will feature nine screening rooms, each with a laser projector.
Upon taking a market examination in the region, Helmick discovered that the theaters closest to Milford were in Dover and Lewes.
“Everyone else from the west to Maryland and from the east to Delaware Bay and from the southern component of Dover to the beach (they were) unattended in the screen market,” Mr. Helmick.
Due to COVID-19, he had to postpone the opening date of the theater, now plans to open until the end of the year.
Still, Helmick, who also owns Westside Movies in Middletown, said cinemas were a position to recreate in the COVID-19 era.
“Our computer formula handles remote seats,” he says.
“If you buy online, let’s say you go through yourself, it will block the seats, so you won’t do it next to someone,” Mr. Helmick. “If three of you came, I’d do the same, in combination and block the seats on both sides and around you.
In addition to the popular COVID-19 precautions, such as rigorous cleaning and the need for masks, he stated that cinemas have had to ventilate and clean air in their facilities, leaving them well prepared for COVID-19 protocols.
“We’ve had to deal with a superior ventilation formula because you put a lot of other people in a room, so you’ve had problems (carbon dioxide),” Helmick said.
When he opens the cinema in spite of everything, he expects me to congratulate other businesses in the region.
“They’ll come there to get to Walmart, first they’ll come to eat there. They’re coming to see a movie,” Helmick said. ” The domain can take over traffic because we have a gigantic four-lane lane on the way in front. “
New steakhouse coming soon
Just across the street from the new movie park, local restaurateir Steve Akoglu opens a steakhouse called Surf and Turf where Bob Evans is located. Akoglu owns several other restaurants in Downstate, adding The Palace, a little further south of the United States 113.
“We’re going to have meat and seafood,” he said of his new company, which he plans to open at the end of this year or in January. The place to eat also “will offer pasta dishes, salads (and) some sandwiches. “
“I think it will be for everyone, ” said Mr. Akoglu. “If you come with your children and your family, you can have dinner there. We’re not just for ties and ties. “
He said the menu will come with dishes, as well as beloved specialties.
“It will be for everyone’s budget, ” said Akoglu. ” We’ll have specials on Sundays for about $15, then we’ll also have old dry steaks on the menu. It’ll probably be 35 to 40 constant dollars, with a plate. But the average will be $15 to $20. »
He said there were no steakhouses nearby.
“You have to drive at least 20 to 25 minutes to succeed on the grill,” Mr. Akoglu, “on the beach or north of Dover. “
Self-storage offered
The new progression in US 113 is not limited to the north of the city.
Where the American 113 crosses the Mispillion River, developer Bruce O’Heir hopes to create a new storage company.
“I have the opportunity to buy (the property) and I make the decision to fix it or not,” Mr. O’Heir.
If you make the decision to move forward with the project, you expect it to be completed by 2022.
M. O’Heir has 3 garage services in Sussex County, one of which is at 113 in the United States in Georgetown, so you are familiar with traffic in the area.
“Part of the verbal exchange with the city council (of Milford) was that they were involved with traffic on 113, which is quite important,” he said. “For the advertising use of this property, the loose garage probably has less effect on the traffic of all advertising projects. “
Mr. O’Heir said the high-traffic location excites him because “location and visibility are very vital for a garage installation.
Another explanation of why you like assets is the proximity of other outlets.
Across Northeast Front Street, Pierce said Milford Plaza is growing.
“The square is constantly painting in the center,” he said. “They built a four-unit site out front with AT
Mr Pierce stated that “where the Donut connection was, on (this) site, they built a quick oil change from Valvoline. In this context, they ended up putting up this entire sharing path.
Looking south
Pierce added that Cypress Hall, a shopping mall in the south of the city, anchored through Redner’s, is also about to expand.
Milford Ponds, in the southern part of the city, at 113, built houses at a rapid pace, then Simpson’s Crossing, which is the giant farm to the north (off Cypress Hall), is expected to start building houses next month. Mr. Pierce said.
“I think with some of those new developments in this broker, there will be more advertising interest at Cypress Hall Mall,” he said.
“If you end up having a few hundred more houses in this domain over the next two years, I think it will increase interest in establishing some in this domain,” Pierce said. “Most of our existing classified ads are in the north of the city. “
He said the new structure will most likely begin at Cypress Hall when stores retire to capitalize on the new residential expansion in this component of the city.
“They built parts of the mall because they felt they had a call for tenants, but there is still space in the mall to build more buildings,” Pierce said.
In addition, he stated that there were “at least five pad sites at the front that can be adapted to independent uses. “
Mr. Pierce also noted that Royal Farms on Shawnee Road and US 113 has been renovated and is expected to reopen soon.
“It’s a review with one of his new appearances,” he said. “All the paintings of the structure will have to be made. They’re waiting for everything to be operational inside the building. “
In addition to extending the length of construction and parking, Mr. Pierce stated that Royal Farms had “moved to soft red for easy access and exit 113. “
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