After announcing a state-of-the-art food hall concept in downtown Aberdeen in 2023, Junction Hall developers stated on their social media page that they are suspending the project.
“We are sad to announce our decision to suspend the development of the Junction Hall project,” wrote owners Jonathan and Lindsay Cauthen on Wednesday. “Our hearts and souls were poured into this concept and project; we had a vision and tried our absolute hardest to bring it to life. We tried to fight bureaucracy, macro-environmental challenges, lending hurdles, and surging costs, but there were ultimately too many headwinds to overcome. We know deep down this would have been something tremendous for our community, but it just wasn’t meant to be for our team. Thank you to the community for the belief and support as we tried to make our dream a reality. It means more than you’ll ever know!”
Junction Hall was intended as an adaptive reuse space that highlights the cultural depth of the Sandhills in a communal setting that was supposed to open this year at 124 W. Main Street in a 15,000-square-foot historic building space.
In September 2023, the Aberdeen Planning Board convened to discuss the future of Junction Hall, and though the Planning Board welcomed the commerce, members questioned the efforts made to keep Junction Hall in line with the town’s historic preservation guidelines. By the end of the meeting, the Planning Board voted to approve most of the proposed changes to the historic building.
The old five-and-dime building has been vacant for many years. It’s unclear what will happen to the space.
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