Roanoke council approves site plan for restaurant, Liquor King, offices on Oak Street

Roanoke council approved the site plan for two multi-tenant buildings located east of US 377, west of Oak Street and south of Lamar Street at an Oct. 28 meeting.

The overview

The new development will include a building facing US 377 with a 5,500-square-foot Liquor King store on the first floor and 4,500 square feet of office space on the second floor, according to city documents.

The building facing Oak Street will have a 4,000-square-foot restaurant on the first floor and a 4,000-square-foot bar with patio on the second floor, per city documents. The property owner, Mihir Varia, said he didn’t know what restaurant would be filling that space yet.

Construction is anticipated to start next month, Varia said. The building with Liquor King will start construction first and take four to six months to complete, he said. The restaurant building is expected to take six to eight months to complete.

The background

Council previously tabled this site plan July 8 so city staff could discuss more details on the plan with the developer, City Manager Cody Petree said.