Coming Soon: New Entertainment & Dining District

September 26, 2018 Robert Roy Britt

For 15 years, In&Out Magazine has been the definitive source of “Everything that’s going on” in and out of the community. We thank you, our readers, as well as the businesses that support the magazine through advertising, for that opportunity. But with little going on, and many businesses suspending or canceling their ads during the Covid-19 crisis, we are suspending publication of the magazine and web sites for the month of May.

Retail space gave way to this new corridor for restaurants with outdoor seating. In&Out Publications Staff Photo

It doesn’t look like much yet, but two retail stores were torn down to make way for restaurants with outdoor patios in what Shops at Norterra is billing as an “entertainment and dining district.” Some 44,500 square feet of space—equal to 1 acre—is being converted.

“We noticed a need in the neighborhood to repurpose existing retail buildings and create a more communal, social area for eating, drinking and gathering in a well-designed, welcoming space,” said Scott Rehorn, a partner at RED Development.

The new spaces aren’t yet occupied. One large open-fronted area will be a covered patio, said project spokesperson Jan Bracamonte. Tenants are expected to be announced later this year, she said.

The front will remain open on this covered space for outdoor dining. It faces the corridor seen in the photo above. In&Out Publications Staff Photo

Other new tenants in the center include Braidy Jewelers, which moved from Anthem, and Beauty District Salon Suites, where hair styling almost takes a back seat to the coffee, TVs and free Wi-Fi. Also new: KC’s Burning Aromas, which sells essential oils and aromatherapy diffusers.

Coming later this year: Shasta Pools showroom, As You Wish pottery painting place and Koi Poke (pronounced POH-keh), which serves a traditional Hawaiian dish of seasoned raw fish.

shops at norterra — The Shops at Norterra’s main drag is undergoing change. Photo courtesy RED Development.

Robert Roy Britt

NoPho resident Robert Roy Britt has written for In&Out publications since its inception in 2005. Britt began his journalism career in New Jersey newspapers in the early 1990s. He later became a science writer and was editor-in-chief of the online media sites Space.com and Live Science. He has written four novels. .