Nail salon opens; pizza, cell store still being built
The 5th Nail Lounge has opened in the Clinton Shopping Center next door to Penn Station East Coast Subs on North Charles G. Seivers Boulevard, next to Sonic. John Nguyen, left, is the manager of the salon. (photo:G Chambers Williams III )
Work is still underway on a $700,000 project to build the interior of an upscale, dine-in pizza restaurant with table service at the east end of the center, as well as a U.S. Cellular store on the west end.
Manager John Nguyen said the nail salon opened last week in the space just west of Penn Station, and will operate from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. He said the salon now has seven employees.
It offers manicures, pedicures, and waxing services, along with eyelash extensions, according to its brochure.
Owners of the nail salon, at 2224 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., obtained a building permit from the city of Clinton on April 5 for the $120,000 interior construction.
The most-ambitious project in the four-unit center is the pizza restaurant.
Although no official name has been announced yet, the building permit issued by the city May 11 lists the business as “Burleson Brands Pizza,” which is owned by longtime Knoxville restaurateur Randy Burleson.
There have been reports that it might be called Universal Pizza Company.
Restaurants operated in the Knoxville area by Burleson include Aubrey’s, Stefano’s Pizza, and Bluetick Tavern.
Christopoulos & Kennedy Construction of Knoxville is building the interior of the pizza restaurant, which will have 3,178 square feet of space.
Construction Manager Thomas Perry said earlier that the work should be finished by late summer, but no opening date has been announced yet.
As for the overall center, the city in May 2022 issued a building permit for the nearly $1 million, 7,000-square-foot shell building at the site. Contractor was listed as Creative Structures, Inc.
The site is less than a mile from Interstate 75, Exit 122. It will have 75 parking spaces, according to documents on the Oliver Smith Realty website.
The 1.2-acre site was owned until recently by LKM Properties, the holding company for Weigel’s convenience stores properties.
Clinton City Manager Roger Houck said that Weigel’s had plans earlier to put a second Clinton store on that site, but gave up on the idea when the Tennessee Department of Transportation declined Weigel’s request for a cut through the median on Seivers Boulevard so traffic could access the store from both sides of the highway.