Restaurant openings and more in 280 business
Now Open
Sleep Number, 4618 U.S. 280, Suite 100, is now open. The store sells Sleep Number beds and features a showroom.
981-3006. sleepnumber.com.
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, 3500 Grandview Parkway, is under construction and is scheduled to open later this summer. The restaurant is building on the site of the former Ralph & Kacoo’s.
1-877-277-2748. pappadeaux.com.
Big Bad Breakfast, 5361 U.S. 280, is open for business. The restaurant is located behind Krispy Kreme adjacent to Walmart.
490-7568. bigbadbreakfast.com.
Orvis, 305 Summit Blvd., is now open for business. The national retailer carries clothing and accessories for the outdoors.
970-5176. orvis.com.
Sola Salon, 710 Inverness Corners, is now open. Located in the Inverness Corners Shopping Center next to Winn-Dixie, Sola is a studio salon concept where experienced hairstylists can open their own independent studios and be their own bosses.
440-2664. solasalonstudios.com.
Tracy Lambrecht Counseling and Wellness LLC, 4000 Eagle Point Drive, is now open. Lambrecht offers counseling for adolescents and adults.
317-0280.
MDVIP is now open at 4704 Cahaba River Road, Suite A1. Timothy H. Real is a board certified internal medicine for the primary care office.
313-6894. mdvip.com/timothyrealmd.
Weigh To Wellness is now open at 4704 Cahaba River Road, Suite A1. The weight management business is owned by Leslie Freeman, and Timothy H. Real serves as its bariatric physician.
994-2393. weightowellnessllc.com.
Coming Soon
Chicken Salad Chick, a fast-casual restaurant headquartered in Auburn, will open its first Birmingham-area location in the Village at Lee Branch, 210 Doug Baker Blvd., Suite 200, in early September.
(334) 275-4578. chickensaladchick.com.
The Summit has announced five new stores that will be opening soon: Tumi, a luxury travel store; Calypso St. Barth, a luxury lifestyle boutique; The Art of Shaving, a retailer focused on men’s shaving; Kendra Scott, a women’s jewelry retailer; and Lilly Pulitzer, a retailer of resort wear and beach clothing.
967-0111. thesummitonline.com/birmingham.
Gameday in Style Boutique is scheduled to open by July 15 in Inverness Corners. The boutique will offer boutique-style clothing, game-day themed clothing, gifts, accessories, shoes and its own line of T-shirts. It will be located at 450 Inverness Corners next door to Winn-Dixie.
Relocations and Renovations
Total Care 280, 2800 Greystone Commercial Blvd., Suite 2B, has purchased the former Don’s Carpet One building located at 2827 Greystone Commercial Blvd. The medical practice, owned by Dr. Amy Bentley-Illescas, will renovate the building and relocate there by mid-summer.
547-2323.
True Colors Salon has relocated to Salon Suites in the Bazaar 280 shopping center at 5363 U.S. 280.
408-1869.
News and Accomplishments
Tyler McGuire, an associate advisor with Marca Life Planning, 22 Inverness Center Parkway, Suite 140, has earned the designation as a Certified Financial Planner. The CFP designation is earned following rigorous experience and ethical requirements of the CFP Board, completed financial coursework and passage of the CFP exam.
408-3000. marcalifeplanning.com.
Tony Mauro, owner of GradePower Learning, 1401 Doug Baker Blvd., Suite 105, has been named to the 2013 Fellows class of the Nantucket Project, a think-tank conference. For more information, visit nantucketproject.com.
980-5745. gradepowerlearning.com.
Elite Boutique and Tan, 2663 Valleydale Road, Suite 6, formerly Elite Tan, has changed its name. It has also announced new store hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
408-0220. elitetan.net.
Merle Norman, 15582 U.S. 280, Suite 104, now features a massage therapist offering facials and massage therapy.
678-5944. merlenorman.com.
Hirings and Promotions
Garry Charles Hill Jr. has joined RFG Advisory Group’s Meadow Brook-Birmingham office as executive vice president and wealth manager. Located at 1100 Corporate Drive off of U.S. 280, RFG has been managing and preserving the wealth of its clients since 2003 and now operates from multiple locations throughout the Southeast.
397-2450. reliance-financial.com.
RealtySouth’s Inverness office, 109 Inverness Plaza, has hired Christy Sanders as a Realtor specializing in residential sales.
991-6565. realtysouth.com.
Anniversaries
Primrose School at Liberty Park, 1800 Urban Center Parkway, celebrated its fourth anniversary in June.
969-8202. primroselibertypark.com.
Closings
Don’s Carpet One, 2827 Greystone Commercial Blvd., has closed. It has consolidated its operations with two other locations in Vestavia Hills and Trussville.
1-800-846-9186. donscarpetone.com.