A Hot Head Burritos in the Newport Plaza is opening soon. FTM file. After little turnover in the Newport Plaza I in the first 15 years since being built, another original tenant has closed its doors. According to Jaimie Niemczura, Real Estate Manager for American Diversified Development, which owns Newport Plaza I and Newport Shopping […]
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Fresh Thyme Newport Sets Tentative Opening Date
Provided. FTM broke the news in April that Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market would be occupying half of the 53,000 square foot space in the former Remke Markets at Newport Plaza. (link) That report was confirmed two weeks later. (link)
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A New Restaurant Tenant is Coming to Newport Plaza
FTM file. In April of 2014 Octavio Correo, owner of El Rio Grande in the Newport Plaza, began shaping the former Blockbuster Video space into Jalapeño Express (link), which was to compete with Chipotle across Carothers Road in the Newport Pavilion. The premise was to offer the same quality, but for $5 the customer would […]
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Fresh Thyme to Newport Plaza
FreshThyme.com. FTM reported 2 weeks ago that Fresh Thyme would likely become the next tenant to fill a portion of the old Remke Markets location. Today the Enquirer filed reports that would back that up. From that article:
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Sources: New Tenant Closing in on Half of Remke Markets Building
Remke Markets in Newport announced its closure in February. In March longtime grocery retailer, Remke Markets, closed in the Newport Plaza. It was rumored that same month that a retailer already had plans to lease half of the 53,000 square foot building. Now, Fort Thomas Matters may have zeroed in on who has signed that […]
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Jalapeño Express Closing, For Now
After only being open for about 5 weeks, Jalapeño Express in the Newport Plaza has closed for now. FTM file. FTM broke the news of the newest restaurant, Jalapeño Express, at the Newport Plaza back in April. According to owner Octavio Correo, who also owns Rio Grande in the same development, he had planned on […]
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BREAKING: Remke Markets in Newport to Close
Remke Markets. Via Yelp. Fort Thomas Matters has learned that longtime Newport Plaza stalwart, Remke Markets will close March 8. According to an employee at the store, CEO Matthew Remke, the store director and a human resources representative delivered the news this morning to the employees. There are currently 58 employees at the Newport location.
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Planet Fitness in Newport Evacuated
Planet Fitness, Newport Plaza. Facebook. UPDATE: According to authorities on the scene, the smoke and subsequent smell that caused the evacuation at Planet Fitness originated from Remke Market. A manager at Planet Fitness that asked to not be named said that there was a mechanical malfunction at Remke Market and the ventilation system filtered smoke […]
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Jalapeño Express Mexican Grill to Open in Old Blockbuster Location
Photo Source: Mark Collier Blockbuster Video in the Newport Plaza was a Friday night staple at the Collier household in the early and mid 90s. It became the first casualty in the development last October, as Blockbuster closed its doors nationwide. We began speculating what would come of that space back in November. Now it looks […]
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What’s Next for the Newport Kmart Development?
It’s a sad day for shoppers of the Newport Kmart. Photo credit: FortThomasMatters.com Back in January, FortThomasMatters broke the news that the longtime retailer Kmart, which first opened in 1979, would close it’s Newport location on March 30th. While that March 30th date was an initial closure date, it is still up in the air when […]