Caterie, Southdowns Liquor near lease on CVS site

The Caterie and Southdowns Liquor are about to sign a lease to take over the old CVS Pharmacy in the fire-damaged Acadian-Perkins Plaza shopping center. Bob Claitor, co-owner of the center, says the bids to remodel the pharmacy are in and plans have been drawn up to overhaul the property. “We’re just waiting on them to sign the lease,” Claitor says. If all goes well, the restaurant/live music venue and the liquor store could be reopened by September or October. Claitor says AT&T plans to move back into its space in the shopping center. The contracts to rebuild that store should be completed in a week, with the phone store set to reopen in the fall. Discussions are still in progress to get a tenant to move into the fire-destroyed space that had been occupied by The Caterie. “We’re not close to signing a lease, but the negotiations are coming along pretty good,” Claitor says. Plans for a Petco to move into the space have fallen through. The shopping center was heavily damaged by a New Year’s Day fire. —Timothy Boone