A piece of land where 麻豆传媒鈥檚 original Chick-fil-A was located at Fiddler鈥檚 Run shopping center is up for sale for nearly $1.8 million.
The property owner is also selling another property across the street from the shopping center.
The 2.75-acre Chick-fil-A property, which is made up of five parcels, is identified as 309 Enola Road, before the Fiddler鈥檚 Run shopping center. Owner TL Norman Land Company LLC placed the property for sale at $1,799,900. The land company bought the majority of the parcels, located off Interstate 40 exit 104, in December 2024.
Chick-fil-A bought the 309 Enola Road .83-acre parcel in July 1999 for $350,000. The restaurant moved to Burkemont Avenue when the North Carolina Department of Transportation was planning to widen Enola Road from South Sterling Street to a little past the shopping center. Chick-fil-A sold the property to NCDOT in September 2012 for $521,000.
The building was torn down when Enola Road was widened in 2012.
TL Norman Land Company bought the property at auction with a bid of $95,999 in April 2024, according to Burke County land records. The parcel is currently valued at $103,750, land records show.
The other four parcels that make up the rest of the total 2.75 acres are valued at a combined $48,000, according to county land records. The land company purchased those four parcels in December. TL Norman Land Company also is selling 1.4 acres at 0 Fiddlers Run Boulevard, Morganton, for $950,000. The company bought the property, which is across from the Chick-fil-A property, for $308,500 in December, according to county land records. The property has a tax value of $175,000, land records show.
Tim Norman, the owner of TL Norman Land Company, said the property needs a gas station, restaurant or possibly a hotel. 鈥淵ou know, whatever a developer wants to, thinks is feasible to put there in Morganton,鈥� Norman said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 not a lot on that interchange anymore, but I鈥檓 hoping I鈥檓 assembling it to encourage someone to do such.鈥�
He said he purchased the various lots to put together to sell and see what might work. He said it would be a good spot for a national chain. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what the something is. I don鈥檛 know what industry type,鈥� Norman said. Norman said he is marketing the property but there hasn鈥檛 been any rumblings yet.
Since Enola Road was widened, many of the original stores that once called Fiddler鈥檚 Run home have moved out, including JC Penney, Goody鈥檚, Belk, Staples, Bath & Body Works and Hallmark. Some moved to the 麻豆传媒 Heights Shopping Center.
Some have remained put, including Food Lion, Chen鈥檚 Garden, Boost Mobile and AccuForce. The properties are listed with the Pridemore Team of Compass. The property listing says the shopping center is poised to thrive again but the 鈥渆xit needs your business!鈥�