One of Country’s Top Homebuilders, D.R. Horton, Finds a Home in Bridgeport

By Chris Johnson on April 24, 2025 One of the country’s premier homebuilders has officially set up shop in Bridgeport. D.R. Horton celebrated its first location in West Virginia with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday at one of the company’s model homes in Charles Pointe. The ribbon cutting was proceeded by a luncheon, with Genesis […]
Construction Beginning on Near $30 Million Project at Charles Pointe Crossing after Lengthy Wait

By Jeff Toquinto on April 17, 2025 connect-bridgeport.com Less than two months after a $23.6 million building permit was acquired from the City of Bridgeport, work has begun on the Vandalia Health Mon Health Harrison Neighborhood Hospital going up at Charles Pointe Crosssing. Mon Health CEO and President David Goldberg confirmed that work would begin shortly […]
New development being considered in downtown Huntington

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Just a block past Marshall’s Joan C. Edwards football stadium facilities in Huntington sits some vacant land. A portion of it was at one time going to be the new site of Marshall’s baseball stadium, but those plans changed. If you’ve driven down 5th Avenue lately, you may have seen stakes […]
‘Board cutting’ held at Bridgeport Menards home improvement store Friday

by Damian Phillips STAFF WRITER Feb 2, 2024 CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — City, county and state officials were among those who gathered at the new Bridgeport location of Menards home improvement store for a “board cutting” ceremony Friday. After a few moments indoors, officials stepped outside to share their excitement about the opening of […]
Worth the Wait: Massive Menards Facility Set to Serve Region as Doors to Open on City’s Next Retail Hub

By Jeff Toquinto on January 24, 2024 If good things truly come to those who wait, then resident of Bridgeport and the surrounding area are in for a treat with the opening of Menards. Today, officials with the company publicly confirmed the opening date for next Tuesday, Jan. 30 for the massive retailer opening at […]
Shopping center on deck on edge of Boyd

BY HENRY CULVYHOUSE THE DAILY INDEPENDENT ASHLAND Roughly 60 acres of property are fixing to be developed into a shopping center at the corner of Route 5 and U.S. 23, right on the Boyd/ Greenup line. Interstate Development Company, the developer behind the Tanyard Station and the Merritt Creek Farm in Barboursville, is in the […]
Ross Dress for Less to Open a New Store in Barboursville, West Virginia

Published Oct 3, 2022 8:30AM EDT Dublin, California, October 3, 2022 – Ross Dress for Less® (“Ross”) will open a new store in Barboursville on October 8, 2022. The 21,500 square foot store is located in Merritt Creek Farm Shopping Center, at the northeast corner of INTERSTATE 64 and Big Ben Bowen Highway. Together, Ross Dress […]
South Charleston breaks ground on new Chick-Fil-A site at Park Place Plaza

By Carrie Hodousek August 29, 2022 – 11:46 am SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Chicken and waffle fries will soon be served at a new Chick-fil-A location in Kanawha County. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday morning for the fast food restaurant at the new Park Place Plaza along MacCorkle Avenue. Chick-fil-A will be the first […]
Charles Pointe approves $2.3 million project for 45 additional single-family homes

By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on July 14, 2022 Forty-five more quality built single-family homes are coming to the Worthington Village neighborhood at Charles Pointe. Genesis Partners, the developer of the 1,700-acre Charles Pointe development, said that Preston Contractors, Inc. of Kingwood has been selected to prepare a 20-acre site for the expansion of one of Bridgeport’s […]
Four new retail stores under construction at Tanyard Station

By: Fred Pace fpace@hdmediallc.com BARBOURSVILLE – Anyone who has driven by the Tanyard Station shopping center in Barboursville can see construction is back after some delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brent Roswall, a native of Barboursville and co-owner of INTERSTATE Realty of Bristol, Tennessee, the developer of Tanyard Station, says four new retail stores […]