Updated covenants OK'd for outlet mall
Oct. 23—The owner of Landers Crossroads — the former Crossville Outlet Center — will have a new set of land restrictions for the former shopping center.
Cumberland County and owner Orion Investment have agreed to changes in covenants and restriction of the property once earmarked for industrial development.
The property at 228 Interstate Dr. was part of the former Crossville-Cumberland County Industrial Park, originally platted March 8, 1976.
The initial restrictions prohibited retail establishments. However, those restrictions were waived ahead of the 1988 construction of the VF Factory Outlet Mall.
While the area does have industrial development, commissioners noted that many of the properties have become retail. There is a shopping center across the street, and the former mall is behind the new Buc-ee's.
While the outlet center once boasted dozens of shops, only Rack Room Shoes remains. The rest of the building is blocked from public access.
The covenants and restrictions are also "uncertain and in dispute with regard to their respective efficacy, abandonment, termination and enforcement, and the parties now wish amicably to enter into this Declaration," the new covenants state.
The approved covenants supersede all previous covenants and restrictions.
Under the new covenants, the owners can use the property for "any commercial use permitted by zoning laws and regulations," such as retail sales, multi-family living units, short-term rentals, so long as the activity is not "noxious, offensive, or illegal."
Buildings will be limited to 90 feet in height, with required setbacks of 50 feet from the front property line and any building and 25 feet from the side and rear property lines.
The property must include adequate paved off-street parking facilities.
The covenants will stay with the property through future sales.
The commission also approved the appointment of Joshua Selby as the first Cumberland County codes director.
Selby has most recently worked for Action Heating & Cooling Inc., as new construction sales representative and supervisor and indoor air quality sales representative. While he's been in this position since 2022, Selby worked at the company as a service technician and sales rep from 2009-'11.
He previously worked as construction inspector for the Tennessee Department of Transportation and as a commercial and industrial electrician and equipment operator at Eberhart Electric.
He also worked at TAP Publishing Company as lead pressman and assistant supervisor from 2011-'20 and Sign Smith Inc. as general manager and sales representative from 2020-'21.
He is a certified as a concrete field technician and in erosion prevention and sediment control. He also holds a Class A-CDL license and has completed training on contract plans.
The county intends to launch its building codes department in January. Until then, the city of Crossville codes department is issuing permits and inspecting commercial and residential building projects in the county.
Since the new fiscal year began July 1, the county has had 89 residential permits issued and 11 commercial permits. The city has collected $114,053 in county building fees.
The city has had 10 commercial permits and 25 residential permits issued during that same period.
Heather Mullinix is editor of the Crossville Chronicle. She covers schools and education in Cumberland County. She may be reached at hmullinix@crossville-chronicle.com.
