Demolition underway at Beavercreek mall

Workers have begun to demolish the portion of the Mall at Fairfield Commons that previously held an Elder-Beerman store to pave the way for five new restaurants.

The demolition began Monday morning and will take about 30 days, mall manager Bruce Goldsberry said this morning, Jan. 13. After demolition is complete, workers will build a new entrance to the mall and do some of the site work for the restaurant sites.

Two restaurant chains Chuys, an Austin, Texas-based Tex-Mex chain, and Huntington Beach, California-based BJs Restaurant & Brewhouse have filed plans with the city of Beavercreek to open free-standing locations in the newly created space. The Beavercreek locations will be the second Dayton-area restaurants for both chains, which chose Austin Landing for their first in the region.

BJs opened an 8,300-square-foot stand-alone facility at Austin Landing in Miami Twp. in September 2013. Chuys is building a 7,460 square foot restaurant with a 2,150 square foot patio at the corner of Austin Landing Boulevard and Innovation Drive. Its scheduled to open in the late spring of 2015, according to Ann Cleator, director of development for Chuys Restaurants, said Monday.

Three other restaurants, not yet identified, will be attached to the mall after the demolition and renovation are complete.

Elder-Beerman had operated stores on both ends of the Mall at Fairfield Commons for several years but consolidated into its store on the north side of the mall. The consolidation left vacant the portion of the mall that once housed a Parisian department store.

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Demolition underway at Beavercreek mall