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I heard the Jumping Bean coffee drivethrough is leaving the Summerfield Square shopping center on U.S. 220 – is that true? We reached out to Kevin Murray, owner of the Jumping Bean, and he confirmed reports of his departure from the shopping center are true.
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Jumping Bean owner Kevin Murray hands a cup of coffee to a customer as he prepares to relocate his business from Summerfield Square shopping center after Kotis Properties, the center’s owner, terminated his lease, effective May 30. “If they want me to go, you know what, I will find another place,” Murray said earlier this week.
After more than nine years selling coffee, fruit smoothies and pastries through a sliding window, Murray said he plans to vacate the U.S. 220 shopping center by the end of May. The center’s owner, Kotis Properties, informed Murray in an April 20 letter that it was terminating his long-term month-to-month lease, citing “planned changes in the center.” The Jumping Bean’s sales have never been stronger, according to Murray, who plans to relocate elsewhere in Summerfield as soon as a new location has been secured. “If they want me to go, you know what, I will find another place,” Murray said in an interview earlier this week as he prepared beverages for customers stretching back six car lengths. “I believe our best and brightest days are ahead of us.” Murray said he believes Kotis terminated his lease because it’s considering leasing the center’s last unrented
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storefront for a coffee shop. The vacant space is the last unit on the end of the building occupied by Dollar General and Golden Antiques and Treasures, and sits beside the recently
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opened Clouds Tobacco. In recent months, Murray said one of his employees suggested he open a traditional coffee shop, but he preferred to
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