Hamilton barber shop to move into former gas station after more than 50 years at same location

Ryan Haynes, right, owner of the Hamilton West Barber Shop, cuts Mike Schutter’s hair Tuesday, Aug. 28 in the The Hamilton West Shopping Center in Hamilton. The barber shop has been in the same shopping center for 50 years. After a remodeling, they will move into a former Chevron station nearby. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Ryan Haynes, right, owner of the Hamilton West Barber Shop, cuts Mike Schutter’s hair Tuesday, Aug. 28 in the The Hamilton West Shopping Center in Hamilton. The barber shop has been in the same shopping center for 50 years. After a remodeling, they will move into a former Chevron station nearby. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

The Hamilton West Barber Shop, where hair has been cut for more than 50 years, received permission Monday to move into a former Chevron gas station just up the road.

The Hamilton Planning Commission on Monday voted 5-0 to allow a zoning change that will permit the barber shop to occupy the other property. The barber shop for its whole existence has operated in the Hamilton West Shopping Center.

The move ultimately will be made necessary because Construction Design Management of Bowling Green, Ky., has purchased the shopping center property and plans to redevelop it into a new entity, featuring mini warehouses with self-storage units; improved parking lots; two proposed commercial buildings with retail on the ground floor, offices on the second, and potentially condominiums on the third story; a drive-thru restaurant and a full-service car wash.

The property’s new owner, Luke Williams of Construction Design Management, told this media outlet in November the company would begin construction this spring to convert the shopping center into a new entity.

The company already had made temporary fixes to its parking lot with many holes. The company bought the 27.3-acre property for $2.3 million.

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