New owner of Rockford Plaza wants to bring Starbucks to Charles Street

FILE – The Starbucks sign is displayed in the window of a Pittsburgh Starbucks, Jan. 30, 2023. A federal judge on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 million in lost wages to a former regional manager who was earlier awarded more than $25 million after she alleged she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the high-profile arrests of two Black men at a Philadelphia location in 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

by: John Clark

Posted: Sep 6, 2023 / 02:58 PM CDT

Updated: Sep 6, 2023 / 02:58 PM CDT

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The new owner of Rockford Plaza has plans to build a new Starbucks near the Stockholm Inn on Charles Street.

RP Rockford, LLC petitioned the City Council for a Special Use Permit on Tuesday, to build a drive-thru Starbucks at 602 Hollister Avenue.

The plan would include demolishing the current outbuilding at the Rockford Plaza, which currently houses Eyedeal Optical and City Nails. In years prior, Furst Staffing and Shotokan Karate also had space there.

The developer plans to relocate the two affected businesses to other locations within the shopping center, at its expense.