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By TYLER RALEY | Staff Writer

CHELSEA – Residents in the city of Chelsea can now pinpoint a time frame to set their sights on for the opening of the long-awaited Valley Post business development. 

In a Facebook post on Friday, April 4, it was announced that Valley Post will open in fall 2025, offering residents a new place to head to for entertainment and a nice meal.

In November 2023, Chelsea officials announced the city’s plans to build an entertainment district in the business development, which is set to be built on property located at the corner of Highway 280 and Highway 41 at 1017 Dunnavant Valley Road which was previously the home to Treetop Family Adventure.

According to the post, Valley Post is set to bring a vibrant new space to Dunnavant Valley and the 280 corridor, featuring the likes of four new restaurants—Rodney Scott’s BBQ, Hero Doughnuts, the Italian restaurant Luca and Little Donkey, which was previously located in Greystone off of Hwy. 280, but has since left. 

The property being deemed as an entertainment district by the city allows for residents to be able to walk around the property and with open containers of alcohol if they so choose.

Valley Post will also contain an outdoor LED video wall for programs, sporting events and movies to be played on, giving those who come to it an opportunity to sit on the grass area surrounding it and relax while being entertained by whatever is on the screen. 

The $1.5 million property was brokered by Jordan Tubb and John Coleman of Graham & Co. in 2022. In the first quarter of 2024, the project for Valley Post broke ground, beginning the preparation for what was to come. 

The development’s construction is currently being overseen by developer Michael Mouron and Nick Pihakis of Pihakis Restaurant Group, which owns all four of the restaurants that are taking residence in Valley Post. 

The new space will also bring another source of sales tax revenue to the city, which expects many residents from Greystone, Highland Lakes, Eagle Point and Mt Laurel to attend on a daily basis.