The Chapel Hill Town Council approved a conditional zoning application in 2021 to allow the creation of a Putt-Putt Fun Center franchise, which planned to bring putt-putt courses and go-kart tracks to the parcel off Eubanks Road. The Fayetteville-based business submitted designs and worked with the town staff, which included reconfiguring the footprint of the complex and using electric-powered go-karts instead of gas-powered vehicles. According to Chapel Hill Director of Strategic Communications & Marketing Susan Brown, the putt-putt company's permit said construction on the project was required to begin in March 2024 in order for the zoning application to be honored. While a storage facility was constructed by the site, such work never began on the putt-putt facility — and Brown told Chapelboro the company did not seek any extensions to its permits. With that lapsed, the property's future now appears to be the third phase of Northwood Ravin's large-scale mixed-use development of the...