Space Savers just needed more space.

The Winston-Salem retailer, which sells organizational goods, moved from a 4,800-square-foot space in Saltbox Village to a 10,300-square-foot spot in Crossroads, ear Total Wine and Family Christian Bookstore.

The previous location, where it spent the last 14 years, was cramped with inventory and hard to find, store manager Renny Fransz said. He thinks it was easier to get the better space at a reasonable rate during the recession. "Rent is less expensive, location is much better," he said. "The opportunity was here to do this."

The expansion has made the Crossroads location the second largest Space Savers store, out of five in the state. They were previously the smallest.

Noodles & Company also joined the Crossroads lineup.

The restaurant, specializing in Asian, mediterranean and American noodle dishes from pad Thai to macaroni and cheese, leased a 3,400 square-foot space across from Starbucks, near Dickey's BBQ. The restaurant opens in November.

Warehouse finally has tenant

CARY A discount furniture retailer is taking over the old Crossroads Ford Truck showroom off Buck Jones Road.

The 80,000-square-foot space near the intersection of Walnut Street and Buck Jones Road has been vacant since 2006, when Crossroads merged several different operations in Cary into one large building off of Walnut Street.

It's the third Furniture 4 Less in the area. The chain also has locations in Raleigh on Spring Forest Road and in Garner on U.S. 70 West.

A grand opening is planned for October.

MMI gets new name

CARY MMI Associates, a Cary public relations firm, is now MMI Public Relations.

The 16-year old company, which has about 50 clients in the Triangle, said the name better reflected what the company does.

MMI, which has 13 staff members, also updated its Web site to include some new features: a section for reporters, a client list organized by industry and a blog called "Be Heard," written by staff on a variety of company and industry topics, from networking to employee appreciation.

RDU to close section

MORRISVILLE The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority plans to padlock the northern end of Terminal 1, RDU's oldest passenger building and current home to Southwest Airlines, after it finishes constructing the new Terminal 2 in early 2011.

RDU shut that part of Terminal 1 in 1989 and reopened it after air travel picked up in the mid-1990s. This time it probably will close for good, airport director John Brantley said last week.

Southwest is scheduled to move from the northern part of Terminal 1, built in the 1950s, into the main section of Terminal 1, which dates from the late 1970s.

US Airways and Continental Airlines will vacate that space in 2011 to join other major airlines that left Terminal 1 when the first half of Terminal 2 opened last year.

After 2011, Southwest will be the only major carrier still flying out of Terminal 1, sharing space there with two smaller discount airlines, AirTran and JetBlue.

Brantley said he doesn't know yet how much time or money will be needed to consolidate space in Terminal 1. The changes will leave Terminal 1 with one baggage claim room, instead of two.

Even after the recession ends and business picks up at the airport, RDU will have enough room to grow without reopening the old section of Terminal 1.

"Once it closes this time, I would seriously doubt that it ever reopens," Brantley said.