It's been 18 months since Spartan Stores announced its proposed redevelopment of a former grocery store into a high-end unrban supermarket/deli, but company leaders say the project is still going to happen. In the meantime, area neighbors need to travel miles outside the neighborhood to shop.
According to excerpts from the story:
Spartan Stores Inc.'s plan to build an $8 million full-service grocery store in the heart of city was greatly anticipated. Now 18 months later, the neighborhood is wondering when the D&W Fresh Market will go up at Michigan Street and Fuller Avenue NE.
"There was a pretty significant announcement made well over a year ago and people got excited about it, and nothing has happened," said Rosalynn Bliss, city commissioner for the 2nd Ward, where the store would be built.
Spartan officials, who first said construction could begin as early as spring 2008, now have backed off on offering any timeline. Still, they insist the 40,000 square-foot store will be built.
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