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Article: Grocery store planned for downtown space
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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Plans are in the works to fulfill a need for the residents of
downtown Roanoke, a neighborhood that's sprouting at a fast rate.
Four business partners purchased a 37,000-square-foot building at
16 W. Church Ave. last month, with plans to open a grocery store,
pharmacy, health-focused food court and a fitness center.
As of now, these plans exist only on paper. No businesses have
signed on as operators.
The purchase and subsequent plans come on the heels of the
summertime openings of two new apartment dwellings in the city's
downtown, the 108-unit Cotton Mill Lofts and the 25-unit Lawson
Building East. As of March, there were more than 375 apartments and
condominiums throughout ...