PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — Kroger could transform a vacant strip mall in Portage into a grocery store.
The store would be located along S. Westnedge Avenue south of Milham Avenue.
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Pete Dame, chief development officer for the city of Portage, told News 8 that the strip mall is currently vacant. After Big Lots and Joann closed their doors, Kroger approached the city and asked “whether it would be feasible to put a grocery store of theirs into the entire strip mall,” Dame said.
“(The property) is zoned for that, so it is intended for large, big-box retail,” Dame told News 8 Monday in a phone interview. “They approached us about the concept and doing their due diligence prior to starting the purchase of the properties.”…