Kansas City, Kansas, is a step closer to filling the vacant Merc Co+op grocery store that closed at the end of 2025.
Wyandotte County’s Economic Development and Finance Committee on Monday unanimously approved a letter of intent submitted by Anthony Estrada of Santa Fe LLC to operate a new grocery store in the Merc’s place. They also fast-tracked that letter to go before the Unified Government Board of Commissioners on Thursday.
And as negotiations continue, Estrada, who has worked in and around grocery store management and consulting in the Kansas City metro for decades, has a key objective for his project in KCK. “Our main goal is to restore food access to downtown Kansas City, Kansas,” he told the committee Monday…