FOLSOM — A long-awaited milestone for residents south of Highway 50 is finally becoming reality, a grocery store. Safeway is going to become to official first major grocery store to open in Folsom Ranch.
Project developer Hunter Partners has announced that the national grocery chain will anchor the new Alder Creek Marketplace, marking the largest retail addition to date in the rapidly growing Folsom Ranch development. Construction on the retail center is expected to begin as early as next week, according to Josh Rupert, senior director of development for Cupertino-based Hunter Partners.
The 55,000-square-foot Safeway will include both a full-service grocery store and a fuel station, giving thousands of new residents in the southern portion of the city their first neighborhood supermarket. The addition marks a significant milestone for the growing community, providing a much-anticipated retail amenity for the thousands of homes that now populate the area…