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Kroger today confirmed that the company is pursuing the lease for the property at the corner of Euclid Avenue and South Ashland Avenue, where Premiere Home Video currently sits, with the hopes of using the site for a potential temporary pharmacy while the new Kroger grocery store is being constructed down the street.
Kroger plans to build a new 86,000-square-foot store on the property where their current Euclid Avenue grocery sits. The old store would be completely demolished and the new facility would be built in its place over the course of a few months.
Tim McGurk, a public affairs representative for Kroger Mid South Division, said that one of the concerns the company heard from the community was that there would be a void in pharmacy services in the neighborhood while construction of the new Kroger was underway.
“We promised community leaders we would do our best to come up with a temporary pharmacy location, and that’s one of the sites that is under consideration as a temporary pharmacy during the construction, but there is no finalized deal there yet,” he said.
The property, 722 E. Euclid Ave., is currently owned by a trust based in Fort Myers, Fla., according to the Fayette County PVA’s website.
McGurk said he could not confirm when demolition of the current Kroger on Euclid Avenue would begin.