From: Champion News
A defunct Subaru car dealership near the corner of Memorial Drive and Hairston Road is the proposed site of a new Walmart in DeKalb County.
With a 2013 projected opening, plans call for the 148,000-square-foot store to have a grocery department, pharmacy and garden center. The store will not contain a gas station or tire/lube center.
“We are constantly looking for new ways to service the customer,” said Glenn Wilkins, a senior manager of public affairs and governmental relations for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The store, which would be the second Walmart on Memorial Drive, would create approximately 300 jobs, mostly fulltime, and “help revitalize the community by bringing additional retail back into the community,” Wilkins said.
The Decatur Walmart, which is approximately 29,000 square feet larger than the proposed store, opened in March 2008 at the site of the old Avondale Mall.
“I believe we’re serving a different market,” Wilkins said of the 5-mile distance between the two stores. “It’s an opportunity to serve that customer in that market.
full story at championnewspaper.com
h/t Decatur Metro
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