Menards could begin construction next month in Hollister

Eau Claire, Wis.-based home improvement retailer Menard Inc. could begin construction on a Hollister store next month at the city’s U.S. Highway 65 interchange already busy with development activity.

Announced in May, development of the Menards store on rouhgly 30 acres could begin in March, said Jonas Arjes, executive director of the Taney County Partnership, a public-private partnership that works to build the area economy.

He said Menards stores typically take 18 months to build, so the store could open by August 2016.

A request to Menads officials for information on the Hollister store - as well as the planned Springfield store at the former Hickory Hills site - was not returned by deadline.

At the intersection, Menards would join a recently opened Taco Bell, as well as Jordan Valley Community Health Center’s Hollister location. The developments are separate and not included in a single plan.

This week, La Quinta Inn & Suites announced plans to build a 94-room, four-story hotel at the interchange, which Arjes said would serve as the primary hotel for Branson Airport, located about six miles away.

Development of the hotel is expected to begin in the spring with an opening next year.

“Development breeds development, and it tends to follow infrastructure,” Arjes said in a release. “The level of activity by (John) Morris and Big Cedar Lodge, combined with Hollister’s foresight in investing for future success by developing the interchange, is paying off with new projects in southwest Taney County.”[[In-content Ad]]