From the Ground Up: Walmart Neighborhood Market

Owner/developer: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
General contractor: Crossland Construction Co. (Columbus, Kan.)
Architect: BRR Architecture Inc. (Overland Park, Kan.)
Engineers: Cochran (Union), civil; Johnston Burkholder Associates LLC (Kansas City), structural; Henderson Engineers Inc. (Lenexa, Kan.), mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 40,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $1.6 million
Lender: N/A
Estimated completion date: Oct. 17
Project description: Wal-Mart Stores spokesman Dan Morales said the store at the corner of West Mount Vernon Street and North West Bypass is one of four grocery-focused Neighborhood Market stores planned for Springfield. Two stores opened earlier this year – on West Republic Road and on South Glenstone Avenue – and the third, under way at James River Commons in south Springfield, is expected to open by Halloween. Morales said Wal-Mart has plans to hire roughly 90 people for the West Mount Vernon market, which will offer a full line of groceries – produce, frozen foods, meat and dairy products, and organic items – as well as a pharmacy and general merchandise including health and beauty products, pet supplies and paper goods.

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