Tumwater Walgreens plan has 2 phases

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The first phase involves building the Walgreens store and demolishing the 43,025-square foot Mega Foods building shown here a month before permanently shutting its doors last Novembe

TUMWATER - A new Walgreens store is coming to Tumwater, a 14,418-square-foot facility near the 

former Mega Foods building on Trosper Road, according to a land-use application.Property owners Weiks Family Partners submitted the application to the city, and it spells out a two-phase development plan for the site.

The first phase involves building the Walgreens store and demolishing the 43,025-square-foot Mega Foods building. The second phase involves construction of a 40,000-square-foot retail building on the Mega Foods building site.

“The timing of this (second) phase of the project is dependent upon market conditions and will require further environmental review,” according to the application.

The store will be the first Walgreens in Tumwater; two others are at two of Thurston County’s busiest intersections, at Cooper Point Road and Black Lake Boulevard in Olympia, and at Marvin Road and Martin Way in Lacey. The third is on Lacey Boulevard.

Mega Foods closed in November after operating in Tumwater for 35 years. Its parent company, Fuller Market Basket of Centralia, said it ended operations at the store for a number of reasons, including the slower economy, competition from other stores and the pending opening of a nearby Walmart.

Fifty mostly part-time union employees lost their jobs.

Rolf Boone: 360-754-5403 rboone@theolympian.com www.theolympian.com/bizblog

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