From Deseret News archives:
Wal-Mart seeks Parleys Way site zoning
It wants to tear down Kmart for supercenter
Wal-Mart purchased 10 acres at 2705 E. Parleys Way, the current site of a Kmart, in 2003. When Kmart's lease expires in October, Wal-Mart hopes to knock the old building down and build a 113,620-square-foot supercenter. The Kmart is 113,227 square feet.
The existing structure is "tired," said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Karianne Fallow. The new store, Salt Lake City's second supercenter albeit a smallish iteration of the form would offer general merchandise and groceries. Outside, there would be significantly more in the way of landscaping and greenery, Fallow said, and a leveled parking area.
"This is going to be a Wal-Mart," Fallow stated. "Our goal was to make a pretty significant reinvestment into the community and really build a store that the community could be proud of."
However, Fallow said, that decision is largely in the hands of city officials charged with approving the retailer's zoning and demolition applications.
That's unless the retailer is granted a zone change, which Wal-Mart says it will try to get. The applications will be submitted within the next few months to Salt Lake City's Planning Division, Fallow said, which likely would be followed by meetings with the City Council.
The city likely will hear plenty of feedback from concerned community members. Fallow said Wal-Mart already is talking with various community councils about their concerns, which have ranged from residents wanting Wal-Mart to go far, far away and never come back to the height of its proposed parking area light poles.
"We realize that it (the new store) will probably become a popular topic of conversation," Fallow said. "And we understand that the retail industry in general has not been great at being transparent and open. We wanted to change that, to engage in these discussions early and be as transparent as we can be."
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