Major grocery store targets Health Hill

In response to the expected influx of residents and workers in the Michigan Street Business Corridor, one of West Michigan's largest grocery store chains proposed the construction of a new upscale two-story store. An existing store will move to a Southtown location that owners feel is better suited to fit their business model.

According to excerpts from the story:

GRAND RAPIDS —Spartan Stores plans to invest $8 million to replace the Duthler’s Family Foods store at Michigan Street and Fuller Avenue NE with D&W Fresh Market to serve the growing Medical Mile area.

Spartan will tear down the circa 1950 building — the city’s first Meijer Inc. store — and replace it with a 40,000, two-story store that will feature D&W Fresh Market’s upscale goods and employ 200 full- and part-time workers, Spartan spokeswoman Jeanne Norcross said. The Duthler store will move into Spartan’s Family Fare location at Madison Avenue and Hall Street SE. Duthler has been a wholesale customer of Spartan products.

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