{"id":354470,"date":"2010-02-23T15:51:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T20:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/wheaton-may-get-downtown-grocery-store-at-hubble-school-site"},"modified":"2010-02-23T15:51:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T20:51:42","slug":"wheaton-may-get-downtown-grocery-store-%e2%80%a6-at-hubble-school-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/354470","title":{"rendered":"Wheaton may get downtown grocery store \u2026 at Hubble School site?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wheaton’s best chance for a downtown grocery store might be the former Hubble Middle School site – not the shuttered Jewel Food Store nearby.<\/p>\n

Members of a steering committee working with real estate consultants to determine the best use for the old Hubble property are reviewing four options for the 22-acre parcel at Main Street and Roosevelt Road.<\/p>\n

One calls for a mixed-use development with specialty grocery store – despite the fact a former Jewel building is for sale immediately to the north along Willow Avenue.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t surprise Councilman John Prendiville, who says it’s “highly unlikely” the boarded up structure will be a grocery store again.<\/p>\n

For starters, Jewel-Osco wants potential buyers to pay $4 million for the 19,500-square-foot building. Officials say they doubt the grocers who have expressed interest could even afford the asking price.<\/p>\n

Even if they could, Prendiville said: “It is extremely unlikely that Jewel would sell to competitor. And Jewel has expressed no interest at all in redeveloping that property as a grocery store.”<\/p>\n

Prendiville said that’s why the city is looking for other downtown locations, like the Hubble site, where a replacement grocer could locate.<\/p>\n

“We’re listening to the requests of the community,” he said, adding that residents want a downtown grocery store.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read the original article on DailyHerald.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n

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