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Neighborhood Investment Coming
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New Seasons
plans to build
store on
abandoned block
N ew Seasons M arket a n ­
nounced last week plans to con­
vert a long-vacant lot into their
13th store, which will be located
in Portland’s Eliot neighborhood
in 2013.
The 30,000 square-foot gro­
cery store will occupy the north
portion of the now-vacant site,
formerly home to Wonder Bread
bakery.
The nearly three-acre site is
surrounded by North Freemont
S tre et, V an co u v er A venue,
Cook Street and Williams Av­
enue, all within the city’s Inter­
state Corridor Urban Renewal
A rea.
“New S easons’ proposed
new store is great news,” said
Mayor Sam Adams.
“It will bring fresh local food
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photo by M indy C ooper /T he P ortland O bserver
New Seasons Market has plans to build a new store on the abandoned block where the Wonder Bread bakery once
stood at North Williams Avenue between Fremont and Cook Streets.
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