Minority & Small Business Week
Page 34
September 26, 2012
New Seasons Plans Store on Broadway
Addition to
add about 150
jobs to local
economy
Locally owned and operated
New Seasons Market last week
announced that it will open a
neighborhood grocery store at
Northeast Broadway and 32rd
Avenue in the planned Grant
Park Village, a new mixed-use
project on the site of the former
Albina Fuel company.
The vibrant 34,500 square
foot store will serve as the
anchor retail tenant and will be
part of the project’s first phase,
which also includes apartment
units and structured parking.
“With each new store we
have an opportunity to further
build our reg io n al food
economy, create new jobs with
great healthcare benefits and
enhance our community part
nerships,” said Lisa Sedlar,
president and CEO of New
Seasons Market. “This is an
ideal site for us, as it sits at the
intersection of great neighbor
hoods, schools, parks, bike
routes and transit, and it will be
An artists’ rendering shows a New Seasons Market coming in late 2013 to North Williams Avenue on the former
Wonder Bread bakery block in the Eliot Neighborhood. In addition, the local grocery announced plans last week for
another new store in the former Albina Fuel site at Northeast Broadway and 32nd Avenue.
a perfect complement to our
C oncordia and Hawthorne
stores.”
Slated to open in the fall of
2014, this store will bring ap
proximately 150 new jobs to
the area, with New Seasons
Market recruiting from the
CHANGE IS HERE !
CHANGE IS NOW !
immediate community for lo
cal, friendly staff who know
and understand the neighbor
hood best, company officials
said.
New Seasons earlier this
year announced plans for an
other new store serving north
and northeast Portland on the
former Wonder Bread bakery
block in the Eliot neighborhood.
The Williams Avenue store is
scheduled to open in late 2013.
Both locations will be tai
lored to the community. Neigh
bors can count on aisles
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