Friday, July 09, 1999
Shopping center to shorten a food trip
BY MARIE McCAIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
WOODLAWN — Continuing the wave of growth that has recently inundated this suburban village 15 miles northwest of Cincinnati, officials broke ground Thursday on a retail shopping center.
The $9 million project, called Glenwood Crossing, will be anchored by a long-awaited Kroger store and include a number of retail stores.
Officials expect the project to be completed by this time next year. They are looking forward to not only the economic contributions, but to the convenience for residents.
“The community is really pleased with this,” Village Manager Carole Cornelison said Thursday. “It'll benefit not just Woodlawn but the surrounding communities as well.”
It is expected to draw residents of Woodlawn, Springdale, Glendale, Lincoln Heights and Wyoming.
If Woodlawn, Lincoln Heights and Glendale residents want to shop now in a chain grocery store, they have to travel to Forest Park, Finneytown, Sharonville and into Butler County.
Located along the west side of Springfield Pike, just south of Glendale Milford Road, the new development will cover at least 63,000 square feet and is being developed by Duke Realty Investments.
Steve Jagers, Kroger public affairs director for the Cincinnati-Dayton area, said Thursday the Kroger will contain some of the regular amenities other Kroger stores have, such as banking and pharmacy facilities, but it also will have a drive-up window so customers don't have to leave their vehicles to get their medications.
He said with the addition of this store, Kroger will have about 97 locations in the Greater Cincinnati-Dayton area.
Village officials already are anticipating the potential upsurge in traffic and have begun conducting traffic studies. They also have talked with neighboring communities and are planning to implement more traffic controls such as deceleration lanes and an added traffic light.
“This will add a lot of variety for residents,” Glendale Village Administrator Walter Cordes said.
“This is a very positive thing and ... the traffic controls will help to manage the increase.”
In May, Neyer Properties broke ground on a 45,000-square-foot center along Springfield Pike that will house a manufacturing company.
It is the first business in what will eventually become the Woodlawn Commerce Park.
Construction began earlier this year on a 354-unit luxury apartment complex just north of the new shopping center site. It's being developed by an Indianapolis firm.
Officials predict the new Kroger store will bring about 350 new jobs to the area.
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