Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 3

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by ajiuO

Wow! I am extremely disappointed with the choice of location. Smith's Market Place, Whole Foods, and Sunflower Market are all within 3 blocks of that location. As if another grocery store is needed in the area.

There are a lot of residence on the west end of town. Gateway condos and apartments, everything around pioneer park, everything in the 600 west area that exist and is under construction, new apartments on north temple, the marmalade district which has not had a grocery store since Safeway left Utah.

So what's the deal? Why do we need 4 grocery stores within a 3 block radius while the west end of the city continues to get shat on??? I was hoping trader Joe's would do something in the gateway / rio grand pioneer park area.

I guess we can hope that smiths or fresh market will put something in the area... Not likely though :-(   

Sorry for the rant but it's pretty much bulls*** that there are so many grocery stores so close while a huge part of town is neglected.

I agree. Having Trader Joe's on the west side of downtown would have been a boon to that area. If they could have only had the vision.