Hilltop Grocery Rumor Follow Up (29. June 2006, 16:32 by Derek Young) ~ Discount Food
Several months ago we talked about Grocery Outlet going into the Rite-Aid building on MLK. It appears that we were close… The New Takhoman has printed that, according to Tacoma City Councilman Tom Stenger, Save-A-Lot Grocery will be the new tenant. “Stenger said he was elated with Save-A Lots’ decision to locate on the Hill.” Not as thrilling as a new high end adult store, but a relevant development nonetheless.
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So with condos going in on MLK, martini bars, and housing prices heading towards the upper $200k will a discount grocer fit in? Maybe it will now but what about 5 years from now?
1 | Posted by Jake | Jun 29, 04:51 PM
Having Rite Aid close was a very sad event for Hilltop. How demoralizing.
Nice to see something move in.
The hillside above and around UWT is pretty wild. It’s a battle between blight and renovation. I think something happened a couple years ago and developers got together and decided to just ignore the problems in the area and rebuild the entire hillside.
Hopefully, some of this influx of money coming in can benefit Hilltop for those that can pay their increased property taxes.
Another factor for Hilltop is the influx of developement interest around the hospitals.
It doesn’t get much press but the amount of action by the hospitials is pretty impressive and they are starting to rebuilt some of the previously crime ridden neighborhoods in Tacoma.
“Upper Tacoma”? I like the term Hilltop better.
2 | Posted by Erik | Jun 29, 05:20 PM
The City held up releasing the RFP for Browne’s Star redevelopment for this?!
I think the Hilltop is being underestimated in what it can support…
3 | Posted by morgan | Jun 29, 08:05 PM
The developers didn’t just decide to begin development from out of nowhere. Credit groups like Hilltop Action Coalition, New Tacoma Neighborhood Council, Central Neighborhood Council and Tacoma Crime and Safety Group with changing the conditions that existed and allowed the development to begin. Ordinary citizens who were fed up and worked together to make a difference.
Save-A-Lot. Hummm, it will fit in nicely with Tempest and Monsoon Room.
If it is in Upper Tacoma, and the City Manager said a few weeks back that he wants the area from MLK to the Foss, Dome to Stadium to be part of Downtown, then does that mean now have a grocery store downtown? Hurray!
Ooops my bad, upper theater district now has a grocery sotre.
4 | Posted by Marty | Jun 29, 08:23 PM
Save-A-Lot Grocery?
Hey, it is a start.
As the place gets going, they can always change what they have to offer. Who knows, maybe it will be like an urban Trader Joes.
Better than an empty building and it does in fact sell groceries although Safeway already does that there.
“then does that mean now have a grocery store downtown?”
A technical yes but a practical no.
By the way, I just looked at their specials.
Their statement for this month is: We carry quality meat
I much prefer “Hilltop” over “Upper Tacoma”. When I moved to Hilltop, one of the things that worried me was a closed down Rite-Aid. How does a Rite-Aid go out of business? Down in New Orleans they would have Rite-Aids across the street from each other with a Wal-Greens and a K&B on the other two corners.
7 | Posted by ben | Jun 29, 09:24 PM
Hilltop shouldn’t take the Rite-Aid store closing personally as a poor reflection on the neighborhood – although pilferage didn’t help matters.
No, after many years of financial trouble, the Rite-Aid corporation is still in murky water. There’s one for sale at 70th & Pacific if you happen to have $6.4M…
True, maybe it’s better than a Wal-Mart, but should we rejoice about a Sav-a-lot? I’m not so sure. Especially if they are successful in putting the Safeway up the street out of business. Then we’ve simply replaced one vacant block with another…
8 | Posted by morgan | Jun 30, 11:57 AM
The large vacant lot on 38th and Pacific was supposed to be a Rite-Aid but didn’t happen when the company hit the financial snag.
9 | Posted by Jake | Jul 5, 09:51 PM
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