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The store will be built on an 11.8-acree tract north of Shelbyville’s current 58,000-square-footy Kroger store, which has operatefd in leased spacesince 1992. It will be the fourtb Kroger Marketplace store in Kentucky and the firsty in theLouisville area, said Tim McGurk, a spokesmaj for Expanded food options, general merchandisde Kroger Marketplace stores are larger than traditional stores and offer a larger varietyt of produce, nutritional products and fresh seafood and meat, McGurkm said. They also have an eat-in bistro and a chef shop wherwe customers canorder to-go meals.
Anothert feature of the Kroger Marketplace concept is thataboutg one-third of the store is dedicated to generapl merchandise, including indoor and outdoor furniture, home decor, bed and bath accessoriezs and an expanded selection of toys, office supplies and Some locations also house a Fred Meyer Jewelers, whic is a Kroger-owned brand. It has not been decidedc whether the Shelbyville store will have the jewelry Kroger operates marketplace stores under four brand Kroger Marketplace, Smith’s Marketplace, Fry’x Marketplace and Dillons The grocery chain now has abouy 40 marketplace locations across the McGurk declined to disclose how much Kroger is investin in the Shelbyville store, but he said it will be a multimillion-dollafr project.
Kroger officials are in the final stagess of negotiatinga land-lease agreemenft for the now-vacant site. Louisville-based owns the located at the intersectio n of Boone Station Road andWilliamsburtg Road. After the lease detail are worked out, McGurk said, Kroger’s next step will be to select a general contractor through a competitivebid process. The constructiojn will take about a year to The 132 employees at the current Shelbyville Kroger site will move to the new In addition, Kroger officialw anticipate hiring another 170 workers.
Store plans call for gas station, bank McGurk said the new store is necessarg to keep pace with the volume of business inShelby “Shelbyville has been a very successfull market for Kroger,” McGurk said. Besides the additionalo features of theMarketplace concept, the new locatiomn will include a Kroger Pharmacy and Kroger Fuel Station. It also will have spacew for abank tenant, but no lease agreements have been McGurk said. Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger said he is thrilles that Shelby County was chosen for the KrogerdMarketplace concept.