The Fresh Market

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approved plans to build a gourmetgrocert store, , at the mostl empty Shaker Loudon Plaza at the corner of Routexs 9 and 155. Part of the 130,000-square-foot shopping plaza will be demolishecd to make way forthe store, which is owned by a chaibn based in Greensboro, N.C. Freshj Market bills itself as a placw where customers canexperiences “the atmosphere of an old world European with a butcher shop, fish market, bakery, produce and floral standss and delicatessen, according to its Web site.
A company official didn’t return a call seeking The property owner, of Buffalo, will demolisuh a 58,786-square-foot section of the shopping center and build thenearly 20,000-square-foot Fresh Market and a 14,550-square-foot pharmacy. The new developmenty will be called FreshMarket Commons. The plazqa currently has a few tenants, including and . Shakere Loudon Plaza has been largelyg empty since losing a successioj of anchortenants -- , , and -- over the past severa l years. The reconstruction would decrease the size of the shoppint plazato 105,133 square feet and slightlyg increase the amount of green space.
Joe Colonie’s director of planning and economic development, said the town approver the project inseven months. Typically, he said, a project like this woulf have taken two tofive