Martin’s might be heading to Azalea Mall site
Could this be the time that talk leads to action?
Richmond BizSense.com gives us news this morning of plans to build a Martin’s at the site of the old Azalea Mall. You can view the three pages of plans online (PDF).
Real estate company Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently published drawings depicting the potential grocery store as the anchor of a town center with 301,000 square feet of retail and 200 residential units. The development is dubbed Azalea Square.
The drawings show an 84,000-square-foot Martin’s at the northwest corner of the dormant property.
Atlanta-based Dewberry Capital owns the Azalea Mall site, which covers 39 acres in Henrico County and about nine more near the Richmond city line. The company bought the property in 1998 and had the mall razed in 1999.
Chris Brand, a spokesman for Martin’s parent company Ahold, confirmed the grocery brand’s interest in the Azalea site.
The Martin’s would be located in Henrico county as you can tell by comparing the map above and the less impressive one that I put together below.
This is not the first time we’ve discussed the future of the site:
- What to do with Azalea Mall – 11/18/10
- Michael Paul Williams tackles Azalea Mall – 3/26/11
photo by: Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
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Has anyone researched or suggested putting the ballpark there?!? Seems like plenty of dead space that would greatly be improved.
Given that half the suburbanites in the area won’t go to the Diamond because they think it’s a dangerous neighborhood, I can’t imagine they’d go to Brook & Azalea.
I suppose this means that Martin’s is at least looking at the possibility of closing their current location less than a mile away from this proposed site.
I certainly don’t want a failed ballpark in my neighborhood.
How about a Gold’s gym and Panera!!
That place has been an eyesore for tooooo long! Please, someone do something even if its for aesthetics purposes.