Salina, NY. Wal-Mart Drops Plans to Build

Wal-Mart ends plans to build Salina supercenter [WSYR-TV (N.Y.)]

Wal-Mart announced Friday that it has withdrawn plans to build a 204,000 square foot Supercenter in Salina.

Philip H. Serghini, Senior Manager of Wal-Mart Public Affairs said in a statement, “The decision is related to our continued plans to moderate growth of U.S. Supercenters.  After re-evaluating the anticipated budget, a determination was made not to move forward with this project.”

Wal-Mart first announced plans to build the Supercenter in Salina (just north of the village of Liverpool) in November 2002.

The proposed location was 37 acres of land on Route 57 between the Thruway and the Liverpool Bypass.

Flying “J” had tried to build a truck stop but was defeated by both the Salina Planning Board and community opposition.

Wal-Mart was proposing building the store at that same location.

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Monday, April 28, 2008