Southeast Regional News Update: March 16, 2007

ALABAMA SITE FIGHT: WAL-MART PLANS STORE
Wal-Mart plans small store on Cottage Hill [Mobile (Ala.) Register]
Wal-Mart paid more than $2.5 million for 10 acres at the southeast corner of Dawes and Cottage Hill roads, according to attorney B.J. Lyon . The land was sold by the Lyon family and other investors. Wal-Mart plans to start construction this spring on a smaller supercenter, about 123,000 square feet rather than the customary 200,000, according to Jerry O’Brien of O’Brien & Associates, who worked for the discount chain.

GEORGIA SITE FIGHT: WAL-MART COMING?
Southside Wal-Mart takes step forward [Savannah (Ga.) Morning News]
The Savannah City Council on Thursday allowed Wal-Mart to pave its own way to a new Supercenter on the southside. The retail giant received unanimous approval to move a portion of Fulton Road to get more room for a new store that will replace a long-abandoned Wal-Mart store on Abercorn Street across from the Savannah Mall.

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Friday, March 16, 2007

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