Will Lakeland finally get another grocery store? And who will it be?
Lakeland Town Square developer Vince Smith has a potential buyer for a parcel at Ashmont that could be a grocery store. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The first tiny hints of what could be a new grocer coming to Lakeland were revealed last week at a Board of Commissioners meeting.
During a Thursday, Nov. 6 meeting, the BOC approved an amended outline plan for developer Vince Smith’s Ashmont mixed-use project just north of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange.
The amendment dealt with a parcel at the corner of Davies Plantation Road and Canada where Smith has a potential buyer that wants to put a fueling station that would be an ancillary use of a grocery store.
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Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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