Lakeville's New Walmart Set to Open Oct. 17; But Not With a Chipotle

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After a year of controversy and fanfare, Walmart is set to open its first Lakeville location on Oct. 17.

Brenton Balvin, who spearheaded Walmart's hiring process in Lakeville said that all the employees are set to go for the opening of the new, 150,000 square foot building located at the corner of Interstate 35 and County Road 70 along Keokuk Avenue.

The store will not, however, have a Chipotle Restaurant inside, despite Twitter rumors to the contrary. City officials confired that a Subway will be located inside the store, but not a Chipotle.

Late last week, this post on Twitter was retweeted more than 100 times: 

@laura_buermann: GREAT NEWS EVERYBODY: The Walmart in Lakeville is going to have a CHIPOTLE #thankyou #finally

Regardless of the food available inside, the store opens despite a bit of controversy during its planning construction. The store's announcement generated harsh words from residents who have criticized the company's pay rates, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"wal-mart-coming-to-lakeville"} -->, among other things, and last fall the store's construction came under fire from a