Tuesday, October 16, 2012
fter a year of controversy and fanfare, Walmart is set to open its first Lakeville location tomorrow.
Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our newsletter After a year of controversy and fanfare, Walmart is set to open its first Lakeville location tomorrow—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 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, among other things, and last fall the store's construction came under fire from a local union that claimed Walmart was exploiting …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Despite Twitter rumors to the contrary, Lakeville's new Walmart store will not have a Chipotle Restaurant when it opens Oct. 17.
Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our newsletter 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 …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The store, located at Cedar Avenue and Country Road 46, has been vacant for more than five years.
The building once home to Kowalski's grocery store in Lakeville has actually been vacant five times longer than it was ever home to a thriving business. When Kowalski's closed more than five years ago, it had only been open 15 months. But the Lakeville Crossing anchor site, featuring 32,000 square-feet of retail space, finally has a tenant. The owners of the building, Paster Enterprises, says Family Leisure, a home recreation retailer, will be moving into the space, located at the corner of County Road 46 and Cedar Avenue, this spring. Calls to Family Leisure weren't immediately returned. Trouble as a grocery store Kowalski's entered the Lakeville grocery market in August of 2005, but was quickly elbowed out by two Cub Foods locations, a …
Janell
7:17 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
So True Lakeville retail sucks!! more ›