The centerpiece of the MarketPlace Terrell Mill mixed-use project will be under construction soon.
Kroger held a groundbreaking celebration Tuesday for its planned superstore at 1310 Powers Ferry Road.
It’s on the site of the former campus of Brumby Elementary School, and is the last component of the development to get underway.
Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, current commissioner Jerica Richardson and former commissioner Bob Ott were on hand, as were representatives of the Powers Ferry Corridor Alliance.
The Kroger store will total 90,000 square feet and will include a gas station. Completion is expected by March 2023.
Inside the store the features will include a cheese shop, expanded deli offerings, grocery pickup and self checkouts.
It will replace the Kroger store at Powers Ferry and Delk Road.
“This new store signifies Kroger’s ongoing commitment to the community and to the ongoing economic prosperity of the region,” said Felix Turner, Kroger’s manager of corporate affairs for the Atlanta division.
Kroger received $35 million tax abatements from the Development Authority of Cobb County, but a Cobb judge rejected issuing those bonds after a legal challenge from Larry Savage, an East Cobb resident who has run for Cobb commission chairman.
But in 2019, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the issuing of the bonds. Kroger had indicated it might pull out of the project if it didn’t get the tax breaks.
The 23 acres at the southwest intersection of Powers Ferry Road and Terrell Mill Road was rezoned for the mixed-use project in 2018, and regarded as a transformational redevelopment in the community.
In addition to a 289-unit apartment building, the $120 million MarketPlace Terrell Mill development includes retail and restaurant space.
Among the new business there is a Regions Bank, Lush Nail Salon and Ideal Dental. Restaurants include Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread, Wendy’s and Los Abuelos Mexican Grill.
The first building to be completed in the complex is Extra Space Storage, a self-storage facility.
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