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Study says Downtown grocery store needed

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Updated: 2/14 10:15 am
SAN ANTONIO -- It's the decade of Downtown. Hundreds of lofts are opening and luring people South instead of north, and the city has incentive programs to attract businesses too. But one thing is missing -- a grocery store.

It's been a complaint for years. But Wednesday, the city got definitive proof that one is needed. A study was done to see if the Downtown area could support a grocery store. The verdict -- Yes!

Now that the study shows a business can survive, more investors could open up to the idea.
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sraspusr20 - 2/14/2013 2:58 PM
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Why not! They have other thingks downtown, and a grocier store is needed. Hope they get one soon.

charlie50 - 2/14/2013 12:52 PM
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I totally agree boberebop ..HEB and Walmart have been doing this kind of business for little while now .Ill Bet Dollars to donuts (LOL) that some executive in one or more of those company's has all ready dun a study on the idea.

Boberebop - 2/14/2013 10:50 AM
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So somebody did a study and now there is "definative proof" that the downtown area needs a grocery store? LOLOLOLOL!!! San Antonio needs a lot of things. One of the things it needs to do is stop wasting tax payer money on stupid useless studies. I'm sure that any company entertaining the idea of building a grocery store downtown is aleady studying whether it makes good business sense to do so. That's the only study that counts.

JimmyCrackCorn - 2/14/2013 10:47 AM
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HEB needs to lead and build a multi-purpose facility (with multi-floor / apartments or offices above) or take Anchor on a Pantry scale store off Broadway INSIDE the downtown loop to provide some connectivity between the Pearl Brewery and Southtown...with easy access of the new light rail that is being built.

batman18 - 2/14/2013 10:41 AM
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281 and Hildebrand is not far from downtown (HEB). The is also Trader joes at Quarry. There is also an HEB on 90 past The interchange.
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