(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Michael Pollack.)
By Ken Sain | San Tan Sun
Michael Pollack owns a large number of retail centers in the city, many of which bear his name.
He has some ideas on what the city needs to do with the Alma School and Warner roads intersection – specifically, the former Fry’s grocery store on the northeast corner.
“There’s only one answer,” Pollack said last week. “There’s nobody stupid enough to put a grocery store next to Walmart. That part of the center needs to come down.”
Fry’s took over that location when Kroger bought Smith’s in 2004 even though it has a successful location only a mile away at Alma School and Elliot roads.
At one time the Alma-Warner road intersection had a third supermarket, Smitty’s, across Warner from the Frys and Walmart.
“We need more shoppers, not more shops,” Pollack said.
Chandler is moving in that direction, says Micah Miranda, the city’s economic development director.
“The 101 dramatically shifted transportation in Chandler,” Miranda said, pointing out retailers want to be on major routes.
Before the Price Road Loop 101 opened in Chandler, that meant roads like Arizona Avenue or Chandler Boulevard.
