By Ken Sain | The Arizonan
The City of Chandler is considering an application that would replace the abandoned Fry’s Food Store at Warner and Alma School roads with a mixed-used development of mostly housing.
ProEquity Asset Management Corp. has applied for development plan approval that would include demolishing most of the buildings on the site.
The ailing strip mall has been an eyesore that the city has long looked to redevelop.
Kroger inherited the store in 2004 when it bought out Smith’s. There was also intense competition at that corner with a Walmart next door and a Smitty’s across the street. It already had a successful Fry’s store only a mile away at Alma School and Elliot roads.
So the decision was made to shut it down.
The application is just the first step of a long process before a development can be built. The city is currently evaluating the application and has asked the developer for additional information before it is ready to move forward.
