The world’s largest retailer has signed a lease application with the city of Kenai to build a 235,000-square-foot super center on a parcel of land wrapping around behind Kenai Chrysler from the “dust bowl” ball field on the Kenai Spur Highway to Marathon Road, according to Kenai’s interim city manager, Chuck Kopp.
Wal-Mart has a 20-year lease with 14 five-year options to extend, or first-option to buy the 37.28-acre lot. The proposal goes through the public process for approval by the Kenai Planning and Zoning Department and the Kenai City Council. Kopp said depending on permitting and work schedules, construction should start within the next two years.
The proposed Wal-Mart super center would include general merchandise, groceries, a garden center, a six-bay tire and lube express shop and a gas station. The super center in Kenai would be the retail giant’s first combination grocery and general merchandise store in Alaska
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