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Kroger Marketplace has Aug. 22 groundbreaking ceremony

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Kroger Marketplace Land Clearing

The Kroger Co. will have an Aug. 22 groundbreaking ceremony for a new Kroger Marketplace shopping center on 25 acres at Oak Ridge Turnpike and Illinois Avenue.

The Kroger Co. announced Monday that it will have a Thursday morning groundbreaking ceremony for its new Marketplace store in Oak Ridge.

Demolition and land clearing work is already under way at the 25-acre site northeast of the intersection of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Illinois Avenue, and a Kroger spokesman has said building construction at the shopping center could start in October.

The groundbreaking on Thursday, Aug. 22, will be at 10 a.m. [Read more…]

Blasting on hold at Kroger Marketplace construction site

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Kroger Marketplace Site Work

Blasting at the Kroger Marketplace construction site in central Oak Ridge is on hold for now. A Kroger spokesman has said there is some rock on the 25-acre site, but blasting will be the company’s last option.

The contractors for the Kroger Marketplace shopping center have notified Oak Ridge officials that blasting at the 25-acre site may not be required for now.

“The City of Oak Ridge will notify affected businesses and citizens when, and if, blasting is required,” a Friday morning press release said.

Oak Ridge had previously announced that a blast survey was performed, and no “collateral damage had been predicted,” the release said. [Read more…]