Wal-Mart not giving up on Gresham

Wal-Mart recently paid $7.83 million for land at 182nd/Powell where it wanted to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter. Its plans to build that Supercenter were denied by the city as well as the city's hearings officer in an appeal.

Even though they've been denied twice, they're not giving up.

They are currently working on plans to develop a smaller store (112,000 sq. feet as opposed to 210,000 sq feet) for the location. They're also planning a new traffic study that will focus on driveways and the two intersections that Gresham's Senior City Planner listed as problems.

Even though it will be a smaller store, the plan would still include a grocery store and 36 departments of general merchandise.

Wal-Mart argues that a smaller store won't bring as many cars to the area. Therefore, it shouldn't be a problem for traffic in the area.

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