It must be said this is a setback for those who were hoping that this would be become a proper district centered around the gay community.
I know Ed Shadid has been stumping for this but the whole stretch is still pretty ratty and industrial looking.
Trading a grocery store for a Goodwill won't help, nor will the closing of Coits.
maybe an Aldi could take over the remaining space?
Goodwill will not do anything meaningful with the property. The former Buchanan's at 89th and Penn is an empty parking lot on most days. Half the building is a junkpile inside with litter all over the place. The other half is a thrift store that is lucky if it does Dollar General traffic volume. The parking lot will do great as for sale by owner drop off lot.
Why the problem with the Goodwill thrift store? I guess you either love or hate these kinds of stores. The thing about Goodwill is this is their way of raising money to pay the handicapped workers in industrial work that they bid on right along with other companies. The training and jobs they offer at these manufacturing facilities are wonderful! They couldn't do that without the thrift store revenue.
i disagree that Goodwill won't do anything with the property. The newer stores that have opened are relatively attractive as thrift stores go. For example, the new one in the west end of the shopping center @ NW 23rd & Meridian
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It's been 2 years so I assume this project isn't going to happen. Does anyone know specifics?
Wow, that would be totally cool. Hope it happens.
The Bright Farms website says a farm is "coming soon" to 1-585 NE 70th in OKC, but that address makes no sense. It's the site of a drilling company.
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Does anyone know what is going on at the old homeland on 39th and penn? There have been trucks there doing some work and taking things out. I stopped by the other day and looked in and the whole store is now an empty shell. I looked at the permits and it seemed like they were approving a remodel to split it into two spaces. One 10k sq ft and the other 22k sq ft.
Thank goodness. Homeland got away far too long with providing sub par service at that location. Hopefully something better fills it up soon.
Signs are posted on the doors that they will close by the end of the month.
Have a feeling we're going to see more contraction of Homeland stores in the coming months. I've yet to visit a Homeland that was even close to price-competitive, and most (well, many) of them are in former Safeway or Albertson's locations that had already failed....
The trick with Homeland is the very favorable coupon doubling policy that ends up bringing their prices lower than competitors if you use it correctly. Of course not everyone is going to bother with that.
Regardless of that, them closing the Main Street location is probably good. It'll allow them to focus on the other stores in Norman but also allow that eye sore to be torn down and the space developed.
The main places I look at online correspond with the the ones in the Sunday paper.
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I don't use a coupon matching website. I just look at the ads to see what's on sale and to see if I have a coupon I can use.
I use to just match my own, then I got too busy (or lazy lol) and just rely on the matching sites. At some point I need to get my binder going again, yes I'm one of those, because I know I'm missing out on a ton right now. I still manage to hit 70% savings at Homeland when I go though. It's always enjoyable to go out with an overflowing cart and know you only spent maybe $50.
The real sweet spot is when the coupons are doubled on a sale item and that item is on the 10 cents off a gallon of gas at the Homeland gas pump. As far as being competitive on price I find many of the items I purchase cheaper at Homeland than Crest, and a heck of a lot more convenient.
I really wish some other company that actually cares would buy up Homeland. Such an outcome would likely be to good to be true in OKC though. I don't want to see them close and be replaced by Goodwill stores, leaving few choices other than Wal-Mart for grocery shopping.
The Homeland on 12th and Alameda is closest to my house so I end up there a lot. I think they are spending some money at that location, they just installed new freezer section with LED lights that come on as you approach. My guess is that they are planning to invest there and let the one nearest Target and Crest go away.
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