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Construction begins on new grocery store in Oswego · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Construction begins on new grocery store in Oswego. This article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  by Everlett. Construction has started on a new grocery store
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  on US Route thirty four and Kendall Point Drive in Oswego.
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  Whether the store under construction is a Trader Joe's grocery
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  store is still unknown. Although Trader Joe's has confirmed that
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  it plans to open a store in Oswego, it has
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  not said where the store will be located. Friends, I'm
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  thrilled to announce that Trader Joe's is coming to Oswego.
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  Ozweigo Village President Ryan Kaufman said in a social media
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  post in November. They have not announced a timeline or
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  location yet, but they are happy for us to confirm
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  they are coming to Oswego. This is a great day
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  to celebrate. Last February, village trustees unanimously approved plans for
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  a twelve five hundred square foot grocery store at the site.
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  Benderson Development Company LLC is building a grocery store along
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  with another building that will contain a restaurant tretail on
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  five acres at the southwest corner of US Route thirty
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  four and Kendall Point Drive. Benderson Development Company often works
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  with Trader Joe's. The average Trader Joe's store is between
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  ten thousand and fifteen thousand square feet in size. The
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  property is zoned for business. The grocery store will be
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  built at the northeast corner of the site. On the
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  western side of the property, the developer plans to build
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  a ten thousand square foot building that may be used
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  as a six thousand, six hundred and sixty seven square
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  foot restaurant and a three thousand, three hundred thirty three
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  square foot bank. Oswego Assistant Development Services Director Rachel Riemenschneider
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  had said in a memo to village trustee the proposed
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  uses for a grocery store, general retail, financial institution, and
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  restaurant are permitted uses in the B one district. She
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  said