Under Construction: Walmart Neighborhood Center takes shape in Dalton

Photo by Dave FlessnerA $4.43 million Walmart Neighborhood Market will open this fall in Bry-man's Plaza shopping center in Dalton, Ga.Photo by Dave FlessnerA $4.43 million Walmart Neighborhood Market will open this fall in Bry-man's Plaza shopping center in Dalton, Ga.
Photo by Dave FlessnerA $4.43 million Walmart Neighborhood Market will open this fall in Bry-man's Plaza shopping center in Dalton, Ga.Photo by Dave FlessnerA $4.43 million Walmart Neighborhood Market will open this fall in Bry-man's Plaza shopping center in Dalton, Ga.

' Project: Walmart Neighborhood Market grocery store.

' Location: 98 W. Walnut Ave. in Bry-Man's Plaza shopping center.

' Size: 42,000 square feet.

' Building investment: $4.43 million.

' Developer: Polestar Development, a subsidiary of Hutton Co.

' General contractor: Berry Construction Co. of Chattanooga.

' Focus: Walmart is building more than a half dozen Neighborhood Market stores in the Chattanooga and Dalton metro markets this year. The new grocery stores are about one fourth the size of Walmart's superstores and typically sell about 28,000 grocery items. The first unit in Fort Oglethorpe opened in January, and others are being built in Hixson, East Ridge, East Brainerd, Brainerd and Middle Valley.

' History: The Dalton site at one time housed a Winn-Dixie grocery store and has housed a variety of retail tenants since the shopping center was built in the 1960s. Before Polestar Development bought the lot last year, the site had 11 retail tenants. The new grocery store will be located next to 35 other retail and commercial storefronts in Bry-Man's Plaza, including a Dollar General and Office Depot.

' Schedule: The Dalton Walmart Neighborhood Market is scheduled to open this fall.

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