Sunflower Farmers Market to open in old Lafayette Albertsons location

January 20, 2010 · Posted by in Environment 

Sunflower Farmers Market will bring their crunchy-feel-good groceries to an additional location soon. The Lafayette City Council approved an incentive package to allow a Sunflower Farmers Market to open in a vacant Albertsons building.

City administrators hope this new addition will be the first of many in the partially abandoned area on South Boulder Road.

Sunflower Farmers Market Boulder

A Sunflower Farmers Market is opening in Lafayette. | Camera File Photo

 

From the Daily Camera:

Sunflower Farmers Market, a Boulder-based discount natural grocer, will open in the vacant Albertsons building sometime this year under a deal approved by city officials Tuesday night.

The Albertsons grocery store, at 555 South Boulder Road, closed in October to the dismay of residents and city officials. The closure, which company officials blamed on poor performance, added to the vacancy rate on South Boulder Road, where there’s also an empty Walmart building, a vacant Ace Hardware building and several smaller vacant spots.

At the 50,000-square-foot Albertsons site, the developer plans to remodel about 28,000 square feet for Sunflower. The remaining space would be available to other retailers.

The city has agreed to waive building permit and other construction fees, rebate remodeling use taxes and provide an $800,000 sales tax rebate over five years.

Lafayette Community Development Director Phillip Patterson said the developer expects the new market to generate at least $460,000 in sales tax revenue a year. Albertsons generated about $300,000 a year, he said — the same net amount the city expects to collect from Sunflower after the rebate. Plus, he said, the shopping center needs an anchor.

The Lafayette Sunflower Farmers Market is expected to open this year but in the meantime, find out more about how Sunflower Farmers Market operates its own farm.

–Lindsay Gulisano

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