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VAIL, CO-A 6,000-sf grocery and convenience center, Crossroads Market, will open in Vail Village in June. It is the first stage of the $400-million redevelopment, to be known as the Solaris. Clark's Market, the small existing store, will close on April 15. The new Crossroads Market will temporarily replace it until the entire shopping center is razed in 2007. Clark's Market is the only grocery and convenience market in Vail Village. Previously, the space had housed a Village Market store and an Alfalfa's.

"The creation of new and exciting projects in the area has caused some inconvenience for Vail citizens and visitors," says developer Robert McNichols of Phoenix-based Daedalus Real Estate Advisors. "We're making every effort to minimize that disruption of services and believe it is imperative to maintain a grocery store in the area." McNichols is the owner and developer of Crossroads Market and the One Willow Bridge project now under construction. One Willow Bridge is a luxury condo project where units are priced from $3.6 million.

The Solaris multi-use project will include a new concept, "Marketplace, too!"--another Daedalus development, offering the grocery and convenience store services to be included in the Crossroads Market. The overall food component, owned by Daedauls, is called Marketplace on Meadow Drive.

Crossroads Market will offer fresh grocery items, dry goods and sundries merchandise. In addition, the Market also will provide a variety of other merchandise from local vendors such as baked goods, fresh flowers, books and periodicals, cards and gift items. An upgraded deli & café area will feature soups, salads, sandwiches and an array of prepared foods. It also will include a coffee bar and café seating.

Peter Knobel, the owner and developer of Solaris, likes the idea of an interim grocery store "I believe this is a great solution to help bridge the community through our redevelopment phases," Knobel says. Knobel recently received approval to redevelop the site into a $400-million development with an almost 100-foot tall building. Plans call for luxury condos, 55,000-sf of retail and restaurant space, and a three-screen movie screen. Construction is scheduled to start this month.

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UPDATE: Crossroads Markets To Serve as Interim Grocer Until Solaris Construction

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