However, brokers were uncertain if Wal-Mart would offergroceries at the Midtown site, as it does at its larger 220,000-sfSuperstores. For Wal-Mart, opening at the Selig Enterprisesproperty would be "a no-brainer," area brokers tell GlobeSt.com,since Selig's 17-acre project will have 280 rental apartmentunits--a ready-made customer base.

Retail brokers familiar with the submarkets also tellGlobeSt.com the Bentonville, AR-based retailer may also open a100,000-sf store in the vacant Avondale Mall in neighboring DeKalbCounty. Costco, Home Depot and Sam's Club had previously consideredleasing space at the Selig project, area brokers tell GlobeSt.com.Sam's Club is a Wal-Mart division.

Wal-Mart previously considered opening a store at the$2-billion, 138-acre Atlantic Station redevelopment nearingcompletion in Midtown but the deal with developer James F. Jacobyand his associates never got done, brokers intimate with the dealtell GlobeSt.com.