33rd and Boulevard

[bchris02]

Anybody know what is going in at 33rd and Boulevard? It was what looked like a grocery store that had been abandoned for quite some time and now it has been torn completely down to its steel framework.

[Antler dad]

It used to be hobby lobby (on the far east end). Dont know what is going in.

[OKCisOK4me]

I'm certain Pete talked about this in another thread recently but I can not recall what he said it was to be.

[Plutonic Panda]

I thought Pete or someone said it was going to be a Chucky Cheese. Either way, this shopping center is long over due for a remodel, hopefully the parking lot will be reconstructed in cement.

[Pete]

I never said anything about this property and have no idea what is happening here.

Edmond has a separate building permit system that is not easy to research.

[OKCisOK4me]

Well I guess I'm not certain then, lol

[Pete]

This is from a job ad:

NEW STORE OPENING IN EDMOND, OK FIRST OF 2014 and now hiring managers!

This could be for the location on Memorial Road near QS Mall and they are just calling it Edmond.

[Plutonic Panda]

I never said anything about this property and have no idea what is happening here.

Edmond has a separate building permit system that is not easy to research.

Huh, I could've sworn at one point or another you said something about a Chucky Cheese moving here. I guess I am loosing it.

[Will]

Huh, I could've sworn at one point or another you said something about a Chucky Cheese moving here. I guess I am loosing it.

It was in the Quail Springs area. I believe the old Howard Sports building.

[OklahomaNick]

This is what they were referring to. It's the old Hobby Lobby/IGA on 33rd and Boulevard. Edmond Market Place:

LoopNet - Edmond Market Place, Community Center, 178 - 198 E 33rd St, Edmond, OK

Most of the center has been vacant for 10 years or more now. The entire north facing part of the center is currently gutted. The east facing section has not been touched yet because it currently has tenants. The big box aspect of this space used to be an IGA. I remember going in there as a child when it was brand new and they had the singing vegetable show you could play by pushing a button.

Then IGA built a new store a 1/2 mile west (The current homeland) and that IGA became a Price Chopper or Price Cutter (briefly) then was made into a Homeland as it currently is.

[OKCisOK4me]

If I recall correctly, someone was saying that it was being turned into a Mardels.

[Plutonic Panda]

If I recall correctly, someone was saying that it was being turned into a Mardels.

There is one literally across the street. Are they going to move the Mardels?

[boscorama]

Isn't The Delta Cafe part of the strip in question?

[OKCisOK4me]

There is one literally across the street. Are they going to move the Mardels?

I thought we WERE talking about the SE corner of 33rd & Boulevard?

[Plutonic Panda]

I thought we WERE talking about the SE corner of 33rd & Boulevard?

Yeah, isn't where an existing Mardels is?

Edmond
3300 South Boulevard
Edmond, OK 73013
405-341-2439

Mardel | Christian Bookstore, Bibles & Teacher Supply

Maybe they are moving, but it would seem it would be a size downgrade unless the encroach(well technically not encroaching, but I like that word) on the other stores or add a second story.

[bchris02]

Yeah, isn't where an existing Mardels is?

Edmond
3300 South Boulevard
Edmond, OK 73013
405-341-2439

Mardel | Christian Bookstore, Bibles & Teacher Supply

Maybe they are moving, but it would seem it would be a size downgrade unless the encroach(well technically not encroaching, but I like that word) on the other stores or add a second story.

The existing Mardels is already one of the newer styles I believe. I don't see why they would move it across the street.

[Plutonic Panda]

The existing Mardels is already one of the newer styles I believe. I don't see why they would move it across the street.

Thought that it has been there since the late 90s? Maybe I'm wrong, but I agree, it would seem weird a store of that size moving across the street.

[bchris02]

I thought we WERE talking about the SE corner of 33rd & Boulevard?

No, the SW corner where the abandoned grocery store was.

[OKCisOK4me]

No, the SW corner where the abandoned grocery store was.

Ah. So many developed corners there, I thought we were talking about the SE corner.

[bchris02]

It would be cool if it was a Reasor's (though I am probably just dreaming). In my opinion, Reasor's needs to enter the OKC market and position their locations near the subpar Homelands in order to force them to step up their game or drive them out. That location would be great because of the Homeland a mile west of there at 33rd and Broadway. There are enough empty boxes around the metro left over from the Wal-Mart bloodbath for them to do it.

[hipsterdoofus]

It would be cool if it was a Reasor's (though I am probably just dreaming). In my opinion, Reasor's needs to enter the OKC market and position their locations near the subpar Homelands in order to force them to step up their game or drive them out. That location would be great because of the Homeland a mile west of there at 33rd and Broadway. There are enough empty boxes around the metro left over from the Wal-Mart bloodbath for them to do it.

Sounds like what QT should do to the sub-par 7-eleven, though it would appear onCue is essentially doing it (onCue is secret code for QuikTrip, right?).

[jdbells]

Has anyone got an update as to what is going in this shopping center? I've driven by and it's completely gutted now. I'm hoping they are completely updating that whole area. It's needs a facelift.

[jdcf]

I too would like to know. A couple of women who work at a business on the NE corner of the intersection said they had heard it was going to be a Neighborhood Walmart grocery store.

They also told me that the reason the center had been undeveloped for so long was that Hobby Lobby had been there under lease and would not release the site for anyone else to develop.

I don't know that either is true, the Walmart or the Hobby Lobby story.

[jbkrems]

I am sworn to secrecy about what it is going to be, but the center is still under the "control" or auspices of Hobby Lobby and the Green family. Its not going to be a Wal-Mart.

[bchris02]

I am sworn to secrecy about what it is going to be, but the center is still under the "control" or auspices of Hobby Lobby and the Green family. Its not going to be a Wal-Mart.

Interesting. Being that Mardel is across the street and Hobby Lobby is just up the street, what else could it be? Maybe another Hemispheres?