This is how the proposed 6,000- to 8,000-square-foot H-E-B outlet at South Flores Street and East César E. Chávez Boulevard could look.
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y Valentino Lucio
September 5, 2013
With a $1 million incentive on the table, city staffers are looking to start negotiations with H-E-B for the development of a downtown grocery store near the company's headquarters.
The locally based grocery chain's store plans topped three other proposals in the city's vetting process.
Lori Houston, director of the Center City Development Office, said she expects to start hammering out the details with H-E-B in the coming weeks.
She notified H-E-B in a letter dated Aug. 30.
Depending on how the negotiations play out, Houston said she hopes to take the recommendation to City Council for approval in October or early November.
In H-E-B's submission to the city, obtained through an open records request, the grocer proposes a store between 6,000 and 8,000 square feet with a fueling station at East César E. Chávez Boulevard and South Flores Street.
Plans are for the store to carry basic items such as produce, meats, beer and wine, deli and frozen foods, and bread.
Central Market on Broadway would supply the store, near the King William Historic District, with prepared foods.
The store's location makes the company eligible to receive other incentives, such as city and SAWS fee waivers.
In early June, when H-E-B submitted its proposal, the company said building a downtown store was contingent on it receiving the $1 million incentive.
The grocer estimates construction would cost about $3.75 million, with the store opening about 12 months after council approval. Architecture firm Lake|Flato was tapped to design the location.
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