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Whole Foods Market reached an agreement Friday with the new owner of Willits Town Center to open a grocery store at the Basalt development, a source familiar with the deal said.
It is the third time the natural grocer has signed a lease for a store at Willits.
The two previous leases — signed with the prior owner of Willits Town Center — were nullified by the owner’s inability to construct a building. Those deals were victims of the recession.
Kansas-based Mariner breathed new life into the project with the acquisition of Willits Town Center in May. A top Mariner official said at the time the company’s goal was to re-sign Whole Foods as the anchor tenant and restart construction “soon.”
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