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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

New Giant Eagle Part of Solar Center Redevelopment

Plans to redevelop the Solar Center include a new, free-standing Giant Eagle, a GetGo gas station and other changes.

The long-awaited redevelopment of Solon's Solar Center will include a new, free-standing Giant Eagle grocery store and a GetGo gas station. The development, which has been in limbo for years, has received new life after Echo Development agreed to purchase and development the aging shopping plaza at SOM Center and Aurora roads. The only possible catch is the time frame: Echo has until April 15 to gain city council approval, because that's when the company's purchase option expires, said Rob Frankland, Solon's planning director. Frankland, who showed site plans to city council Tuesday night, said that the Giant Eagle will be about 92,000 square feet, and be built on the southern edge of the property. A GetGo gas station will also be built …

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Solar Center Redevelopment Moving Again

Is Solar Center back on the road to redevelopment? All signs point to forward movement for the long-dormant project.

The redevelopment of Solon's Solar Center is alive again. At the request of Echo Development, Solon City Council on Monday approved a traffic study for the shopping center at SOM Center and Aurora roads and also had the project sent to its various committees, which will start vetting the project on its way to a vote in city council. Echo Development is the company now handling the project to improve the shopping center at Aurora and SOM Center roads. City officials see redevelopment of the plaza as a key feature to reviving Solon's commercial hub. "It's something residents ave been waiting on for a long time," said Mayor Susan Drucker. Just this summer, the project appeared good as dead. The partners involved in the redevelopment were …

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