BOARDMAN Meijer Stores Ltd. has purchased a piece of vacant, derelict land here, presumably for the gasoline station it wanted but wasn’t allowed to have near where the Michigan-based retailer is building a new store.
The $415,000 transaction for the 0.91-acre parcel at 965 Boardman Canfield Road closed Tuesday, according to documents filed with the Mahoning County Auditor’s office.
It’s where a gasoline station formerly stood and is less than 1 mile east from where Meijer is building a 159,000-square-foot supercenter near the intersection of Tippecanoe Road. The building is nearing completion and should open soon.
Meijer purchased the land at a sheriff’s sale. It’s already zoned general business, which permits gasoline stations, said Krista Beniston, Boardman zoning director. It still, however, must go through the normal review process and meet zoning standards, including stormwater, landscaping, lighting and buffering.