Ann Arbor Walgreens construction to start in 2010 at Jackson and Maple

that corner isn't busy enough already?!?!?

yes it is...and I will not be shopping at this store, nothing against WG. There are WAY too many other options to put myself through that aggravation. Geez!

Ah, Walmart making a claim to the westside, a foothold for a superstore in the area. I'll bet they are already looking into acquiring property around the former John Lee Oldsmobile dealershp on Washtenaw. They would fit nicely on that platt of land bordered by Washtenaw, Huron Parkway and Platt road.

Wow, that's great! There are no pharmacies around there. Sure, there's Rite-Aid (less than 1000 feet away), Village Pharmacy II, Kroger, K-Mart and CVS, but other than those five stores, all within half a mile, there's absolutely NOTHING around there!

if no one's notices, where you find a walgreen's (or cvs) there's a cvs (or walgreen's) w/in sight

Will it be a 24-hour Walgreens?

Rite Aid needs a remodel. The layout is odd -- it's hard to browse in there with the tall, diagonal aisles.

The economy is in the tank. Businesses are closing right and left. But new drug stores are popping up everywhere.

Does this seem scary to anyone else?

I know what you mean, redeye, but face it, we are one nation under the influence of pills. Take this pill to fix this problem, but it causes another problem, so now you take the first pill plus a second pill, twice a day, oh, look, another problem, lets add another pill to the mix! Sadly that's the path my father is heading down and I'm sure there's many older Americans like him who are facing similar situations. I almost never take any medicine for that very reason. Drug stores are becoming the new Starbucks.

I live in the U.P. where we just got our first Walgreens and thought, "Eh, it does nothing for me." But I was wrong. There is one good thing about Walgreens where I live... Jilbert's whole milk is only $1.90/gallon! The next cheapest place is Wal-Mart's cheap-o brand at $3. Wal-Mart also sells Jilbert's whole milk... for $3.80/gallon (talk about price gouging!).

The Jackson/Maple intersection is going to be a zoo when this place opens. I wouldn't want to live in the neighborhood behind either. I bet there will be a lot of traffic through that neighborhood as people try to dodge the light at Jackson/Maple.

Is there any connection between the proliferation of drug stores and the proliferation of brew pubs in Ann Arbor ?

FYI, here's a story from early this year on Walgreens' layoffs. It mentions how the company's expansion plans are slowing in the coming years. This store started in planning in 2007 (with the alley issue), back when retailers (esp drugstores) were feverishly pursuing "hard corners" in Ann Arbor...
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jan/09/business/chi-fri-walgreen-jan09

Oh my.. this intersection is a mess as it is! I cannot imagine why Walgreens would think that this location would be ideal? Like someone else already mentioned, there is Rite Aid across the street, Kroger, Village Pharmacy II, CVS, K-mart and Plum Market.

treetowncartel...the article says Walgreen's not Wal-Mart. I thought these were totally different businesses.

when I see the word corner, I envision the corner of Jackson and Stadium/Maple....the proposed site is actually on Jackson Road in the first block east of the intersection. Why not put the actual location rather than the less than informative description printed?

Here's a Google map link in case it helps with placing the location. I thought that describing it at the intersection would help most readers with placing it. The building also will be in the center of the property, with access all around, Matt Kowalski reminded me this morning.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2355+jackson+48103&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.410045,62.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2355+Jackson+Ave,+Ann+Arbor,+Washtenaw,+Michigan+48103&z=16

If the property in question is the closed restaurants, that is not the "corner of Maple and Jackson - there is an auto repair store on the corner - the site in question is southeast of the intersection of Jackson and Maple.

I'm happy to change the second paragraph to read "near" the corner as part of the drill-down to the precise location.

"if no one's notices, where you find a walgreen's (or cvs) there's a cvs (or walgreen's) w/in sight"

Not in Saline. There is a Dairy Queen across from CVS, though.

What are the 5 buildings besides Schlotzky's and KFC?

@ john in saline, just give it time..."if one is built, the other will come" oh, wait, not exact quote, but close enough.

we have a cvs in south end of ypsilanti township. directly across the street is zoned and approved for a walgreen's. it's been approved for a year or so now.

@djm, they are seperate, but they operate in a similar fashion. I was just making a comment about big greedy corporations wanting a piece of the action in Ann Arbor. I am sure Walmart has considered an Ann Arbor store, and there legal staff would blow away any city attorney that tried to prevent them through planniing xcommissions etc.

Note that Walgreens is currently under a corporate compliance agreement with the federal government(Health and Human Services) for altering prescriptions of medicaid benficiaries to increase profit. The fine they paid was $35 million, probably a lot less than they stole from the taxpayers of this country.

That pattern of being close to your competion is every where from, car dealerships to fast food. One could say that the consumer benefits from the proximity since the options are so close together.

AWESOME, and excellent. Although, hopefully not to replace Rite-Aid, but rather, to supplement it, and add to our efforts, to keep people healthy. I've always been hoping they would do something with that property.

It will be nice to see something viable go into that location. Schlotszky's went out of business almost 10 years ago, and the building has been vacant ever since. I don't really think that enough people are coming in and going out of Walgreens at any given time to have much impact on traffic in the area.

Good luck with this cursed location!

There is no possible good reason for another drug store in that area. First, the banks and chinese restaurants came in swarms. Certainly there are other commercial ventures better needed. What is the planning commission thinking??? There will be FIVE Pharmacies on one 'corner' (KMart, Plum, Village, CVS, and now Walmart). Stupid planning.

These drug stores are going up EVERYWHERE these days. It's basically the only type of retail business that IS expanding. There's yet another CVS going up at Zeeb and Jackson road, right down the road. I can't help but think the trend driving this is the projected mass use of prescription drugs by aging baby boomers. There's nothing else they sell that's not sold in many other stores. I've noticed these drug store chains popping up all over in Florida too - no surprise there I guess. Paula: I'd be interested in hearing more background on the business trends nationwide behind this expansion of drug stores.

to everyone complaining about another drug store (jobs, tax revenue, etc...) what would you rather see there? We should be thankful that one of the few retailers with the werewithal to open new stores has chosen to do so in a very difficult enviroment.