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An Ace Hardware store is proposed for a piece of land sold near Recker and Williams Field roads June 30.
The 2.05 acres of land at 4099 E. Williams Field Road was sold for $800,000 from Evergreen Development Co. to entity tracing to Rodney Blanco, Brenna Blanco-Roberts and James Roberts, organized as VBR Holdings LLC, according to commercial real estate website vizzda.com.
The land is zoned for general commercial.
The plan calls for a 12,500-square-foot retail building, plus 1,600-square-foot garden center. The lot would have 83 parking spaces.
Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent more than 35 years in journalism in Arizona and joined Independent Newsmedia in July 2022 to launch the Gilbert edition. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication from 2005-19 and remains editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.