A grocery store, a restaurant and other commercial businesses could be built on bare land just off the Colorado Avenue exit of the Bend Parkway, between Arizona and Colorado avenues, recently filed plans show.

The Eugene-based grocery-store chain Market of Choice Inc. has entered the planning phase for a store in southwest Bend, and two more buildings could be on the way nearby.

The plans filed May 23 by a Eugene architectural firm depict a one-story, 35,700-square-foot east-facing commercial building and 114 new parking spaces about 1,000 feet west of the parkway. The store would resemble the company’s flagship in south Eugene in style and would come close in size.

But construction on a Market of Choice store in Bend could be up to three years away, judging by estimates from the company’s president and CEO, Rick Wright.

“We are beginning the land use process to obtain entitlements on the property we own,” Wright wrote in an email. “The process could take between six months and a year to accomplish and once approved allows up to 24 months to submit for building permit. Market of Choice will continue to evaluate our ability to successfully enter the Bend market and determine how that fits in with our growth plans.”

A Market of Choice store in Bend could be the family-owned company’s first outside of the Willamette Valley. Market of Choice currently operates eight locations, four of which are in Eugene. The stores carry conventional and organic food, some of which come from local sources.

TBG Architects + Planners of Eugene also submitted two options for development of the lot directly east of the planned Market of Choice, off Sisemore Street. The Willamette Valley Co. of Eugene, a manufacturing company, bought that lot last year.

Both options call for a 2,600-square-foot restaurant equipped with a drive-thru and an adjacent building with multiple tenants, such as a bank, a store and an office. The size of the adjacent building would span either 6,000 or 8,200 square feet, depending on which plan the developer chooses.

A representative from The Willamette Valley Co. did not respond to a request for comment.