Construction abuzz for new Market of Choice

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The area near the Bend Parkway between two one-way streets — NW Arizona and NW Colorado avenues — is abuzz with construction.

In this view from Arizona Avenue looking east toward the parkway, crews from Latham Excavation prepare the roughly quarter-mile stretch of land between NW Lava Road and the Bend Parkway in Bend for a new grocery store and a separate retail development.

The 2.6 acres on the west side of the property between Arizona and Colorado avenues will become home to a 35,000-square-foot Market of Choice, the 10th for the Eugene-based grocery chain. It’s expected to open in early summer 2016, said Matt Dickerhoof, of Dickerhoof Properties, Corvallis, the general contractor. He said building construction should wrap up in September.

A parking lot will separate the market from Colorado Crossing, with two smaller buildings to rise on 1.5 acres to the east.

One building, designed as a bank or credit union, will be about 3,200 square feet. The other, planned to be 8,000 square feet with a drive-thru, would be suitable for coffee shops, phone stores or small restaurants, the developers told The Bulletin in November.