{"id":4715,"date":"2017-04-18T13:46:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2017-04-18T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:48:08","slug":"natural-foods-grocery-store-plows-controversy-open-new-east-bay-location-katie-burke-bizjournals-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/natural-foods-grocery-store-plows-controversy-open-new-east-bay-location-katie-burke-bizjournals-com\/","title":{"rendered":"“Natural-foods grocery store plows through controversy to open new East Bay location” by Katie Burke (bizjournals.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It survived protests, a lawsuit and even replaced the original tenant, so to say Sprouts Farmer’s Market<\/a> (NASDAQ: SFM) is looking forward to the opening of its new Albany location would be an understatement.<\/p>\n

The Colorado-based natural grocery chain is set to make its debut as an anchor tenant in a new development adjacent to the Gill Tract research field, a 104-acre site owned by the University of California<\/a>, Berkeley that stretches into both Albany and Berkeley.<\/p>\n

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Sprouts is slated to open the 28,000-square-foot store at 1075 Monroe St. on April 26. The new location will follow ones currently operating in Oakland, Walnut Creek, San Rafael, Daly City and Pinole.<\/p>\n

But if you rewind by a few years, it wouldn’t be Sprouts that was planning an opening \u2014 it would have been a new Whole Foods Market<\/a> (NYSE: WFM).<\/p>\n

Since the initial development was approved by the city of Albany in 2014, the site has been a point of contention between it, the university and social movement Occupy the Farm<\/strong> \u2014 the group opposed to the construction. In addition to the proposed senior housing complex and trails, the Texas-based grocer had originally been the project’s anchor tenant, but ultimately backed out after prolonged protests and opposition.<\/p>\n

However, after a lawsuit filed on behalf of the occupy movement to halt construction failed in mid-2015, tenants had a clearer path to start construction.<\/p>\n

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It survived protests, a lawsuit and even replaced the original tenant, so to say Sprouts Farmer’s Market (NASDAQ: SFM) is looking forward to the opening of its new Albany location would be an understatement. The Colorado-based natural grocery chain is set to make its debut as an anchor tenant in… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4718,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions\/4718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}