WORD ON THE STREET: WESTGATE SHOPPING CENTER TO BE DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT WITH PUBLIX AND CVS AS ANCHOR STORES

Staff have indicated that theWestgate Shopping Center will be demolished in February, 2014 and completely rebuilt by football season, 2014. Publix will be expanded to match their standard size and lay out (maybe with some twists). CVS is said to to be moving to a free-standing building to be built on the site of the present Checkers presently located on the southeast corner of University Avenue and 34th Street.