Posted: 30 Jan 2007 02:26
Oddly enough, a quick Google search:
The long vacant Zody's department store on Ming Avenue will soon become Bakersfield's fourth Home Depot in a deal expected to improve the corridor's profile.
The Atlanta-based home improvement chain has signed a lease to occupy the 100,000-square-foot building, situated on 7 1/2 acres in a shopping center on Ming Avenue between Akers and Stine roads. The company plans to renovate the building's facade and interior in time for an opening in late 2007.
The structure has been without a permanent tenant for 15 years. It housed a Zody's discount department store until 1986. Kmart then brought a Builders Square store to the site. After Builders Square's closure in 1991, Kmart continued to pay rent on the building until it filed for bankruptcy in 2002 and got out of its lease.
The long vacant Zody's department store on Ming Avenue will soon become Bakersfield's fourth Home Depot in a deal expected to improve the corridor's profile.
The Atlanta-based home improvement chain has signed a lease to occupy the 100,000-square-foot building, situated on 7 1/2 acres in a shopping center on Ming Avenue between Akers and Stine roads. The company plans to renovate the building's facade and interior in time for an opening in late 2007.
The structure has been without a permanent tenant for 15 years. It housed a Zody's discount department store until 1986. Kmart then brought a Builders Square store to the site. After Builders Square's closure in 1991, Kmart continued to pay rent on the building until it filed for bankruptcy in 2002 and got out of its lease.