Buckeye, Arizona confirmed a $45 million Festival Ranch Marketplace. The shopping plaza will be 114,000 square feet and will have Safeway as the anchor store. Construction is slated to begin later this year.
In New York, consumers are seeing gas stations offer discounts for Independence Day travelers. The deals aim to attract holiday shoppers. At the same time, Safeway’s growth in Marin County, California, has raised concerns among locals about rising development demands.