An aggressive expansion in the Pikes Peak region by supermarket giant King Soopers will mean more grocery shopping options for Fountain-area residents. King Soopers broke ground Thursday on its latest large format marketplace store, which will anchor the Mesa Ridge Marketplace in Fountain, south of Colorado Springs. The shopping center will be constructed on 21 acres southeast of Mesa Ridge Parkway and Syracuse Street.
The approximately 122,000-square-foot King Soopers marketplace will be roughly twice the size of the chain's traditional stores and will sell apparel, shoes, dinnerware, small appliances and other items to go with full lines of groceries, meat and produce. Amenities will include a Starbucks, a Murray's cheese shop, an 18-pump fuel station and a pharmacy with a drive-thru. The store is scheduled to open in summer 2025, will cost $37.
3 million and will be the 156th location for Denver-based King Soopers, which is part of the nationwide Kroger grocery chain, store officials said during a groundbreaking ceremony. "We think that it's a community that's underserved from a grocery perspective and we think that we can serve the community in a great fashion with all kinds of solutions, including an in-store pharmacy, our favorites like Starbucks and sushi and Murray's cheese," said Joe Kelley, King Soopers' president. "We're just really excited to get this store open.
" Renderings show different perspectives of a 122,000-square-foot King Soopers marketplace store to be b.