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Driskill's to Remain in Hopkins, Receive a Makeover

Despite worries that the store could leave, Driskill's just signed a five-year lease for its existing space.

will be staying in Hopkins at its current location, owner Scott Driskill told Patch on Tuesday.

The store just signed a new lease with its landlord. Its current lease runs another year, and the new lease will last five years after that.

“All plans were to stay,” Driskill said.

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Driskill had previously said the store has a harder time competing in today’s market because of its location and size. He had to notify the landlord whether he planned to move by July 1. That possibility wanting to maintain a downtown grocery store because of its effects on the rest of central Hopkins.

“A grocery store is not viewed as any old business in the downtown,” Kersten Elverum, the city’s director of economic development and planning, said at a January meeting to discuss a report on the store. “It really is an anchor. It brings thousands of visitors in a week, and that has a ripple effect.”

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With Driskill’s decision to stay, shoppers can look forward to a new look for the store. Plans call for remodeling its interior and putting in new fixtures.

“Total update,” Driskill promised.

 

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