$20M Kroger Marketplace coming to Fairborn

Kroger plans to build a $20 million Marketplace on East Dayton Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn, adjacent to its existing store that developers will look to fill with another tenant.

The new store is expected to open in August 2016, Fairborn officials said today.

The new Kroger Marketplace will be nearly 135,000 square feet and will feature a clothing department, The Little Clinic, drive-through pharmacy, a Starbucks, and possibly a jewelry department and in-store bank.

The existing store, at 1161 E. Dayton Yellow Springs Road, is just shy of 67,000 square feet and opened in June 1999. Currently, Kroger employs 200 people at the store.

Between 100 and 150 new jobs will be created due to the company’s expansion, city officials said.

The Kroger Marketplace will be built where a retail center attached to Kroger currently exists. The city approved earlier this year Oberer’s request to tear that down and build a standalone retail center southwest of the existing Kroger.