Kroger proposes new store in Royal Oak near recently approved Sheetz

Kroger proposes new store in Royal Oak near recently approved Sheetz

Kroger Co. is asking Royal Oak to approve a rezoning to allow a new store down the street from a controversial Sheetz gas station, convenience store and restaurant. The Planning Commission will consider the request at a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, in the commission chambers at City Hall, 203 S. Troy St. Kroger plans a nearly 103,000-square-foot store and gas station on the site of the shuttered Comau manufacturing facility, 2800 W. 14 Mil…

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