Target to build new store on 300 West in Salt Lake City

(Salt Lake Tribune) Young Electric Sign Co. had a 60-year presence on Salt Lake City's 300 West. As of next October, it will be Target's turn to take over the space and begin competing against Walmart, Lowe's and two membership wholesalers farther south.

Target is building a 128,000-square-foot, big-box store in the 1100 South block on property that served as headquarters for YESCO since 1949.

It will be what the retailer calls a "general-merchandise" store -- not a Super Target -- but "as of today, this location will have an expanded food format that includes groceries," said spokesman Kyle Thompson. But the grocery part, he emphasized, is "subject to change."

Projected opening is October 2010.

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