
Plans for the grocery store include a drive-thru pharmacy, parking spots for its grocery pickup program, a promenade on the west side of the building, pedestrian corridors through the site and a garden-themed outdoor plaza on the south side.

The College Avenue entrance to the property has been closed but the property and businesses can still be accessed from Drake Road or through the adjacent parking lot north of the site. In Loveland: Waterpark resort resurfaces with plans for Rocky Mountain Grand Resort That means it could still be some time before the buildings come down and clear the way for a new store similar to the North College Avenue King Soopers. As of Monday, King Soopers had not applied for a demolition permit from the city, according to a building department representative. The shops that included the former Larkburger will remain, as will the Jiffy Lube at the corner of Drake Road and South College Avenue. But first, the old Kmart and former Loaf 'N Jug and Radio Shack buildings must be razed.

King Soopers, owned by Kroger, has been working on plans for the site since 2016 - when Kmart closed - and won city approval for a new 123,000-square-foot store and seven-pump fuel center in January 2021.

College Ave., a hopeful sign that construction on Fort Collins' new King Soopers might finally begin. Construction fencing now rings the perimeter of the former Kmart plaza at 2535 S.
