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Inver Grove Target is on Target for July Opening
Construction work continues at the store site, just north of the Highway 55-South Robert Trail interchange.
The opening of Target along South Robert Trail in Inver Grove Heights remains on target for July.
Recent media reports and a Target Corporation press release confirm the 135,000 square-foot store will open its doors this summer.
“Target is proud to expand its presence in the state where it originated,” said Bryan Everett, Target’s senior vice president of stores in the Midwest region, in a company press release. “We take pride in being a good neighbor in the Twin Cities community and developing long-lasting relationships with guests and the Inver Grove Heights community.”
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Passersby of the Target site—just north of the Highway 55-South Robert Trail interchange—have seen the store slowly take shape in recent months. For instance, the walls and roof of the massive building appear to be nearly finished. And last week, construction workers were seen tending to the future entrance of the store.
Already installed are the brick monument signs that are commonplace at recently constructed Target stores.
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The recent construction is a giant step forward for Target, considering the project was halted because of deteriorating economic conditions at the start of the Great Recession, according the Southwest Review and the Pioneer Press.
Inver Grove Heights city officials anticipate the completion of Target will spur economic develop in the Argenta Hills area, the mixed-use development which the big-box store anchors. A strip mall is planned for the area adjacent to Target, and the Argenta Hills housing development also is a neighbor.
The Inver Grove Heights store—which will feature general merchandise, as well as a selection of groceries, produce, meat and prepackaged baked goods—will employ roughly 200 people.
Job fairs will be conducted this spring to fill the open employee spots, according to the Target press release. People interested in employment also can apply online or at another Target store soon.
The closest Target to Inver Grove Heights now is the West St. Paul SuperTarget, 1750 Robert St. S., which is about six miles north of .
The Inver Grove Heights store is one of 20 stores Target Corporation plans to open this year, according to the Target press release.
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