My daughter told me today that her boyfriend and his family have heard that the Publix store is now off. Plans have been put on hold or cancelled for the location on Cox Creek Parkway at Hough road. It was supposed to be connected to a riff between the Andersons and Publix but they didn't know what it was over. I also saw in the paper today where WalMart is planning to put one of their dedicated food markets in the area behind the bowling lanes.
If true, and it possibly is because there is no activity going on at the site or at least no brick/block walls being erected so could be something has poisoned the deal. In the same article, in the Times Daily, that revealed plans for a new WalMart SuperCenter on Cloverdale Road and the dedicated WalMart Food store on Florence Blvd it said that Publix was seeking a location in Muscle Shoals. Makes me wonder if they are giving up on a Florence location for now or maybe they are going back to their first plans for Darby and Cox Creek Parkway vicinity. Either way if the rumor is right and true it means a great delay to the opening of a new Publix for Florence.