UNT set on buying Sack & Save site
“The University of North Texas will work in the coming weeks to buy the Sack & Save grocery store at 1500 N. Interstate 35E to make way for a community services complex, officials said Thursday.
The Board of Regents voted to acquire the property after an executive session on Thursday. If a deal is not reached with the building owner, the university was given authority by the board to use eminent domain to acquire the building. The space would then be repurposed to house university departments and offices displaced by ongoing highway construction, as well as construction projects on campus such as the new student union.
The board authorized UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson, or his designee, to move forward with the acquisition immediately. Jackson said he has been in talks with the property owner for a few weeks and hopes this will begin the formal negotiation process.
“We do have a pressing need for facilities during the highway reconstruction process and into the long term right at the mouth of our campus and the face of our campus,” Jackson said. “I think it will happen pretty quickly now, and it will come to a closure either through our discussion, or through the state law-provided eminent domain process.””
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