ALDI to break ground in Dover later in September
DOVER – The city is ready to welcome a few new commercial entities, including a new grocery store.
ALDI is planning to break ground on a new supermarket on Ohio Avenue in less than two weeks on Sept. 21 ahead of a 2027 opening.
Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the process to bring the 20,000-square-foot store to the corner of Wooster and Ohio avenues has gone smoothly. He says some area residents objected to a previous proposal to put an ALDI a little further north on Wooster Avenue. Gunnoe says that hasn’t happened at the new location.
There is room on the property for other businesses, and Gunnoe expects an announcement about that in the not-to-distant future.
Meanwhile, East of Chicago Pizza is working on a new downtown location on North Wooster Avenue. The Dover City School District bought the old East of Chicago building near Dover Middle School and tore it down in the name of potential future school expansion.
Also, the Tribute Bistro restaurant will have a grand opening on September 18th. That will be in the former Factory Street Pub on North Tuscarawas Avenue. The city awarded the owners a $4,100 bed tax grant for upgrades to the building that dates back to least 1900, according to county tax records.
