For those of you in Rancho del Lago who have been waiting for a grocery store to be built, it looks like it is finally going to happen!
Construction is slated to begin next month on Mercado del Lago, a 16.5-acre retail center at the intersection of Colossal Cave Road and Mary Ann Cleveland Way.
Mercado del Lago will include a 55,000-square-foot Safeway as well as space for a variety of shops, restaurants and offices. The Safeway store is expected to open in August 2009.

Currently the closest shopping options for those in Rancho del Lago are located in Rita Ranch, and for those residents from Corona de Tucson the new Safeway will be a much welcomed relief.
In addition to Safeway, a McDonald's and Chase Bank are also expected to open in 2009. The other retail space will include restaurants -- perhaps an Italian eatery! -- and possibly a dentist's office as well as a hair salon and an ice cream shop.
When Mercado del Lago is completed there will be 16 to 20 tenants in addition to Safeway.

Hundreds of residents recently celebrated the opening of the new Tangerine Farms road linking the Gladden Farms housing development with Interstate 10.
On June 25 the nearly 4-mile stretch of brand new road was opened to much fanfare and anticipation of community residents. The new road is four lanes with a center median and sidewalks on both sides and will make commuting much easier for Marana residents, linking both the Gladden Farms and Rancho Marana communities to the freeway.

It will also serve as a major thoroughfare to the planned Fry's Marketplace on the corner of Lon Adams and Tangerine Farms road as well as the Shops at Tangerine, a 281 acre megaplex of retail, dining, entertainment and auto mall.
Signal lights have not been installed yet but are planned for the very near future (I've already seen two minor fender benders since the road opened so I hoped they hurry!). They are also planning to redo the freeway ramps which should make everyone happy; currently the off-ramp is only one lane so it tends to take a while during rush hour.

[Pictures courtesy of The Explorer]
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