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Dean& Deluca has added a pricey new item to its upscale menu: its lease.
The gourmet grocer wants to, sublease its building in Leawood - a move that could trigger the San Francisco-based company's exit from a market it entered barely three years ago.
John Richards, Dean & Deluca's CEO, said he expects the store's fate to be decided within a" few months.
The Town Center Plaza outlet opened in December 1997 at 119th Street and Roe Boulevard, Dean & Deluca's only Kansas City are a location.
A real estate executive familiar with the property said Dean & Deluca wants to concentrate on top-tier markets such...