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Since Rogers, Ark.-based Market Foods Ltd. filed for bankruptcy two years ago and left the nearly finished grocerystore space in Jordan Creek Town Center empty, General Growth Properties Inc. has tried to get another company to stock its shelves. After several failed attempts, the company, which manages the mail and the surrounding village area, reached out to retired employee Jeff Collins for help.
Now, with 10 investors putting more than $2 million back into the project, the Market at Jordan Creek LLC will open next March. Richard Donckers. former president of Market Foods and a consultant on the project, has committed to managing the gourmet, organic and prepared-foods market for at least two years.
"We thought that from the locations we opened in the past, this was our best opportunity for this concept," Donckers said. The...