Shopping options will increase in Cedar City as Smith’s Food and Drug intends to build two Smith’s Marketplace stores in town, the company announced this week.

First, the company plans to build a 123,000-square-foot store on a currently vacant lot at 1247 South Main Street, according to a news release issued on Wednesday.

“The $50 million investment will anchor an 18-acre retail development,” the release said. “Upon completion, anticipated in early 2027, the existing Smith’s Food and Drug store at 633 South Main Street in Cedar City, which opene d in 1996, will close, and all employees will have the opportunity to transfer to the new Marketplace.”

Contacted for further details, Smith’s spokesman Mike Dale said ground is expected to be broken on the new South Main location in the sprin

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