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Council hears Kroger plan for Brookwood Marketplace and seven-bay fuel center
Summary
City planning staff and Kroger representatives presented a combined preliminary and final plan for a 23,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace, a seven-bay fuel center, and associated variances for an 11.5-acre Brookwood Avenue development; planning commission recommended approval.
Hamilton City Council members heard a presentation on a proposed Kroger Marketplace and adjacent fuel center at 182 Brookwood Avenue that planning staff and the applicant said would sit on just over 11.5 acres and combine the grocery store and fuel center as a single campus.
The Kroger store is proposed to be about 23,000 square feet with a double-lane pharmacy drive-through, 485 parking spaces, two electric vehicle charging stations and 16 online pickup stalls; the fuel center would include seven pump islands serving 14 dispensing points. “It also included eight variance requests to the zoning ordinance,” said Lauren Nelson, director of planning, describing variances such as a reduced loading area and adjustments to landscaping because the fuel center and marketplace are being planned as one campus.
The planning commission reviewed the combined preliminary and final planned development and recommended approval of the plan and all eight requested variances, Nelson said. Anne McBride, representing Kroger, told council the developer anticipates a roughly $35,000,000 investment in the city and about 325 full- and part-time associates at the site. “The Kroger store itself is about a 23,000 square feet. It’s gonna have 485 parking spaces, 2 EV charging stations, 16 online spaces where you can pick up your online shopping,” McBride said.
McBride also provided landscaping figures on the project: she said the plan would add “29.7% more trees and 57.3 percent more supplemental plant material, bushes and perennials” compared with existing conditions. Nelson and McBride said the fuel center layout and the marketplace are designed to allow internal access between the parcels, which is why some landscaping and setback requirements are being adjusted through variances.
Council members did not take a final vote on the development ordinance during the meeting; Nelson and McBride said the project will return to council for further review and permitting. The project was presented during the committee-of-the-whole portion of the agenda and advanced with planning commission’s recommendation.
Why it matters: Kroger’s campus on Brookwood would add a full-service grocery store, fueling infrastructure and significant private investment on Hamilton’s west side; the variances requested relate to operational logistics and the single-campus layout.
