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Around 1990, [[Walker, Michigan|Walker]]-based supercenter chain [[Meijer]] began considering opening a store in Southgate, and was planning to erect the store on the site of the then-abandoned [[E.J. Korvette]] shopping center across the street. Following the Fort Drive-In Theatre's screen damage mentioned above, the city of Southgate persuaded Meijer to build a store on the site of the drive-in and AMC Southgate 4 theaters. However, this plan was initially met with heavy backlash from residents, some of whom even used profanity against City Council members.<ref>[https://freep.newspapers.com/image/100403304/ City Council asks Southgate to watch its mouth], [[Detroit Free Press]], September 19, 1991, page 21.</ref>
Despite the opposition, Meijer proceeded to purchase the Fort Drive-In Theatre and AMC Southgate 4 Theatres properties in December 1991. After the Southgate 4 building was demolished in 1993, construction of the Meijer store began.
The Meijer store, [[Meijer 123|store #123]], opened on August 30, 1994.<ref>[https://vendornet.meijer.com/Home/Section/StoreLocations-206 Meijer Store Locations], meijer.com</ref> The store was the first Meijer in Michigan to incorporate a "Food Fair" section consisting of three specialty restaurants, each serving Chinese, pizza, and hamburgers, and two expanded cafe areas, a concept that Meijer had already been offering in it's first stores in Indiana, which opened earlier in 1994.<ref>[https://freep.newspapers.com/image/97691994/ Meijer], [[Detroit Free Press]], August 14, 1994, page 2.</ref>
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