If the Acme Planning Commission agrees at its meeting April 23, Goodwill will demolish the former Real Estate One office currently at the site and erect a 12,000-square-foot retail store and donation center – its fifth in the region.

The non-profit is looking to build a new store at the corner of M-72 just south of US-31 in Acme. It won’t, however, remain a liquor store, Gorman confirms Jack’s retail license is being sold separately. What the buyer intends to do with the space has not yet been revealed. It’s just kind of the evolution of things.” A crew of four staffs the seven-day-a-week open market. There’s just other things I want to pursue,” he explains. Sales and traffic have never been a problem for the family business, Gorman says.

The store, which is now leasing the space, will remain open “at least through the summer festivals,” he says.

Owner Lynn Fricke has sold the building, confirms son and general manager Patrick Gorman. The downtown TC liquor store, which has stood at 448 East Front Street since 1948, is closing its doors this summer. Some new developments are cropping up in and around Traverse City.

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