Hamid Bakhtiari is the newest owner of the former Save-A-Lot building at Pawnee and George Washington Boulevard in south Wichita. He thought Save-A-Lot would be there for at least five more years when he first signed the deal. “We thought, you know, it’s a national company. It’s got to be a good tenant,” said Bakhtiari. In December 2020, the store decided to abruptly close. In an area that’s already part of Wichita’s 44-plus square miles of food desert, Bakhtiari knew it was important to try to get another grocery store in its place.
Source: KAKE – News
