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4 new Wal-Marts built by B.R. Fries. (Retail Scene).


B.R. Fries & Associates reports that it has completed on schedule the construction of Wal-Mart stores in East Setauket and Islandia, Long Island. The stores had their grand openings Jan. 22.

The multi-million dollar projects, the first the Manhattan-based contractor has done for Wal-Mart, included construction of the freestanding stores and adjacent parking areas.

The East Setauket store, on Nesconset Highway (Route 347), occupies 132,000 SF. Fries is also constructing a 630-stall parking lot and is clearing and landscaping the 11-1/2 acre site

The 128,000-SF Islandia Wal-Mart, on Veterans Memorial Highway Veterans Memorial Highway is the name chosen for the following roads: Canada
, is in the existing Islandia Center. The Wal-Mart replaces two stores that had been attached to the shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into  but were demolished. Fries also prepared a parking area with 570 stalls.

Barry Fries Barry Francis Fry (born April 7 1945 in Bedford, England) is an English football manager. A former Manchester United apprentice as a winger, his playing career involved brief spells with Bolton, Luton and Leyton Orient), before he retired prematurely due to injury. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of B.R. Fries & Associates, said both fast-tracked jobs remained on schedule despite the winter storms of the past several weeks. Fries recently completed other retail construction projects on Long Island, including renovations of Pathmark stores in Baldwin, Islip and Jericho. The firm recently began construction of a Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.

Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box
 in Shirley.
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Title Annotation:B.R. Fries & Associates completed on schedule construction of Wal-Mart stores
Publication:Real Estate Weekly
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Geographic Code:1U2NY
Date:Feb 19, 2003
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