Aldi is two steps closer to coming to Dover.
Mayor Shane Gunnoe says city committees on Tuesday approved two requests by the supermarket chain as it aims to build a store on the north side of Dover on Ohio Avenue. First the planning commission approved a lot split for 1.7 acres owned by Zimmer Biomet.
Gunnoe says Aldi has a purchase agreement with Zimmer to buy that land. He says the company also is one of several interested potential buyers for two acres at the corner of Ohio and Wooster avenues that the Ohio National Guard is planning to sell soon.
Aldi previously tried to build a store a little further north on Wooster Avenue on property owned by Dover First Christian Church. However, the city’s planning commission denied the store’s request for a zoning change.
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