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City documents show New Seasons Market is pursuing a new location in Portland's Woodstock neighborhood.

(The Oregonian)

Updated at 4:36 p.m. with comments from Putter's Bar and Grill owner and details about addresses planned for development.

is pursuing a property at Southeast 45th Avenue and Woodstock Boulevard in Portland.

First Western Development Services has applied for a permit to complete street, stormwater and other improvements at 4500 and 4512 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, the sites of the former Wood Pro Beauty Center and the Woodstock Wellness Center across from Safeway. The development company listed “Woodstock New Seasons” as the project name.

A preliminary development schedule attached to the application shows New Seasons plans to open Aug. 10, 2015. Demolition of the current building is expected in July 2014, with construction and interior improvements scheduled over the next year.

, the company that

in Portland, met with the city June 3 to discuss potential plans for the site, city records show.

The company listed three Woodstock Boulevard addresses as planned for development--4500, 4506 and 4512--on the application for the meeting. These addresses are home to the former Wood Pro Beauty Center, Putters Bar and Grill, and the Woodstock Wellness Center.

The design company proposed a single-level retail grocer at the site, with possible underground parking that would be accessible from Southeast Martins Street.

No demolition or new building permit applications have been submitted for the site. The public works permit is still under review.

Officials with New Seasons have not yet responded to a request for comment on the city documents.

Willene Goforth, a co-owner of

next-door to the beauty center, said New Seasons purchased the buildings housing Wood Pro Beauty Center, Putters and the Woodstock Wellness Center, which are situated next to one another along Woodstock Boulevard between Southeast 45th Avenue and Southeast 46th Avenue.

She was worried Putters would have to move as soon as their lease expired this month, she said, but the bar was able to renew its lease with New Seasons through May. Putters has been in that Woodstock location for 13 years, she said, and she hopes to find a new site nearby.

"Woodstock is just a neat area," she said. "We'll be there one way or another."

Green Zebra Grocery, founded by former New Seasons chief executive Lisa Sedlar, planned to open a store at Southeast 49th Avenue and Woodstock Boulevard -- four blocks from the property now being eyed by New Seasons.

Green Zebra officials recently confirmed that the company has shifted gears and is

instead.

Lisa Sedlar and New Seasons said in 2012 New Seasons had

.

We will update this story as new information becomes available.

-- Melissa Binder