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Neighbors of the Jenifer Street Market have been wringing their hands over its fate after its landlord, Schoep’s Ice Cream, filed for receivership. But one of the popular market’s owners said he’s making an offer on the property.

“Yeah, why not, right?” said Steve McKenzie, who co-owns the store with a woman he wouldn’t identify.

About two weeks ago, Schoep’s entered into the receivership process, an alternative to bankruptcy that entails the sale of the company’s assets, after it lost two of its biggest customers. One of those assets is the Jenifer Street Market, which leases the 10,000-square-foot store adjacent to the ice cream maker in the Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

The announcement set off a swell of concern from neighbors of the 40-year-old grocery store, with one poster on the area neighborhood Facebook page suggesting that everyone in the neighborhood pony up $100 each so the store can stay put.

McKenzie, one of the store’s founders, said he’s not looking for charity, and he’s ready to make a bid on the 10,000-square-foot building, which is assessed at $454,000.