MOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama -- Crestline Village might not have to be without its favorite pig for much longer.

Robert Jolly, president of Retail Specialists, was on hand tonight at the Mountain Brook City Council meeting to present preliminary plans to build a new Piggly Wiggly in the space of the existing CVS/Pharmacy.

The plan--Jolly reminded the Council and gathered audience--is contingent upon the finalization of the CVS/Pharmacy move.

Should everything go according to plan, the new pig, he said, would be designed like a "boutique grocery store" with an estimated 18,000-square-foot retail space. The former Crestline Village Piggly Wiggly that closed in November, by comparison, had approximately 11,400-square-feet of retail space.



The new store would align itself to offer the "quality" offered at the River Run Piggly Wiggly, said Jolly, and follow its basic blueprint. It would be designed with an "urban plan" in mind.

Plans to bring the store back to Crestline can be attributed to the combined efforts of Retail Specialists, the Virciglio family, and Naseem Ajlouny and family who are partners in the River Run store.

Jolly said all those involved are "100 percent committed to be part of this community."

"The day CVS is out," said Jolly, "we hope to begin our work."

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