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(Courtesy of Wal-Mart)

The former Star Market building on Bailey Cove Road in Huntsville will soon be home to a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market.

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg confirmed the retail giant plans to build a 40,000-square-foot store on 9020 Bailey Cove Road S.E. It will be the first development to rise at the property since Star Market closed there in October 2014.

Star Market operated a store on 9020 Bailey Cove Road S.E. until October 2014. (File)

The store, which will be near Publix, will employ approximately 95 residents.

"We are excited to bring our Neighborhood Market store to the area and provide our customers there with a broad assortment of fresh food at a low price," she told AL.com.

Henneberg said there is no timeline for opening, but construction typically takes 6-9 months once permits are obtained. Anniston-based McWhorter and Co., which has built multiple Neighborhood Markets across the state, is listed as the contractor on LDI Line's online plan room.

Neighborhood Markets are about one-third the size of a traditional Supercenter and include groceries, health, beauty and pet products, cleaning supplies and a full-service pharmacy with a drive-thru. The Bailey Cove location is one of multiple Neighborhood Markets to open across north Alabama since 2013.

Although the grocery store shuttered in October, Star Market's pharmacy continued to operate at the site until this spring when the company moved to 7900 Bailey Cove Road. A license department satellite location at the former Star Market store has closed without reopening at a new location.

Star Market also shut down its Madison store on 7950 U.S. 72 West last year. After the Madison store closed, the company moved the on-site pharmacy to a new location on 8020 U.S. 72 West.

An eviction lawsuit between Star Market and property owners, John W. Hays and James R. Hays, was settled late last year. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.