The Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op has officially alerted the city of St. Paul it intends to buy 44,600 square feet of vacant land along East Seventh Street that formerly housed the Hospital Linen facility.

The Dayton’s Bluff site, located at 740 E. Seventh St., is owned by the city’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority. It will become the home of a 15,600-square foot, full-service natural foods store.

Dominium, a developer of senior housing, has proposed residences next door, though official plans have yet to be unveiled.

Mississippi Market, which opened in St. Paul in 1979, operates a store at 1500 W. Seventh St. and another at 622 Selby Ave.

Frederick Melo can be reached at 651-228-2172. Follow him at twitter.com/FrederickMelo.