Years of uncertainty over the fate of the Gold Dome may soon end as plans advance to the city this week for conversion of the landmark into a new location of Natural Grocers.

The Gold Dome has survived previous owners' attempts to tear it down for a drugstore and later, a gas station. The building survived another owner who did some repairs but in the end lost the building in a bank foreclosure. Yet another chapter involved a company eventually hit with allegations of fraud using the building to generate publicity.

Jonathan Russell, who redeveloped a nearby rundown shopping center into The Rise at NW 23 and Walker Avenue, committed himself to changing the storyline when he bought the Gold Dome last May.

“Almost immediately I had two options for a grocery,” Russell said. “My group felt Natural Grocers was the deal they wanted to pursue.”