L Star Communities Breaks Ground on New Publix Near Savannah

POOLER, GA. — L Star Communities, master developer of the 2,588-acre Savannah Quarters development in Pooler, has broken ground on a new Publix store. The 46,000-square-foot supermarket will be situated on a 9.3-acre site in the southwest quadrant of Savannah Quarters at the corner of Blue Moon Crossing and Pooler Parkway, about 10 miles outside of downtown Savannah. The Publix will anchor a shopping center that features additional inline shop space and an outparcel bank, according to the site plan. Publix expects to open the new store by the end of November. The Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer has 1,138 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina and had more than $32 billion in sales in 2015.