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otherFebruary 22, 2013

Menard's a major retailer opened shop in 2013, after completing construction of its store at Siemers Drive and Bloomfield Road. The $8 million project -- which included a 162,340-square-foot retail store, garden center and lumber warehouse -- was Cape Girardeau's first large retail development since 2006, when both Sears Grand and Kohls opened off Siemers Drive. It was Cape Girardeau's first large retail development since 2006, when both Sears Grand and Kohl's opened off Siemers Drive...

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Steel is going up on the lumber warehouse at the Menards home improvement center Monday, March 5, 2012 at the southwest corner of Siemers Drive and Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Steel is going up on the lumber warehouse at the Menards home improvement center Monday, March 5, 2012 at the southwest corner of Siemers Drive and Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Menard's a major retailer opened shop in 2013, after completing construction of its store at Siemers Drive and Bloomfield Road. The $8 million project -- which included a 162,340-square-foot retail store, garden center and lumber warehouse -- was Cape Girardeau's first large retail development since 2006, when both Sears Grand and Kohls opened off Siemers Drive.

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__July 25, 2011__ -- It was announced that construction would begin in mid-August on a Menards home improvement center. Menards closed on a 16-acre site at the southwest corner of Siemers Drive and Bloomfield Road from a Drury subsidiary in June.

__May 15, 2012__ -- The Menards Mega Store opened for business, bringing about 160 jobs to the area.

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