South Bend to hold meeting Thursday to discuss controversial grocery store in downtown high-rise

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The City of South Bend's Redevelopment Commission will discuss a controversial grocery store established in a downtown high-rise during its meeting on Thursday.

The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. on the fourth floor of the County-City Building.

The public can attend the meeting in person or online.  

A second extension for the grocery store was sought by Matthews in May 2022 and granted to December 31, 2022.

Currently, no health department permit or any other permit to operate the store exist, according to city officials.