Trader Joe’s headed to South Hill

Trader Joe’s, a nationwide chain that’s created a legion of food-loving fans, announced it will open its first Spokane store next year. The Southern California company confirmed Wednesday it will lease a 12,000-square foot building on Spokane’s South Hill. The location is at the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center, at 29th and South Regal (map). The specialty grocery chain has looked at opening a Spokane store for several years. Earlier this year it began looking seriously at Spokane’s South Hill for its first local store, said Jeff Ottmar, who works for a Spokane company that represented property owner Lincoln Heights Center LLC. Keep checking back for more information about the location and details on the store, at spokesman.com and in The Spokesman-Review.