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PHOENIX-Faced with hundreds of upset citizens, Glendale officials are reviewing details of a 200,000-sf Wal-Mart project that is currently on hold.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on October 12, 2000

PHOENIX-Another big-box retail project has been stopped in its tracks in metropolitan Phoenix.Plans for a 200,000-sf Wal-Mart supercenter in Glendale “are now in our legal department and are being reviewed,” Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs told a group of citizens this week. “Plans are no longer moving forward.”

Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix, had approved the zoning for the store more than a year ago. In July, Wal-Mart signed a lease for the parcel at the corner of 51st and Olive Avenues. But now the city has hired a local land-use attorney to conduct studies on traffic, street intersections and entrances.

The move caught Wal-Mart off guard. The company thought plans were progressing and had no idea that the city had hired an attorney to review the plans, says Amy Hill, a spokeswoman for the retail giant.

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