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VAIL, CO-A 6,000-sf grocery and convenience center, Crossroads Market, will open in Vail Village in June. It is the first stage of the $400-million redevelopment, to be known as the Solaris. Clark's Market, the small existing store, will close on April 15. The new Crossroads Market will temporarily replace it until the entire shopping center is razed in 2007. Clark's Market is the only grocery and convenience market in Vail Village. Previously, the space had housed a Village Market store and an Alfalfa's.

"The creation of new and exciting projects in the area has caused some inconvenience for Vail citizens and visitors," says developer Robert McNichols of Phoenix-based Daedalus Real Estate Advisors. "We're making every effort to minimize that disruption of services and believe it is imperative to maintain a grocery store in the area." McNichols is the owner and developer of Crossroads Market and the One Willow Bridge project now under construction. One Willow Bridge is a luxury condo project where units are priced from $3.6 million.

The Solaris multi-use project will include a new concept, "Marketplace, too!"--another Daedalus development, offering the grocery and convenience store services to be included in the Crossroads Market. The overall food component, owned by Daedauls, is called Marketplace on Meadow Drive.