The Richfield Hub redevelopment is adding a Hispanic grocer

• Under new plans, neither of those things is happening.

Driving the news: Landlord Brixmor Property Group told the city's planning commission in late August that local chain Loma Bonita has signed a 10-year lease for the 52,400-square-foot former Rainbow store.

• It will be about five times the size of Loma Bonita's existing stores in Savage, St. Paul, Crystal and Hilltop.
• The store will have a meat department, bakery and a "restaurant element." Brixmor project director Lauren Robinson told the commission that it will be "unlike anything else" Loma Bonita has done.
• She told the city's planning commission that a remodel will cost $4.2 million.

Context: Richfield is nearly 19% Latino — one of the state's largest populations — according to U.S. Census data.

What to watch: Robinson said the project needs approval for parking lot changes from the nearby Popeyes. After that, construction would last three to six months.