Development/Redevelopment

Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Beltsville, Md.-based solar energy services provider SunEdison have teamed up to launch rooftop solar systems at five Walmart Puerto Rico locations over the next five years.

Price Chopper Supermarkets/Golub Corp. has promoted Joe Brousseau to the position of director of construction. Brousseau reports directly to VP of engineering and construction Bill Sweet.

Natural and organic foods retailer Sprouts Farmers Market plans to open its first-ever mall location July 31 at The Village at Orange in Orange, Calif., its ninth California location and 27th overall. New locations in Huntington Beach and San Diego are scheduled to open in 2010.

Publix Supermarkets Inc. has purchased 119 acres of industrial land in the Orlando, Fla., area, for $13.5 million, with the intention of building a massive new warehouse and distribution center, according to a published report.

Last week Philadelphia was the site of the first leg of the National Conversation on Urban and Metropolitan America as officials from the Obama administration met to hear about local efforts to provide fresh, quality food in low-income communities.

Walmart Canada said yesterday it would open two Walmart Supercenters (or Supercentres, as they’re known in Canada) in Saskatchewan in early 2010. These will be the province’s first Walmart stores to employ the format, as well as the company’s first venture into the fresh grocery business in Saskatchewan. The new stores will take the place of existing Walmarts in Saskatoon and Regina will be replaced by new Supercenters.

A ShopRite store slated to open in spring 2011 on U.S. Route 40 at School Bell Crossing in Bear, Del., will employ a LEED-certified design -- a first for a grocery store in that state, according to the Kenny Family ShopRites of Delaware, which will operate the location.

Dale C. Henley, president and CEO of Bellingham, Wash.-based independent Haggen, Inc., plans to retire from the company by June 2010 or earlier if a replacement is found beforehand.