Alachua County’s Development Review Committee approved a new Aldi grocery store off Newberry Road in the Tioga area along with a gas station at the I-75 exit in Micanopy.  

At Thursday’s meeting, staff presented the Aldi development plan. The store will be in front of the Noble on Newberry apartments, constructed in 2020 and 2021, and near the new O2B Kids at the corner of Newberry Road and Parker Road (122nd Street). 

The 21,000-square-foot Aldi forms the latest expansion of the entire site and will include two other retail buildings, 1,700 square feet each, that will share the parking lot.  

In Micanopy, another project will redevelop a gas station west of I-75 at exit 374. The new gas station and convenience store will have eight pumps compared to the past station’s four.  

The review committee also approved phase four of the Lugano Traditional Neighborhood Development off SW Archer Road. The next phase will include 68 single-family units and a 1,000-square-foot café on 15.26 acres.