New restaurant, retail space coming to Owosso

OWOSSO (WJRT) - (04/10/15) Some Owosso eyesores will be demolished soon to make way for a new restaurant and retail center.

Owosso business leaders say the construction project is more proof that the city's economy is picking up steam.

On the east side of Owosso, at M-21 at Gould Street, sits a former dry cleaner and three run-down houses. Those will be demolished soon.

Commercial development continues to work its way from the outskirts of town toward downtown Owosso.

"Qdoba's going to be the anchor tenet there and then they're going to have a couple of other retail spaces as well," said Jeff Deason, of the Shiawassee Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The Eastside Cleaners will be demolished, as will three houses to the west.

"We also had the Habitat for Humanity folks go in and take out everything that could be used again," Deason said.

Slowly, some of the less attractive buildings in Owosso are being replaced.

"I think that people are starting to see that coming into your town, making sure that the homes and businesses as you enter the town look good, are neat and well kept," Deason said.

The past year has seen the Owosso area economy come roaring back. Unemployment is way down.

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New restaurant, retail space coming to Owosso