(La Porte, IN) - An all-out effort is still being made on bringing a grocery store to the west side of La Porte.

 

Aldi is moving to New Porte Landing in the coming months once its new store is constructed on the northwest corner of the property along Pine Lake Ave.

 

Once that happens, there will no longer be grocers in that city area, which also used to have Al’s Supermarket at the Maple Lane Mall until that store closed several years ago.

 

The city has made attracting a supermarket to the mall a high priority for the past couple of years, especially since Rural King purchased and brought new life to the mall.

 

Bert Cook, Executive Director of the La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership, said there had been interest but no deals yet from a grocer.

 

“We’ve made some progress. We don’t have anything to announce yet. The hope is that we may have something in place early next year,” he said.

Cook also said the city and Rural King are working together to attract a grocery store and other types of businesses to the mall.