Plans for former grocery store to become mixed-retail site formalize City presents plans showing Ace Hardware may be interested For generations, the Kroger Grocery on Crawford Street served Denison as a major anchor for downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods. While the building's time as a grocery store has passed, the building may see redevelopment soon. Representatives with the Denison Development Alliance confirmed that the former grocery store has been sold to a new developer who plans to transform it into a mixture of retail uses. Kroger announced that the grocery would close, marking the company's departure from Denison, in 2019 following nearly 60 years of business in the city. Since then, work to find a new owner and new use has quietly been taking place in the background, DDA President Tony Kaai said.