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Grafenwöhr PX complex to be largest in Europe

Sep-18-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By Ben Murray, Stars and Stripes

Workers at the Grafenwöhr, Germany, training area, home of Europe’s biggest Army base expansion, put spade to dirt Friday on a key element of the garrison’s building projects: a sprawling $38 million shopping center.

Set to include a large post exchange, expanded commissary, food court and auxiliary stores, the new mall will take about 1½ years to build before it is ready to service the area’s about-to-explode population.

“We’re really excited about having this thing under one roof,” said Matt Mennona, Army and Air Force Exchange Service general manager for the Grafenwöhr-Vilseck-Hohenfels area.

Currently, many of the major shopping and food centers are at Vilseck, former home of the recently departed 3rd Brigade Combat Team. The main PX there will close but some services (including an expanded furniture store) will remain as the area repopulates with a Stryker Brigade over the next several years. [...]


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