Hayford Crossing will have Grocery Outlet as anchor

The final corner of the busy intersection at U.S. Highway 2 and Hayford Road in Airway Heights is catching up with its neighbors.

A new retail development known as Hayford Crossing is being constructed on the southwest quadrant and will include a 17,500 square-foot Grocery Outlet store and an accompanying 9,000 square-foot Dollar Tree as anchor tenants.

It doesn't seem that long ago the land housed a hamburger joint operated by the Longhorn that served up scrumptious sandwiches and arguably the best milkshakes around. But food is not forgotten at Hayford Crossing with Jimmy John's and possibly...