Construction is underway on a new Fry's grocery store north of Tucson

A new Fry’s Food & Drug store is going up in Catalina as part of a 120,000 square-foot retail plaza.

The Pederson Group has begun construction at the intersection of Oracle Road — State Highway 77 — and SaddleBrooke Boulevard, just north of the Pima/Pinal county line.

Developed in partnership with Tucson-based real estate developer Sears Financial Corporation, the center will include multi-use pads and in-line shop space.

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SaddleBrooke Marketplace will serve residents of Oro Valley/Rancho Vistoso, Catalina, Eagle Crest, SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch, Oracle, Mammoth, and San Manuel.

The store will hire 250 employees. Information on when the store will open was not immediately available.

Sears Financial Corporation purchased Eagle Crest Ranch — including the SaddleBrooke Marketplace site — in 1985. The Pederson Group, entered a joint partnership on the development of SaddleBrooke Marketplace in 2008.