La Michoacana

Liborio is another businessman who found opportunity in the Northland area's challenges. The availability or retail space created a prime opportunity for him to open another Latino grocery store were the former Sun TV store on Morse Road, a few blocks east of the former mall. His La Michoacana Fresh Market takes up 16,000 square feet, making it the largest in Alcauter's growing chain of Latino food stores. Opening 2006, the store's new location has resulted in a 25 percent increase in business, he said. "People thought when the mall closed,there'd be nothing left," Alcautar said. "But with all the new businesses that have come in it's place, more people are shopping Morse Road and more businesses are coming because they see it's potential."