ShopKo lot on the block

• Rochester’s ShopKo South store recently had a city Park and Ride location moved away from an out lot slated for development.

So what’s the next step for the 17,000-square-foot grass and asphalt plot?

The auction block, said Doug McHose, ShopKo’s senior vice president of operations.

“We were in conversations with a fast food retailer,” he said. “But that deal fell apart and a little bit of that was due to the Park and Ride.”

Now that obstacle is gone, the new plan is to sell it by auction in the near future.