Hobby Lobby site work begins as Derby Marketplace expansion ramps up

A plan to add 100,000 square feet of retail space to the Derby Marketplace development is ramping up.

The latest expansion centers on a previously vacant space between Petco and Dillons Marketplace in that development.

Already, preliminary grading and utility work is under way for a Hobby Lobby store there. The Derby Planning Commission green-lighted that project in March, confirming earlier reports of Hobby Lobby’s interest in the Derby Marketplace Development.

The store will be 55,000 to 65,000…