Mayor Tom Perciak cut the ceremonial ribbon at Saturday, officially opening Strongsville's newest retail store.
Perciak, flanked by city officials and by Parviz Boodjeh, founder of the Discount Drug Mart chain, said the company first tried to open a store here 30 years ago.
"Thank you for waiting all this time," Perciak said.
The new 27,960-square-foot drug store anchors a renovated Royalville Plaza. Drug Mart and expanded the front section with a drive-through pharmacy.
The store includes frozen foods and an in-store deli.
Perciak said the company took over a plaza that was "old and tired" and renovated it into something modern and useful.
"This is really a great thing for our community," he said.
