A 52,000-square-foot Harris Teeter supermarket will anchor St. Andrews Shopping Center as part of a $16 million redevelopment of the property that will include new buildings, access to the West Ashley Greenway for pedestrians and cyclists and 700 trees.

“We believe we can have the center open by the 50th anniversary of the center, in about 18 months,” said Paul Puma, vice president of the Southeast region of Kimco Realty Corp., which purchased the center not long after it opened in 1959.

Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. said the area around St. Andrews Center consists of long-established neighborhoods that are now historic.

“The redevelopment of St. Andrews Center will create new gathering places for these neighborhoods and give new life to this area,” Riley said.

Plans for the redevelopment are in keeping with the city planning department’s recommendations for the area, including the Avondale Commercial Area and the Ashley River Bridge District Plan.

Kimco and architectural firm MCG of Cleveland plans to demolish approximately 74,000 square feet of old retail space, including the recently vacated GDC Furnishings building that was formerly a Kerrison’s department store. The developer will build about 95,000 square feet of new retail, including two buildings along Savannah Highway that will include a Starbucks coffee shop. In all, the redevelopment will add about 21,000 square feet to the 186,000-square-foot center.

The Coburg Dairy cow that stands atop a rotating advertisement on a corner of the shopping center property will remain as a familiar landmark.

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