A grocery store chain hopes to begin construction in June on a super center grocery store at the site of the old National store, 915 W. Main St., providing the City Council approves their plan, a spokeswoman for the company says.

Marie Casey, Schnuck Markets Inc. spokeswoman, said the company would like to build a 61,000-square-foot grocery store including a video store, a photo service department, a prescription pharmacy, a coffee bar and a fresh seafood department if it meets the council’s approval.

The entire perimeter of the large store will be perishable items consisting of a produce, a meat, a deli, a dairy and a floral department, she said.

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Tom Redmond, Carbondale Development Services director, said Schnucks has not yet filed plans with the city for the project.

If they file in the next few days, it will be on the Planning Commission’s agenda by March, he said. It will come before the City Council by late March.

Casey said if the city approves the plans, the store would hire 250 people, 100 of which would be full-time workers. She said the store will open early in 1997 if construction starts as planned.

More information on the exact structure of the Carbondale store will be available during a public hearing with the Planning Commission, possibly in March, Casey said.