Walgreens is the nation's largest drugstore chain, with stores from the Atlantic to the Pacific. However, when the Chicago-based company decided to enter Northeast Ohio in 1994, they knew they would be in for a fight. Not only was the market fiercely competitive in its own right, it was also the home market of one of Walgreen's biggest competitors. To make sure they got off on the right foot, Walgreens asked Visconsi Companies, Ltd., to help open the gates of this potentially lucrative new territory.

Chosen as much for their development and management experience as for their intimate knowledge of the area, Visconsi Companies, Ltd., initially working in partnership with the Blackstone Group, assembled and acquired the sites that would allow Walgreens to make an immediate impact in Northeast Ohio. To date, Visconsi Companies has completed over seventy Walgreens projects, listed below, and many others are currently in various stages of development.

Thanks to the success of the Northeast Ohio development program, Walgreens recently asked Visconsi Companies, Ltd. to assist in Walgreen's entry into several new markets.