Downtown Mount Clemens will soon have something it hasn’t had in quite a while as a new pizza store is expected to open this fall.

A Hungry Howie’s franchise will open at 75 N. Main Street, city officials said last week.

The former site of a Subway sandwich shop and Kawaii Bubble Tea is in the heart of downtown Mount Clemens.

Michelle Weiss, the city’s retail coordinator for the Downtown Development Authority, said despite Mount Clemens being in the middle of a $6.5 million construction project, potential business owners are still shopping around for available spaces.

“The smart ones know our revitalization project will make the downtown area more pedestrian friendly and they want to be ready for when the construction ends,” Weiss said.

It’s not clear who the franchise owner is as the

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