A new pharmacy on E. Sta- dium Blvd. celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday. Ann Arbor Pharmacy is an apothecary of- fering customers service using a European and Middle Eastern approach. Manager Ziad Ghamraoui said he wanted to change the way his neighbors and other members of the Ann Arbor community received health and beauty sup- plies. After owning two pharma- cies in the area, he decided to take a different approach to his new business endeavor. “I wanted … my community to have access to high-end, organic products,” Ghamraoui said. “I didn’t want to carry the main- stream stuff, so (I) decided to opt to carry high-quality products that you can’t find at a normal pharmacy.” These products include soaps, herbal and homeopathic medi- cation, as well as high potency multivitamins. Ghamraoui said he was deliberate in the products that he chose to carry. “Everything in the store is very well-curated,” Ghamraoui said. “We went through a very selec- tive process and chose pretty much some of the best names out there that we believe the commu- nity can use and is to their best interest.” Nursing sophomore Caroline Baubonis said the pharmacy pre- sented a creative take on self care. “Opening organic pharma- cies in Ann Arbor expands the realm of medicine beyond the laboratory,” Baubonis said. Ghamraoui said he aims to change the speed and efficien- cy in which customers receive their prescriptions. “Usually it takes 15, 20, 30 minutes to get your prescrip- tions,” Ghamraoui said. “If you’ve been to the Middle East or Europe, you’re in and out in minutes. It shouldn’t take hours to fill a prescription, so we are a pharmacy that has a profession- al staff that allows people to be in and out in seconds. We pride ourselves on this.” Ghamraoui said while his staff is not comprised of physi- cians, they are knowledgeable in customer service and indi- vidualized patient care. “Our staff went to school for health care and did services on dermatology,” Ghamraoui said. “We have a background. We may not be certified as physi- cians but we know about skin care and the pharmacists are the most accessible health care professionals.” The design of the pharmacy mimics a European boutique and was created by Lisa Suave, a de- signer at Synecdoche Designs. Ghamraoui praised Suave’s work. “I told her this is what I want — this is what international phar- macies look like,” Ghamraoui said. “She did a good job on my vision.” LSA sophomore Maxine Taskin stopped into the phar- macy to take a look. She said she thought the store was a good complement to the local business community. “I think that this is a great ad- dition to both the Ann Arbor and University of Michigan com- munity,” Taskin said. “Many stu- dents have specific health or skin problems that they either have to order a variety of expensive products online to treat, or have to deal with alone and away from home. Having a resource to help not only provide high-end prod- ucts but help diagnose specific is- sues is amazing.” Ghamraoui said a lot of friends and local business owners attend- ed a grand opening party, medi- ated by the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce. “We were offering discounts and lots of people bought lots of products at the grand opening sale price,” Ghamraoui said. “It was very humbling … My mom and dad happened to be in town and beat the storm (that night), so I was happy they were there. 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