Charlotte Supermarkets

[KJHburg]

48 minutes ago, mad_park said:

What about the hole in the ground at Park & Gleneagles? 

that would make a great location for Wegmans too and Ballantyne has a site in their rezoning along Community House Road too. 

I have seen the following proposed for Dee Dee Harris's hole there:   Saks 5th Ave, Ritz Carlton, Publix etc none of which has come to fruition.  

http://www.harrisland.com/quail-hollow-village.html

[Madison Parkitect]

51 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

that would make a great location for Wegmans too and Ballantyne has a site in their rezoning along Community House Road too. 

I have seen the following proposed for Dee Dee Harris's hole there:   Saks 5th Ave, Ritz Carlton, Publix etc none of which has come to fruition.  

http://www.harrisland.com/quail-hollow-village.html

She's going to just let it sit there until it's the last natural green space left in the city, in about 200 years, and the she'll put a walkway through it and charge admission.

[InSouthPark]

1 hour ago, mad_park said:

What about the hole in the ground at Park & Gleneagles? 

It's not north of Fairview but would certainly fill a need for clientele in that area.  I live within a few miles of there and those Teeters (Olde Town and Quail Corners) pretty much suck and there is no competition.   I still see them going into Ballantyne first to see how they do in the market. 

[slipperypete]

1 hour ago, Madison Parkitect said:

She's going to just let it sit there until it's the last natural green space left in the city, in about 200 years, and the she'll put a walkway through it and charge admission.

She should team up with Danny Levine with a hop-on-hop-off bus tour of underutilized real estate in Charlotte.  Parking lots, derelict buildings and holes in the ground. Like the funny bus but not funny.

[QCxpat]

Hey guys  -  I don't understand where this so-called "hole" is located?  Where's it at?

Are you referring to Marin Diehl Park on Tyvola Road?

Would very much appreciate someone clarifying it for me.  Thank you!

@QCxpat

Edited September 9, 2020 by QCxpat

[kermit]

3 minutes ago, QCxpat said:

Hey guys  -  I don't understand where this so-called "hole" is located?  Where's it at?

Are you referring to Marin Diehl Park on Tyvola Road?

Would very much appreciate someone clarifying it for me.  Thank you!

@QCxpat

just because I didn't see any blue text

[JRNYP2C]

5 hours ago, KJHburg said:

that would make a great location for Wegmans too and Ballantyne has a site in their rezoning along Community House Road too. 

I have seen the following proposed for Dee Dee Harris's hole there:   Saks 5th Ave, Ritz Carlton, Publix etc none of which has come to fruition.  

http://www.harrisland.com/quail-hollow-village.html

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrJ6ylZR1lfbocA.OtXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZANDMDY3Ml8xBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=mr.+burns+excellent&fr2=piv-web&fr=yfp-t-s#id=4&vid=8c06f9869ae84078b6246b141205c55b&action=view

[KJHburg]

sometimes referred as the DeeDee Harris Wetland park as the deep hole is filled in with rain water now.  See the post 2 above. 

[KJHburg]

Here is some real good grocery news EarthFare is back!    From a Charlotte Ledger exclusive tonight.   I have said if they held on a few weeks longer they would have participated in the biggest grocery boom in the history of the USA happened in mid March. 

""Barely six months after filing for bankruptcy and closing all its locations, Earth Fare plans to re-enter the Charlotte market and open as many as five stores in the area — possibly by the end of the year.

In an interview Wednesday with The Ledger, the organic grocer’s new executive handling real estate, Roger Talley, said that Earth Fare has signed leases to reopen its old stores in Ballantyne, Fort Mill and Concord and is “absolutely interested” in reopening its location in SouthPark. It’s also scouting an undisclosed fifth Charlotte-area spot.

Covid-era turnaround: It’s a remarkable reversal of fortune for Earth Fare, made possible probably because of Covid and the hefty new profits generated by the grocery industry as more people stay home and cook. In February, the Asheville-based company said it was saddled with $65M in debt, closed all 50 of its stores and laid off nearly 3,300 workers after filing for bankruptcy protection.

But Talley, known in Charlotte as the owner of the old Talley’s Green Grocery in Dilworth (now Fresh Market on East Boulevard), started working old investor friends and former organic grocery executives in Asheville to try to buy some of the former locations. They believed that the company had run up too much debt under private-equity ownership.""

 

[Madison Parkitect]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

Here is some real good grocery news EarthFare is back!    From a Charlotte Ledger exclusive tonight.   I have said if they held on a few weeks longer they would have participated in the biggest grocery boom in the history of the USA happened in mid March. 

""Barely six months after filing for bankruptcy and closing all its locations, Earth Fare plans to re-enter the Charlotte market and open as many as five stores in the area — possibly by the end of the year.

In an interview Wednesday with The Ledger, the organic grocer’s new executive handling real estate, Roger Talley, said that Earth Fare has signed leases to reopen its old stores in Ballantyne, Fort Mill and Concord and is “absolutely interested” in reopening its location in SouthPark. It’s also scouting an undisclosed fifth Charlotte-area spot.

Covid-era turnaround: It’s a remarkable reversal of fortune for Earth Fare, made possible probably because of Covid and the hefty new profits generated by the grocery industry as more people stay home and cook. In February, the Asheville-based company said it was saddled with $65M in debt, closed all 50 of its stores and laid off nearly 3,300 workers after filing for bankruptcy protection.

But Talley, known in Charlotte as the owner of the old Talley’s Green Grocery in Dilworth (now Fresh Market on East Boulevard), started working old investor friends and former organic grocery executives in Asheville to try to buy some of the former locations. They believed that the company had run up too much debt under private-equity ownership.""

 

The Rock Hill one is already back open, I think.

[Norm2]

Earth Fare announced it will be reopening 5 Charlotte locations.....

[rancenc]

7 hours ago, norm21499 said:

Earth Fare announced it will be reopening 5 Charlotte locations.....

Hopefully the one in Concord opens back up!

[KJHburg]

1 hour ago, rancenc said:

Hopefully the one in Concord opens back up!

Yes that is one they mentioned opening only one locally unsure is the southpark store 

[SydneyCarton]

On 2/20/2019 at 1:05 PM, KJHburg said:

NC grocery news but one day I think they will come to Charlotte in their march southward.  Wegmans announces their 6th store in the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill market before even the first one opens later this year!

Locations north Raleigh by Beltline,  2 in Cary, 1 in Wake Forest, 1 in Chapel Hill and 1 just announced for Holly Springs.   Their stores up there are around 100K sq ft give or take a few thousand feet.  

Wegmans will definitely come to Charlotte.  It's based in Western New York, and considering the huge number of people from Rochester, Syracuse, etc. in Charlotte, it will have an eager customer base waiting for it.  I can't wait for the one in Chapel Hill to open.

Edited September 10, 2020 by SydneyCarton

[SydneyCarton]

A Weaver Street Market should open in SouthEnd.  With all of the UNC graduates in Charlotte, it would have a receptive market that's familiar with this great place.

[KJHburg]

On 9/10/2020 at 9:01 AM, KJHburg said:

Yes that is one they mentioned opening only one locally unsure is the southpark store 

actually Earth Fare is going to reopen the Southpark store as well.  seems the only local store not opening is the newest one the one in Steele Creek. 

[InSouthPark]

On 9/16/2020 at 9:18 PM, KJHburg said:

actually Earth Fare is going to reopen the Southpark store as well.  seems the only local store not opening is the newest one the one in Steele Creek. 

Wow. I am surprised.  When Whole Foods opened, that store really took a hit...and there there will be a brand new Publix opening across the street next year.   I know there will be a lot of new residents in that area soon but I can't imagine enough to overcome TajMateeter, new Publix and Whole Foods down the street.  

[704Dimitri]

New Publix in Waxhaw/Marvin! 
Opening date is October 21st 2020

This store will feature the new store design, and new color scheme! Also it will include a second floor dining! Definitely something to go check out since it is the new generation of Publix stores!

[KJHburg]

heard on Channel 9 that the Southpark area Earthfare has reopened and the Concord and Toringdon to follow.  Steele Creek is not reopening. 

[Richhamleigh, DC]

2 hours ago, KJHburg said:

heard on Channel 9 that the Southpark area Earthfare has reopened and the Concord and Toringdon to follow.  Steele Creek is not reopening. 

Support local companies.

[KJHburg]

from the Biz Journal this morning I am opening another supermarket in the area just FYI 

""W. Lee Flowers & Co. is opening its second KJ’s Market in the Charlotte region. The South Carolina-based grocery distributor, a subsidiary of Hickory-based Alex Lee Inc., opened the neighborhood grocery store in the Belleview Square Shopping Center at 1401 E. Main St. in Rock Hill. It is on the site of a former Bi-Lo supermarket. Alex Lee bought 20 Bi-Lo stores in South Carolina and Georgia from Southeastern Grocers Inc. last month and is converting them to a mix of KJ’s Market and Lowes Food stores. The company also has a KJ’s Market in Lancaster.""

[KJHburg]

Wegmans opened their first "urban format" store and it is still a huge 80,000 sq ft which is much smaller than their 125,000 sq ft on average store.  Perhaps there is hope for central intown Charlotte area store when they invariably come to town. 

From DC Biz Journal up in Tysons Corner VA

""Wegmans Food Markets Inc. will open the doors to its roughly 80,000-square-foot Tysons store next week — the first urban-format outpost for the wildly popular grocer in Greater Washington. The Wegmans at 1835 Capital One Drive South is scheduled to open 9 a.m. Wednesday. It includes a market café with a lineup of prepared foods — pizza, subs, sushi and prepackaged meals — Buzz Coffee Shop, a "Japanese-inspired full-service bar," and The Burger Bar, a fast-casual restaurant offering 200 indoor and outdoor seats.  The store, located on Capital One's growing mixed-use campus just off Route 123, by the McLean Metro station, will be open daily from 6 a.m. to midnight. It has a capacity of 1,300, including 425 employees, and 33 front end registers — 12 of which are self-checkout. It is served by 908 parking spaces, though 302 are shared with other on-site retail.""

[KJHburg]

Harris Teeter closes it last 201 Central store in Wesley Chapel.  These were mainly designed to block competition from opening stores across from theirs but I guess the losses were too great to continue.

In other NC grocery news Wegmans announces next 2 openings of stores in the Triangle one in Chapel Hill and one in town of Wake Forest both for spring openings.  That would be 4 open Wegmans in the market by June of 2021  with 1 more under construction in Cary and one planned in Holly Springs.  

[KJHburg]

In Wake County today stopped at Wegmans in west Cary and an employee seemed to think the Lake Norman area would be a location of an upcoming store.  I predict they will start announcing stores next year for the Charlotte market and then open in 2 years when around the same time their new Richmond area warehouse opens.  2 stores open in the Triangle 2 more opening next year then 2 more after that for total of 6 in the market as of now.  Lake Norman makes for Wegmans and I still think Ballantyne will be a store location.  If 6 were announced in rapid succession in the Triangle I think they will do at least that many in the Charlotte market.  My guesses: Lake Norman area,  Cabarrus county,  Union County,  several Charlotte Meck stores.  Also probably in SC like Fort Mill.  

West Cary store over 100,000 sq ft.

 

[Third Strike]

On 11/30/2020 at 8:54 PM, KJHburg said:

In Wake County today stopped at Wegmans in west Cary and an employee seemed to think the Lake Norman area would be a location of an upcoming store.  I predict they will start announcing stores next year for the Charlotte market and then open in 2 years when around the same time their new Richmond area warehouse opens.  2 stores open in the Triangle 2 more opening next year then 2 more after that for total of 6 in the market as of now.  Lake Norman makes for Wegmans and I still think Ballantyne will be a store location.  If 6 were announced in rapid succession in the Triangle I think they will do at least that many in the Charlotte market.  My guesses: Lake Norman area,  Cabarrus county,  Union County,  several Charlotte Meck stores.  Also probably in SC like Fort Mill.  

West Cary store over 100,000 sq ft.

 

In your opinion, where in South Charlotte do you think a Wegmans could go? Seems like that area has a huge concentration of grocery stores already, especially with Harris Teeter on almost every commercial intersection.