{"id":14197,"date":"2018-04-20T00:06:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T04:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=14197"},"modified":"2022-06-18T22:52:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T02:52:31","slug":"fresh-market-5328-sunset-boulevard-not-opening-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=14197","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Market, 5336 Sunset Boulevard Suite A: Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This one is kind of odd. After what was apparently a somewhat prolonged build, the proposed Fresh Market<\/i> on Sunset Boulevard in Lexingtion was boarded up, giving rise to several local media stories, like this one<\/a> from The State<\/i>, that struck a reassuring tone, indicating that the store was still expected to open this Spring (ie: now). Conspicious, however, in the spin of those stories was a very tepid quote from Fresh Market<\/i> corporate, which said essentially: No Comment<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Then last month The State<\/i> reported<\/a> that this store will *not<\/i>* open in 2018 at all:<\/p>\n

\nThe company plans to focus on \u201cimproving core operations\u201d at current stores, \u201cso it has decided not to open any previously announced new stores for 2018,\u201d according to a statement issued by the company. \u201cOur focus remains on strengthening and growing our in-store operations, guest service program, merchandising selections, future offerings and, of course, our team members, as well as planning and executing new store openings after 2018.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This strikes me as an extraordinary statement that has a blood-in-the-water feel to it. If the company had opened the stores it had been building and then put a hold on expansion, nobody would have said anything, but in these hard times for grocers, pausing (forever?) the opening of already (mostly) built locations sends a message quite apart from the bland words. I hope I'm wrong as I quite like the Fresh Market<\/i>, but it doesn't sound good.<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)<\/p>\n

UPDATE 13 April 2019<\/b>: The Free Times<\/a> reports that Fresh Market<\/i> has abandoned the site and that instead a Publix Greenwise Market<\/i> will be coming instead. <\/p>\n

I've also changed the post title status to Cancelled<\/i> and added a map icon.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 25 August 2020<\/b>: Changed the street address from \"5328 Sunset Boulevard\" to \"5336 Sunset Boulevard Suite A\", to match the buisness address used by Greenwise Market<\/a>, which opened in this building in December 2019 and closed in August 2020. Also updated the map icon to use the better address.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 18 June 2022<\/b>: It looks like Prisma Health<\/i> will be going into this site. See here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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