The Market Report

Grocery Square Opened: December 13, 2024 Owner:  Sachin Goel Previous Tenants:  assorted non-grocery tenants Cooperative:  none Location:  845 1st St, Secaucus, NJ Photographed:  December 15, 2024 The town of Secaucus is probably familiar to most either as a pass-through while on the turnpike, or as a pass-through by way of Secaucus Junction train station (where almost all NJ Transit train lines intersect). But the isolated town -- surrounded on all sides by the marshes of the Meadowlands, the Hackensack River, or highways -- also has 22,000 residents, and until last Friday, no supermarkets. (There is a newly-renovated and high-volume Walmart Supercenter in town, along with a small grocer, Green Farmers Market, in part of a former ACME .) On Friday the 13th, after a long wait , Grocery Square opened up in a 25,000 square foot space previously occupied by a variety of non-retail tenants. The space is slightly awkward because it wasn't designed for a retail stor...

Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: October 4, 2024 Owner:  Spencer An Previous Tenants:  Grand Union (closed 2001) > Stop & Shop (2001-2024) Cooperative:  none Location:  675 Paterson Ave, Carlstadt, NJ Photographed:  December 15, 2024 Time for another update at two of the Food Bazaar stores acquired from Stop & Shop this past fall! The Carlstadt store's renovation is moving right along, while Pisctataway's hasn't really started yet. As we have previously seen, Carlstadt's exterior has been painted, but the interior work is progressing too. (See here for my most recent post on Carlstadt and Piscataway, about a month ago.) Inside, Carlstadt is starting to look much more like a Food Bazaar than a Stop & Shop, though the majority of the fixtures and layout remain. But the flooring has been switched to polished concrete throughout, and the ceiling and walls have gotten a fresh paint job. While I do generally like the dark ceiling, here it results in th...