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Update: Ashley Marketplace - South Orange, NJ

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By Zachary
Ashley Marketplace
Open: 2013-March 2025
Owner: Cheol Kim
Previous Tenants: Village Super Market > ShopRite > Village Market > Garden of Eden Marketplace
Cooperative: Krasdale Foods
Location: 1 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ
Photographed: March 16, 2025
After my latest visit to South Orange's Ashley Marketplace, it was pretty clear that the end was near. And the store did in fact close recently, I believe around the end of February or beginning of March. A handwritten sign on the front door informs customers that it's temporarily closed. I don't know if that's true, but a colleague who lives in town told me he (unintentionally) visited the store on its last day in business and talked to the manager, who told him they're closing for renovations to (in his words) "build a real supermarket." Hard to tell what that means, but we'll just have to wait and see! It's unclear if the store has been sold, but as you can see in the above image there's still a banner advertising the building for lease or sale, and the same is posted on the real estate company's website. Given that, I'm not totally sure that the store will reopen -- if it's still being advertised as available -- and if it does reopen, it's not clear yet whether the same owners or new owners will be in charge, and it's also not clear what brand it might operate under. Whatever happens, I'll be back to report on it! Here's a look at this weekend's other posts...
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