The Market Report

Market Basket Opened: 2011, replacing older store on property Owner:  DeMoulas family Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  1201 Bridge St, Lowell, MA Photographed:  August 23, 2025 Happy Monday! Just a couple blocks east of the Dracut Hannaford is the final Market Basket in Lowell we haven't yet seen -- Store #2, in fact. We saw Store #1 (and stores #19 and #88 ) last week. I mentioned Chelmsford is Store #4, and so after some digging I found that store #3 was actually down in Wilmington , about 12 miles southeast. #5 was up in Lawrence, and... you know what, I'm writing this at 11 pm on a Thursday. I should stop with the rabbit hole. So although this was one of the early locations, that doesn't mean (by Market Basket's numbering scheme) this actual building was the second Market Basket. This 67,000 square foot store, in fact, only opened in 2011, replacing an older store in the strip mall when it was constructed on the site of a closed Ame...

Golden Farms Supermarket Opening: TBA Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  Key Food Stores Location:  200 Henry St, Hempstead, NY Photographed:  December 5, 2025 After recently gaining a Shop Fair and a Food Bazaar -- both replacing existing supermarkets, to be fair -- Hempstead is about to get another one, as Golden Farms nears completion south of downtown. This approximately 20,000 square foot store is a new-build and has been in progress for several years at least. Way back when, there was a strip mall on this property that had an Associated as the anchor, but it was demolished for a CVS. The picture above is kind of the back/side of the store, as it will actually face towards the CVS . Golden Farms signage is up around the property too, and this store will be just down the street from Hempstead's Foodtown . Golden Farms is a member of Key Food Stores, although it's not yet clear who the owner here will be (I've seen at least two names, R...

Future supermarket Opening: TBA Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  A&P > Met Foodmarkets > Rite Aid Cooperative:  unknown Location:  81 1st Ave, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  December 12, 2025 Here's a bit of a rarity: a single-floor drugstore building in lower Manhattan. It's only about 5500 square feet at ground level -- I assume there's a basement -- but even after Rite Aid has closed here, it isn't slated to be demolished for a multi-story mixed use development. Instead, a supermarket is moving into the space. In fact, it looks like the space was previously a supermarket, too. Commenters on local blog EV Grieve mention that it had been an A&P and then a Met Foods. That post also has slightly more updated pictures than mine. A mural runs along the side of the building,  The storefront is covered, but there are a few opportunities to peek inside. Here's a look through what will presumably be the main entrance. And through the big windows ac...

Linden Fresh Market Opened: December 21, 2025 Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  Dollar Tree Cooperative:  Associated Supermarket Group Location:  2586 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn, NY Photographed:  November 29 and December 22, 2025 The Associated Supermarket Group continues its expansion spree with another new store in New York City -- this time a former Dollar Tree, which reopened just before Christmas as the Linden Fresh Market. It's a very small store, measuring around 8500 square feet (though there may be a basement). It was actually a new-build Dollar Tree back in about 2014, and Dollar Tree closed around 2024. I stopped by the store (inadvertently) shortly before it opened -- so the outside was complete but the interior was still under construction, and you can see that picture below. The remainder of the pictures in this post come from last Monday, and I believe the store opened for business the day before. We're a couple neighborhoods over from another new A...