Walmart to take former Whole Foods spot on Lower Greenville

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Walmart to take former Whole Foods spot on Lower Greenville

Walmart plans to open a store on Lower Greenville, in the old Whole Foods building, just one block from the site of a planned Trader Joe’s. Jeff Siegel mentioned this possibility a few weeks ago in his analysis of Trader Joe’s location pick, and Unfair Park broke the news this morning.

The new Walmart will comprise about 34,000 square feet, some 10,000 square feet smaller than a typical Walmart store. That indicates Walmart could be planning one of its Neighborhood Market stores.

This analysis in Forbes from October offers a picture of Walmart’s smaller format stores.

Posted by: Rachel Stone on February 2nd, 2012 in All Blog Posts, Development, Shopping
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Steven T.

I hope everyone in the neighborhood boycotts this store. What a horrible development for Lower Greenville!!
just saying

Hmm empty building or useful store?
Lmerito

I can not believe Whole Foods wouldn’t allow Sunflower or Joe’s but will allow Wal-Mart? I have been and will be continue to be DONE WITH WHOLE FOODS.
http://www.facebook.com/yourethejournal Rachel Stone

I don’t think that’s true. Whole Foods had been leasing the store for storage, and their lease is up now.
Steven T.

This building is not owned by Whole Foods. It is owned by former council member Mitchell Rasansky. He doesn’t care about the neighborhood. He didn’t secure a tenant that fits with this neighborhood. He’s just doing what he always does. Taking his money and running to the bank.
margaritarose

ugh, I hate Walmart and now we’ll have two in our neighbourhood – I for one won’t be shopping at either one
LG Resident

Awful, awful, awful! I pulled the plans for this new Neighborhood Market store yesterday at the city. As part of the $3.9M renovation, WM plans to remove all of the windows installed in the new addition between the old Whole Foods and Blockbuster (where the cafe seating used to be located) and backfill them with EIFS panels. They also appear to be removing all of the windows from the old Blockbuster location.

There is no provision for landscaping the parking lot, at all, and the signage on the building is quite obtrusive and in keeping with what you would expect from WM. The whole situation is depressing. It looks like a carbon copy of their Neighborhood Market at Hall and Central.
Alfredo

I’m no fan of Rasansky or Walmart and I will not be shopping at Walmart, but it is Rasanshy’s building to lease to whomever he wants. Walmart could care less about what the neighbors think and will due the minimum, landscape ect, required by code. However, I’d rather see a leased building than an empty one.
BLECH

There goes the neighborhood. This should make it cost much less to buy a house in 75206.
Melissakell

I despise Walmart – I left suburbia to get away from the big box stores and now one is in my bcak yard. Fabulous…