CVS clears out for Kroger

The CVS Pharmacy at 3515 W. Cary St. is closed and clearing out to make way for an expansion of the Kroger grocery store next door.

CVS is currently having a store fixture liquidation sale, where everything from chairs, shelves and lights are up for grabs. The CVS across the street next door to Ukrop’s will remain open.

BizSense reported on Kroger’s expansion plans in November.

Kroger ups ante in grocery fight

There’s a food fight brewing in Carytown, where Kroger is about to make a not-so-subtle push to lure customers from the Ukrop’s across the street.

The chain has new carts for bag boys to use when they shuttle customers’ bundles to their cars. Read more

Just around the corner

Development of the The Corner At Short Pump, a 47-acre retail and residential development on West Broad Street at Lauderdale Drive, is back on. Crews cleared the land in September of 2008 and the site has remained mostly a slab of dirt. Read more

New Kroger Store Opening Date Pushed Back

The opening of a Short Pump Kroger has been postponed.

The Corner At Short Pump, a 47-acre retail and residential development on West Broad Street at Lauderdale Drive, will feature a high-end, 86,000 square foot Kroger store when finished. But leasing agent Thalhimer, Cushman & Wakefield says the opening date for the store will likely be pushed back. Kroger was scheduled to be open by November 2009, but because of unanticipated construction delays, that date has been pushed back to sometime in the spring of 2010, according to sources from within the company. Read more

Pipeline Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 11.14.08

Thalhimer reports Kroger has leased 86,000 square feet at The Corner at Short Pump located at the corner of West Broad Street. and Lauderdale Drive. The 250,000 square feet shopping center recently broke ground and the new Kroger is expected to open in late 2009.

Old Bon Air Partners sold two office buildings at 1030 and 1040 Old Bon Air Road, a total of 10,300 square feet, to Seibert Properties for $1.38 million. Seibert plans to occupy one building and keep the other as an investment property. Read more

Same Box, Same Price, Less Food

The boxes, cartons and cans at the grocery stores are getting smaller – although you have to look really carefully to notice.

As reported by MSNBC, manufacturers have begun “short-sizing” their products. The practice consists of cutting down the amount of stuff they put into their packages in order to keep costs down.

In the past, a container of Breyers ice cream was usually sold by the half-gallon. Now, most containers are only 1 ¾ quarts, and some are even smaller, at 1 ½ quarts. They look like stubbier versions of their former selves. Read more