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See store for the full history of this store, which is one of the final thee Albertsons stores left in Florida. This store will convert to the Safeway name on May 25, This partnership fell apart in , but the stores continued to operate under the Albertsons name. Closed May 30, after being in business for over 40 years and lasting three years as one of the final four Albertsons stores remaining in Florida.
Remodeled and expanded in One of 49 Stores sold to Publix in Publix closed this store on December 28, to tear it down and build a new Publix store at the location, which is set to open in late Building sat vacant until when the Albertsons and adjacent plaza was converted into The Medical Village at Winter Park. Was one of the last 3 Albertsons stores still operating in Florida before converting to Safeway on May 25, One of seven stores sold to Rob Rowe a former Albertsons executive when Albertsons pulled out of the Jacksonville area in This was one of the three stores Rowe sold to Publix in Store was torn down in for a new Publix, which relocated from an older store across the street.
Closed approx. Sat vacant until , when the Shoppers Bazaar Mall, a part of a small flea market chain, moved in. They filed for bankruptcy in and closed shortly after. One of seven stores sold to Rob Rowe when Albertsons pulled out of the Jacksonville area in One of 4 stores Rowe sold to Publix in The man behind this did literally everything he could to keep this store from ever opening by appealing appeals and going all the way to the federal government to stop construction.
After two years of bickering, legal battles and appeals, Albertsons was finally allowed to resume construction in May Then another lawsuit was filed to stop the construction of this store by the owners of the neighboring property later in , saying the new store would attract too many outsiders and increase traffic. Construction was halted again in late , but this case was dropped soon after and construction resumed again.
This store finally opened in Was one of 49 stores sold to Publix in One of 49 stores sold to Publix in Closed early to be one of 11 Florida Albertsons stores converted into Albertsons' new discount format Super Saver Store This closed as Super Saver in , when they pulled out of Florida. Store was later subdivided into an Aldi and DD's Discounts in Petersburg FL Pinellas Opened Remodeled twice in and Closed Closed October 8, The other half is currently vacant.
One of 49 stores sold to Publix in , but Publix never moved in to this one because they already had a recently built store a quarter mile to the south. Closed January 28, Sat vacant until the late 's, when a pastor tried to buy the building to make it a church. The city of Lauderhill didn't want to go for this at first because they wanted another store to take over the building, but the city then decided to let the US Postal Service have part of the building in Because of this deal, the city decided to give the rest of the building either to the church that originally wanted the building or Nova Southeastern University.
The church won. Opened May 12, as the second to last new Albertsons to be built in Florida. Sold to Bruno's in with the rest of the Alabama stores. Brunos closed here in the mid 's.
Around , the store was subdivided into a Dollar Tree and Haverty's Furniture. Publix would reopen this store in after some remodeling. Closing date unknown. Divided into a school and offices in Store destroyed by a large suspicious fire that started in a storeroom where highly flammable drugs and cosmetics were stored in August Rebuilt at same site and reopened in August Closed in August Closed early Coexisted with a Publix in the same shopping center for many years.
Store demolished in for a Walmart Neighborhood Market, which opened in early Became a Winn-Dixie not long after, which moved from the Holiday Mall, about 1. Remodeled early 's. Sold off to Rob Rowe in with the rest of the Jacksonville area stores. Became Citylife Church in Summer Closed on October 22, Became Presidente Supermarket a Hispanic oriented supermarket in late Currently El Bodegon Supermarket.
Closed March 11, and replaced by store on March 12, , located approx. This store sat vacant until when it was torn down for a new Home Depot. Sold to Rob Rowe in with the rest of the Jacksonville area stores. Became Virginia College in Late Closed around Currently Keiser University. Torn down in for a new Publix store after Publix had already been operating in this building since Closed in to be converted into a Super Saver Store , which closed in Left half of store became an Aldi in , the right half remains vacant.
Sat vacant for 4 years until it became a KidSource children's store in May They closed all 3 of their stores in Entire shopping center torn down in for South Florida's first Super Target Store, which opened in The Bruno's has also closed as of the 's. Currently vacant. Bruno's closed in the late 's and became Southern Family Market, which has also closed.
Closed in and became a Service Merchandise not long after, which closed with the rest of the chain in Moved to a larger store , a former Kroger Florida Choice location across the street in Regency Square in Became Shoppers World, a flea market, shortly after. Shoppers World later closed and the store became a Scotty's Hardware in and remained there until their closure in Building torn down in and replaced with multiple small stores as an extension of the shopping center.
Closed Summer Publix moved into the site on April 27, as the only supermarket in the area, moving from an older store in the neighboring shopping center, Hallandale Shopping Center. Torn down in for a new Kohl's, which opened on November 11, Publix chose not to open a store here, and this store remained vacant until , when it was converted into a Dick's Sporting Goods. Closed February 26, Two-Thirds of the store became an hhgregg in , with the other third currently vacant.
Closed June 9, One of 3 Orlando area stores purchased by Sedano's, a Miami based Hispanic oriented grocery store chain, in late Converted to the Sedano's name in early Bruno's later converted this store into one of their Food World stores. Food World closed sometime around , and the building sat vacant until , when it was turned into the Disturbia Haunted Attraction, a seasonal haunted house that only operates around Halloween every year.
Bruno's later converted this store into its Food World format. Food World closed in when Bruno's pulled out of the Montgomery market. Closed May 3, Sat vacant until the mids when the building was subdivided into multiple stores, including Dollar General and Pump It Up Party Center. Closed November Right half of store became a DD's Discount in mid, but closed in December Building currently vacant.
Plans call for a new Walmart Neighborhood Market to open here in either late or early Hillsboro Blvd. Closed August 30, Semoran Blvd. Became a Hobby Lobby on April 11, Closed February Publix closed this store in so it could be torn down and rebuilt as a modern Publix store.
The new Publix will open in early Lucie FL St. Lucie Opened Bravo closed approx. Became a Publix later in Augustine FL St. Johns Opened Sold to Rob Rowe in with the rest of the Jacksonville area stores St. Augustine was included as a part of that deal. Rowe closed this store in and leased it to Hobby Lobby. Rowe didn't even try to bother opening a store here and immediately sold this location to Publix in , who relocated from an older store across the street.
The Albertsons building was built on the site of the plaza's former Pantry Pride store. Albertsons closed in to be converted into a Super Saver Store , which closed in The building was subdivided shortly after in for a dd's Discounts, with Aldi filling the remainder of the building in The dd's store has since closed, and remains empty as of early Golfsmith closed in the late 's and has since been replaced with a Five Below and Tuesday Morning.
Closed October Became a Hobby Lobby in August One of 49 stores sold to Publix in , ironically bringing Publix back to the same spot in Britton Plaza 20 years after closing their original store in the same spot. Publix closed this store on March 14, in order to tear down the old Albertsons building and replace this store with a smaller building built to Publix's standards. The new store opened on December 10, Became 24 Hour Fitness in Became a Hobby Lobby in October Became a Publix in November This Family Mart closed sometime around This Albertsons closed on July 30, Currently subdivided between DD's Discounts and Aldi.
Moved from store across the street at Stuart Centre. Closed November 6, Currently subdivided between Stein Mart and West Marine. Left half of store became an Aldi in August and the right half of the store became a Big Lots in August Opened June 9, as the last new Albertsons store to ever be built in Florida.
Closed August after only 2 years in business. Became an LA Fitness in Fall One of 49 stores sold to Publix in , but Publix did not open a store here until Coexisted until with a Gooding's Supermarket later sold and converted to Winn-Dixie in , who closed here in located at the southern end of the shopping center.
Opened November on the site of the old Winter Park Mall. Opened in early after Albertsons bought Jewel-Osco's Florida division. In , this store became a Coca-Cola Enterprises call center.
May have been something else between this and Albertson's closing. Closed April 1, after only a year and a half in business due to problems with access into the shopping center and intense competition from other grocery stores in the area. Jumbo closed in the early s. In Albertsons wanted to reopen a store in this space after Jumbo Sports closed, but that plan fell through for reasons unknown.
Has a unique round front not seen on any other Florida Albertsons store this was a ground up Albertsons build. One of 46 former Albertsons stores across the nation purchased by Ross Stores in Became an LA Fitness in Closed August Subdivided into an Aldi and Office Depot in The Publix closed in as part of plans to convert the shopping center into the new home of a Sam's Club. Currently a part of the Full Sail University campus. Construction of this store was delayed slightly because of not having a left turn into plaza from N.
Military Trail. Became Burlington Coat Factory in Not sure of exact closing date, but was around or so. Currently Callaway Self Storage.
Torn down in for a new Publix store to replace the one in the shopping center next door. The Albertsons closed in February Currently Ross Dress for Less. Built at the site of the old Tropicaire Drive-in and Flea Market. Closed November 30, with the other Miami area stores. Became Publix on January 31, Closed November 30, with two other Miami area stores. Became Sedanos in Closed sometime between and Became a Sedanos in March Deltona FL Volusia Opened on a site that was originally supposed to be home to a Gooding's Supermarket that was never built.
Left half of store became Ross Dress for Less in and right half became Aldi in Opened ? Closed very shortly after, if it ever opened at all. Either this store never opened as an Albertsons or was one of the shortest lived stores ever in Florida, like store in Hialeah.
The building does have many Albertsons characteristics, and the very distinct former Albertsons liquor store attached to the right of the building. After Albertsons this store became a Milam's Market for a while, but is now the left half of the store is an Office Depot and the right half is empty. Became a Kohl's on September 28, Lucie Opened May 3, The majority of the building was turned into a Walmart Neighborhood Market, which opened on March 2, As The Treasury began to close their stores down in the 's, many became some of the original Home Depot stores, like this one did.
Home Depot moved to a new store next door sometime in the 's. After Home Depot closed the building was turned into the Westland Commons shopping center. The Albertsons was built where a part of the original Treasury store was torn down. The Albertsons closed very shortly after, but not mentioned in the article about Albertsons pulling out of the Miami region in November , so it probably closed before then, making it one of the shortest lived Florida Albertsons.
Became a Winn-Dixie in August In it was announced the building would become Palms West Charter School, which opened for the school year. Entire shopping center became home to Living Waters Church in September Turned into an upscale convention center called Naples International Pavilion in , but closed in Was expected to become a charter school in their their contract on the building fell through. Currently in the process of becoming a second location for Oakes Farms Market, a local Naples based farmers market featuring produce, organic items, and fresh foods, and is expected to open in early Became a Walmart Neighborhood Market in C's Community Market, which closed in and was torn down for Albertsons.
Upton's closed in late when they went out of business. The right half of the building became a Lucky's Market on November 9, , with the left half still vacant. Safeway Florida Store List:. For a list of Safeway Save and Pack locations , please click here. For a list of the namesake Safeway Florida locations , please scroll down:.
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Was remodeled into a Marketplace store in the mid's, and in late it was remodeled into one of Winn-Dixie's prototype "Transformational" stores. The Transformational remodel was completed on March 8, Washington Ave. Relocated 2 miles inland to a new Florida Choice store in Opened in early This store was sold to Gooding's, who remained in the building until The building has been vacant ever since.
This store ended up sitting empty until , when the right half of the former Publix space became a Save A Lot, while the left half of the building remains empty. Was remodeled and expanded in the late 90's to a more modern look and format as this was one of the last untouched Wing Stores in the chain.
Publix decided to tear down and rebuild this store in late , and the original store closed on December 26, The replacement store, Publix , is expected to open in the Fall of Closed March 22, due to unprofitability before the closure of the rest of the division. After Save and Pack closed this location became Builder's Square , which closed with the rest of the chain in Currently an Old Time Pottery store.
Was supposed to relocate to a new Florida Choice store in late at Barton Commons, however Kroger's departure from Florida in July put an end to that. This building was later home to a bowling alley and a business file archival center, but is currently vacant.
Due to Kroger's departure from Florida in July , Kroger announced they would sell this almost finished building to Gooding's. Gooding's lasted in this building until Currently this store is split between a Bealls Outlet, a health clinic, and a third vacant space.
Kash n' Karry expanded this store in with an addition to the right side of the building. Around or , this store converted to Sweetbay as a part of Kash n' Karry's rebranding campaign. The remaining Sweetbay stores were sold to Winn-Dixie in , and this store was converted to the Winn-Dixie name in April Central Ave.
Gandy Blvd. This is a very busy Publix store and had been kept up extremely well over the years. This store replaced store , which opened in and was located in the parking lot of the current store. This Winn-Dixie has one of the rarest interiors in the entire chain, and may very well be the last store to still have this interior completely intact. Anonymous August 16, at AM.
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Coleman January 12, at AM. Anonymous November 10, at AM. Subscribe to: Posts Atom. New store number as of for store Opened December 7, Opened late Opened Opened in Originally planned to open in , but construction was halted in March after a local drugstore owner tried to block construction of the store by saying the construction of the new Albertsons violated local zoning laws and would decrease business to his store.
Opened as the first of 2 store s. This store is the second of 2 store s, and a violation to Albertsons store numbering rule in Florida. First Albertsons to open in Alabama approx. This store opened on May 18,, and was one of the 49 stores sold to Publix in Opened April The only Albertsons location that will stay open is in Altamonte Springs.
Across the state, 13 stores were closed on Saturday. Just over employees were affected by the closings, whether they were laid off or relocated. Albertsons officials told WFTV nearly all of the Central Florida locations are closing mostly due to economic challenges. Albertsons say they will continue to focus on the remaining open locations. The store buildings that now sit vacant could potentially be an eyesore in some communities.
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