Safeway closing its Jantzen Beach (Portland, OR) Superstore

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Safeway closing its Jantzen Beach (Portland, OR) Superstore

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Of course, Safeway doesn't operate "marketplace" stores anymore, but this store was quite the big deal in 1989 when it opened.
Some of these things made their way through the grocery chain and even appear in hypermarkets (supercenters) and even discount format stores today.
The Oregonian December 14, 1989
Sushi in a supermarket?

In Portland?

It's available, for those who have a taste for raw fish, cold rice and seaweed, at the newest Safeway store at Jantzen Beach.

But that's not all. The store, which opens Saturday, also offers freshly prepared Chinese food, ready-to-eat entrees, a fresh pasta bar, a breakfast bar, soup, salad and sandwich bars, a baked potato bar, an espresso bar and even a taco bar.

Those are in addition to the expanded bakery and produce departments, the juice bar and the barbecue pit.

The store, which embodies a national trend to expanding specialty services in the face of fierce competition from discount chains and other retailers, also has a video department, a post office and a bank branch.

It also has motorized carts for handicapped shoppers, courtesy telephones and a ``kiddie corner'' where children can watch cartoons while their parents shop.
Fero said the new store will have about 200 employees, compared to about 35 in the old Jantzen Beach store
At closing this store had around 75 employees according to published reports.
But about 15,000 square feet -- nearly half of the selling space -- is devoted to fresh produce and freshly prepared foods, according to Wayne G. Fero, retail operations manager for Safeway Stores Inc.'s Portland Division, which includes 101 stores in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

. . .58,100 gross square feet, is the fourth and largest of the chain's new ``Marketplace'' stores, which offer expanded services and departments.

The first of the new wave of Safeway stores opened in May in the Sunset Esplanade in Hillsboro. That was followed by a smaller store that opened in October in Southeast Portland. The third store, which opened Nov. 29 in Eugene, is only 100 square feet smaller than the new Jantzen Beach store.
Did Sunset Esplanade's Safeway shrink or relocate in the center after 1989? It does not have nearly the space to accommodate any of these things today. It also does *not* have a lifestyle remodel, although the interior department signs are the ones Safeway used just before Lifestyle that are similar looking (food in ovals, etc).

I'm guessing the southeast Portland store mentioned may be the store at Powell Blvd and Highland Drive in what is now officially Gresham. It is a large store and now has a Lifestyle remodel, but retains the older sign including the neon like Jantzen Beach.

1990 openings included:
Northeast 181st Avenue and Halsey Street (Halsey Crossing), now closed. After Albertsons buyout. Store never remodeled after opening I don't think based on visiting.

Tanasbourne Village (then Tanasbourne Mall) in Hillsboro
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The Sunset Esplanade store is still in the same location it's always been. It was never as larger as the Jantzen Beach store. It only opened around the same time but was nowhere near as large or extensive.
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Not surprised there’s not much housing near that Safeway and when they replace the I-5 bridge eventually it might be in the way if they need more space.
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Seems wasteful, Floor & Decor could/should have rehabbed the Safeway building, especially in a region that prides itself on sustainability.
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SamSpade wrote: April 14th, 2021, 1:51 pm Seems wasteful, Floor & Decor could/should have rehabbed the Safeway building, especially in a region that prides itself on sustainability.
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Interesting location to do a demolish and rebuild, especially when you consider that there are no final plans for a new I-5 bridge and that spot may potentially be in the path of a new road alignment. It actually would have made sense to remodel the old Safeway.

I also didn't know that the old Zupan's nearby (which started life as PayLess Drug) had structural issues.
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Super S wrote: April 14th, 2021, 8:34 pm
SamSpade wrote: April 14th, 2021, 1:51 pm Seems wasteful, Floor & Decor could/should have rehabbed the Safeway building, especially in a region that prides itself on sustainability.
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https://www.yahoo.com/now/former-safewa ... 00281.html
Interesting location to do a demolish and rebuild, especially when you consider that there are no final plans for a new I-5 bridge and that spot may potentially be in the path of a new road alignment. It actually would have made sense to remodel the old Safeway.

I also didn't know that the old Zupan's nearby (which started life as PayLess Drug) had structural issues.
The Safeway store is too small for a Floor and Decor. That store is about 25,000 sq ft too little. The bridge project is a wildcard. ODOT could just buy the building but now it will cost them more. Your government at work!

And that story about structural issues in the former Zupans is BS. It's how they got out of the lease. They pulled the same BS to get out of a lease in the Lloyd District. Sales were weak so John Zupans needed a way to find an out and they got cold feet on the Lloyd store.
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babs wrote: April 14th, 2021, 9:07 pm The Safeway store is too small for a Floor and Decor. That store is about 25,000 sq ft too little. The bridge project is a wildcard. ODOT could just buy the building but now it will cost them more. Your government at work!

And that story about structural issues in the former Zupans is BS. It's how they got out of the lease. They pulled the same BS to get out of a lease in the Lloyd District. Sales were weak so John Zupans needed a way to find an out and they got cold feet on the Lloyd store.
The Reno Floor & Decor is in a 65,000 square foot former Safeway. They demolished everything inside except the entryway/interior cart area and restrooms/break room which are remnants of Safeway.

I agree Floor & Decor would need a larger store in this OR location so close to the state line.
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storewanderer wrote: April 14th, 2021, 11:41 pm
babs wrote: April 14th, 2021, 9:07 pm The Safeway store is too small for a Floor and Decor. That store is about 25,000 sq ft too little. The bridge project is a wildcard. ODOT could just buy the building but now it will cost them more. Your government at work!

And that story about structural issues in the former Zupans is BS. It's how they got out of the lease. They pulled the same BS to get out of a lease in the Lloyd District. Sales were weak so John Zupans needed a way to find an out and they got cold feet on the Lloyd store.
The Reno Floor & Decor is in a 65,000 square foot former Safeway. They demolished everything inside except the entryway/interior cart area and restrooms/break room which are remnants of Safeway.

I agree Floor & Decor would need a larger store in this OR location so close to the state line.
They are also planning on demolishing a former Toys R Us building in Tigard, OR and replace it with a new Floor and Decor. It's stuck in a land use appeal due to the building being larger than what's allowed on the property.
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babs wrote: April 15th, 2021, 6:40 am They are also planning on demolishing a former Toys R Us building in Tigard, OR and replace it with a new Floor and Decor. It's stuck in a land use appeal due to the building being larger than what's allowed on the property.
Floor & Decor took over 2 Haggen stores in SoCal: San Diego (Rancho Penasquitos) and Mission Viejo.
The Rancho Penasquitos store was built as an Albertsons in 2000. This Albertsons (built with Grocery Palace, later remodeled by SVU in 2012) was located at a very busy intersection.
The Mission Viejo store was built as Smith's, then sold to Lucky and Albertsons. Albertsons gave this store a nice remodel around 2005 or so. This store had a Rice Garden Chinese buffet. Floor & Decor did a nice remodel to the 25 year old Smith's storefront.
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storewanderer wrote: April 14th, 2021, 11:41 pm
babs wrote: April 14th, 2021, 9:07 pm The Safeway store is too small for a Floor and Decor. That store is about 25,000 sq ft too little. The bridge project is a wildcard. ODOT could just buy the building but now it will cost them more. Your government at work!

And that story about structural issues in the former Zupans is BS. It's how they got out of the lease. They pulled the same BS to get out of a lease in the Lloyd District. Sales were weak so John Zupans needed a way to find an out and they got cold feet on the Lloyd store.
The Reno Floor & Decor is in a 65,000 square foot former Safeway. They demolished everything inside except the entryway/interior cart area and restrooms/break room which are remnants of Safeway.

I agree Floor & Decor would need a larger store in this OR location so close to the state line.
You were reading my mind about the Reno store, lol. I think the smallest F & D store I have seen is the store in Rocklin - I assume it might have been a Ralph's in its previous life?
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