Albertsons/Safeway 2018 & 2019: Openings and Closings

[klkla]

Vons Canoga Park closing.

This was a former Ralphs that was acquired by Vons as part of the consent decree with the FTC when Ralphs acquired Hughes Market (They opted to keep the Hughes market at Sherman Way & Shoup Ave. which is a much smaller store but in a more affluent part of Canoga Park).

The Vons was big. IIRC it opened as a Zody's. Ralphs had a small store across the street where Lowe's is today. They moved into the Zody's space and made it a Giant and then eventually a Ralphs before selling it to Vons.

To be honest I am surprised it lasted this long. It was never very successful.

[klkla]

One of the unintended consequences of this closure is that the only Vons Credit Union branch for the San Fernando Valley is located inside this store. It doesn't sound like they gave the credit union much notice as it will be at least a month after the store closes before a new branch will open inside the Granada Hills store.

The San Fernanda valley has a population of around 1.7 million and has had a VEFCU branch for at least 30 years.

[CalItalian]

Vons Lake Elsinore closing May 4.

[storewanderer]

Safeway downtown Frederick, MD also closing.

[architect]

Safeway downtown Frederick, MD also closing.

Looks like this location was killed by a nearby Wegmans, plus presumably the commissary at Fort Detrick.

[babs]

Safeway in Vancouver, WA on the corner of 136th and Mill Plain has been listed for lease. So it's closing soon.

[Super S]

Safeway in Vancouver, WA on the corner of 136th and Mill Plain has been listed for lease. So it's closing soon.

Source please?

I have a hard time believing this one. Safeway was originally in the space divided between Baxter Auto Parts and Walgreens, and moved across the road to the present location which was originally built as Food World, which I think was owned by Zupan's and was supposed to be their attempt at a discount grocer. Seems they opened one other Food World store at the same time, possibly in Roseburg, Oregon, but am not 100% sure where. I don't think the store even made it two years before it closed. Safeway jumped on it as it was a newer building.Also, there is no other Safeway/Albertsons really close by except for the stores at 112th Avenue or 162nd Ave & 4th Plain. The closest Albertsons to this location, at 164th and McGillvray closed several years back. This is a high traffic area...Mill Plain is one of Vancouver's busiest streets and an area with a lot of growth...not sure if Safeway would want to abandon it especially with no other stores of theirs close by. But there is a WinCo just down the road. Worth noting is that there is a huge empty space which is a former airport across Mill Plain which could potentially be a site for a new store. Who knows what's going on.

[rwsandiego]

Safeway in Vancouver, WA on the corner of 136th and Mill Plain has been listed for lease. So it's closing soon.

Source please?

I have a hard time believing this one. Safeway was originally in the space divided between Baxter Auto Parts and Walgreens, and moved across the road to the present location which was originally built as Food World, which I think was owned by Zupan's and was supposed to be their attempt at a discount grocer. Seems they opened one other Food World store at the same time, possibly in Roseburg, Oregon, but am not 100% sure where. I don't think the store even made it two years before it closed. Safeway jumped on it as it was a newer building.Also, there is no other Safeway/Albertsons really close by except for the stores at 112th Avenue or 162nd Ave & 4th Plain. The closest Albertsons to this location, at 164th and McGillvray closed several years back. This is a high traffic area...Mill Plain is one of Vancouver's busiest streets and an area with a lot of growth...not sure if Safeway would want to abandon it especially with no other stores of theirs close by. But there is a WinCo just down the road. Worth noting is that there is a huge empty space which is a former airport across Mill Plain which could potentially be a site for a new store. Who knows what's going on.

Googling the address yielded two listings on LoopNet, one that states the building is off-market and another, more recently updated listing, stating it is on the market and available 1/1/2019. Looks like it will be leased with fixtures in place.

[Super S]

Safeway in Vancouver, WA on the corner of 136th and Mill Plain has been listed for lease. So it's closing soon.

Source please?

I have a hard time believing this one. Safeway was originally in the space divided between Baxter Auto Parts and Walgreens, and moved across the road to the present location which was originally built as Food World, which I think was owned by Zupan's and was supposed to be their attempt at a discount grocer. Seems they opened one other Food World store at the same time, possibly in Roseburg, Oregon, but am not 100% sure where. I don't think the store even made it two years before it closed. Safeway jumped on it as it was a newer building.Also, there is no other Safeway/Albertsons really close by except for the stores at 112th Avenue or 162nd Ave & 4th Plain. The closest Albertsons to this location, at 164th and McGillvray closed several years back. This is a high traffic area...Mill Plain is one of Vancouver's busiest streets and an area with a lot of growth...not sure if Safeway would want to abandon it especially with no other stores of theirs close by. But there is a WinCo just down the road. Worth noting is that there is a huge empty space which is a former airport across Mill Plain which could potentially be a site for a new store. Who knows what's going on.

Googling the address yielded two listings on LoopNet, one that states the building is off-market and another, more recently updated listing, stating it is on the market and available 1/1/2019. Looks like it will be leased with fixtures in place.

Well, that's definitely the Safeway. There are two major errors in that recent listing though. First, the store has been updated to Lifestyle signage and has had some other remodeling to the front, including a second set of doors, in addition to now also having a gas station. Second, the year built is not correct. It says 1986, but I know for sure this building opened about 1-2 years after I moved to Vancouver in 1994 and was a new build. I think it should say 1996. (The shopping center just to the west, where Safeway used to be, may have been built in 1986, however)

Also interesting is that the even newer standalone JCPenney at 192nd & Mill Plain, which is also still open, is also listed below that....

But now that Albertsons is involved, they do tend to give up on stores rather easily in Vancouver... 164th & Mcgillvray, 4th Plain, and Orchards (which was open about 10 years) which was replaced by Padden Parkway (which replaced the Orchards location and also was open about 10 years) Salmon Creek still has both an Albertsons and Safeway about a mile apart but both remain open for now.

[babs]

It's pretty clear from the realtor that it's closing:
https://cra-nw.com/property/safeway-bui ... ain-136th/