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| 15,000 S-foot Specialty Grocery @ Perkins/Acadian...speculations? Posted by RaginCajunz What are the chances this could be a Trader Joes?  on 4/12 at 3:38 pm_____________________________________________ A long-awaited grocery store planned for the Acadian Village development at Perkins Road and Acadian Thruway appears one step closer to reality. That's according to real estate broker Jonathan Walker, who says a letter of intent has been signed between Commercial Properties Realty Trust—which owns and is developing the former Wal-Mart site—and a specialty grocery store chain. Walker declines to identify the chain, as does Commercial Properties, but he says he expects a lease to be signed within 30 days and that the chain plans to open a 15,000-square foot outlet—its first in Louisiana—on the site. That would be considerably smaller than the big-box store once envisioned for the site. But Walker says a smaller, specialty store will enable the developers to keep the mixed-use project more upscale. "I think they wanted to keep the grocery store high-end rather than bringing in some discount chain," he says. "'Upscale' is probably the key word." This isn't the first time talk of a grocery store at that location has grabbed headlines. Nearly four years ago, the state bond commission approved $4 million in GO Zone funding for Robert Fresh Market, an upscale New Orleans grocery store, to open at that location. Those plans never materialized, and rumors of another grocery store at the site have surfaced from time to time ever since. Business Report 4/12/12 This post was edited on 4/12 at 3:39 pm Reply • Back to Top |
| I can do more than speculate, but then I'd get in trouble. Reply • Back to Top |
| That would be awesome to have a Trader Joe's in LA Reply • Back to Top |
I won't tell. Who could possibly find out if you post inside info on the internet?quote: Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Trader Joes if far from high-end, but I would take it... Reply • Back to Top |
| LINK hmmmm Reply • Back to Top |
quote: hints? Reply • Back to Top |
| Seems like Trader Joes. Anyone know anything or been to this place before? Reply • Back to Top |
| that's some BS that Baton Rouge gets a trader joes b4 NOLA. Though I am happy NOLA is getting a Costco.  Reply • Back to Top |
quote: yeah wtf why don't we have one of those? Reply • Back to Top |
| What's going up where the old caterie used to be? I guess nothing now, because they have the for lease sign up. But the framework and architecture looks like the stores will mirror the layout of the exterior of burgersmith. Kind of that Magazine st. storefront look. Reply • Back to Top |
| Yeah I don't know. I need to ask some of my commercial real estate buddies. Reply • Back to Top |
| Rouse's? Reply • Back to Top |
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| That area seems perfect for a Trader Joes based on the 5 or 6 I've been in before. The square footage is dead one. It would be the first one in the state as the article mentioned. If it's not a Trader Joe's I have no idea what else it could be. Reply • Back to Top |
| What is special about Trader Joes? Is it like Whole Foods or something? Reply • Back to Top |
| I told y'all a Trader Joes was going there months ago, but no one wanted to believe me. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: See link posted above giving you internet credit. Most people believed you, outside of some nola folks that couldn't comprehend it. Reply • Back to Top |
| We still dont know if its a trader joes. Could turn out to be a publix Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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