Photo courtesy of Whole Foods Market.
In its fourth-quarter earnings report on Thursday, Nov. 6, Whole Foods Market announced that it recently signed leases for 12 new store locations across the country, one of which will be in Hoover.
David Ashford of Southpace Properties, representing the owner of Riverchase Village, confirmed that the Whole Foods will be located in Riverchase Village in the former Belle Foods space. Riverchase Village is located at the corner of U.S. 31 and Lorna Road. The area is being targeted for other retail redevelopment including Newk's Eatery, which is set to open in December.
Other Whole Foods stores are planned across the country in Denver; Seattle; Tempe, Ariz.; Santa Clara, Calif.; Destin, Fla.; Towson, Md.; Woodbury, Minn.; Lancaster and Newtown Square, Penn.; and El Paso and Las Colinas, Texas.
The company currently operates 401 stores and has a total of 114 stores in development.
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