Where is there room in Midtown for a behemoth grocery store? In a luxury tower, of course!
Plans are in the works for Austin Texas-based Whole Foods Market, Inc. to move into Midtown.
Talks are underway for Whole Foods to acquire a 60,000 foot space to house the store under two planned high-rises on the corner of 14 th and West Peachtree.
Miami’s commercial real estate giant The Related Group is proceeding with plans to build two luxury residential buildings in phases at that location.
The first building will hold 400 units. As the tower nears completion, the grocery store or similar
retailer will build underneath or at street level.
Technically this will be the second Whole Foods located in Midtown, with the other located off of
Ponce de Leon Avenue across from the newly renovated Ponce Market.
“I’m glad to hear they are coming,” said Sally W., who was shopping ten blacks away at the Publix near the Georgia Tech campus. “It’s a short drive to the current Whole Foods, but there are a lot of traffic lights. I would welcome the convenience of it.”
Real estate professionals praised the project, sighting its convenience to MARTA and the Connector.
Numerous high-profile professional firms are also located in the area.
The current plan is to have the Whole Foods Midtown store opened by 2018.
-- -Ray Macon
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