Brookhaven's new Publix Super Market is about 60 days from opening! Store employees at the existing Publix at Oglethorpe Crossing indicate that their store will close as of July 22 with the new store at nearby Cambridge Square expected to open July 23.
Kroger closed its store at Cambridge Square in August 2020 citing "declining sales and negative profit over an extended period" as reasons for the closure. Kroger operated the Cambridge Square store for 19 years before which it was a Harris Teeter, and before that, a Winn Dixie.
Lakeland, Florida-based Publix has been especially active in Georgia in recent years both with new store openings, as well as relocations of existing stores. Georgia and its 219 stores are already Publix's second largest market by unit count behind the grocer's home market of Florida with nearly 900.
Publix has in recent months opened new stores in Buckhead, Gainesville, Sharpsburg, and Villa Rica, while it in early 2022 relocated a Tucker store from an existing center to a new project, Hugh Howell Marketplace. ToNeTo Atlanta was first to report that the grocer also plans to relocate its existing store at Shamrock Plaza near Decatur to the upcoming Lulah Hills project on the site of the former North DeKalb Mall.
In Cambridge Square, Publix joins the recently opened Brooklyn Bagel & Deli (in the former Starbucks), with a new Pet Supplies Plus (in the former Dollar Tree) slated to open later this year.
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