The Market Report

Cherry Valley Marketplace Opened: 2016 Owner:  Anthony Espinal Previous Tenants:  Compare Foods Supermarket (converted 2016) Cooperative:  Retail Grocers Group Location:  4800 Park Ave, Fordham Heights, Bronx, NY Photographed:  December 6, 2024 We're back in the Bronx at two Cherry Valley stores that we last saw in May as the Park Avenue store was undergoing a massive renovation and the Webster Avenue store was being prepared for a move next door to a newly-built building. Both are done now, and both look spectacular. Let's check them out! It was pretty clear from the last visit that the work at this location, which is essentially across the street from Fordham University, was going to be very extensive. And it sure was. This entrance, which faces a plaza between Fordham Road and 189th Street, now appears to be essentially a secondary entrance, with the entrance facing Park Avenue in the back now a main entrance instead. Where we used to walk into the produce ...

'Tis the season: supermarket stuff is happening! Here's a roundup of some of the latest I've been able to cover. Cherry Valley Marketplace Fordham Heights, the Bronx The Cherry Valley Marketplace in Fordham Heights, just across from Fordham University, is undergoing a major renovation. Read all about it here . Bedford Park, the Bronx And a bit to the north, their store across from the New York Botanic Gardens is preparing to relocate into a new building next door. Here's a look at those stores. Brooklyn Fare Two Bridges, Manhattan Brooklyn Fare replaces a Lower Manhattan Pathmark -- ten years later. Take a tour of the new store here . Food Universe Marketplace Flatbush, Brooklyn Out in Flatbush, Brooklyn, a Food Universe we toured four years ago is preparing to expand into a neighboring storefront, and it looks like the new space will be nearly 8,000 additional square feet -- roughly doubling the size of the store. I couldn't get a good look inside because it'...

Cherry Valley Marketplace Opened: 2016 Owner:  Anthony Espinal Previous Tenants:  Compare Foods Supermarket (converted 2016) Cooperative:  Retail Grocers Group Location:  4800 Park Ave, Fordham Heights, Bronx, NY Photographed:  March 27, 2024 Cherry Valley is active in the Bronx! The banner, whose locations are mostly in New York City, is part of A&E Supermarket Group, which also owns City Fresh Market. There are three Cherry Valleys in the Bronx, one of which is only a few years old. The other two are much, much older, but things are happening at both. This store has a bit of a strange setup, with two entrances. The one we see below faces Webster Avenue, and leads customers to the deli and prepared foods/juice bar area. The one in the first picture looks out onto a pedestrian plaza along Park Avenue. I don't know too many details about this store, but it appears to be around 17,000 square feet. It's definitely been a supermarket for at least several decad...